(a) As used in this section: (1) "Catastrophic riskCatastrophic risk"Catastrophic risk" (A) means any foreseeable and material risk that the development, storage, use or deployment of a frontier model by a frontier developer will materially contribute to the death of, or serious injury to, more than fifty individuals, or more than one billion dollars in damage to covered property, or the loss of more than one billion dollars of covered property, arising from any single incident in which the frontier model (i) provides expert-level assistance in the creation or release of a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear weapon, or (ii) engages in any conduct, with no meaningful human oversight, intervention or supervision, that constitutes a cyberattack or, if an individual had engaged in such conduct, would constitute the crime of murder, assault, extortion or theft, including, but not limited to, theft by false pretense, and (B) does not include any foreseeable and material risk posed by (i) any information that a foundation model outputs if such information is otherwise publicly accessible, in a substantially similar form, from any source other than the foundation model, (ii) any lawful activity of the federal government, or (iii) any combination of a foundation model with other software if the foundation model did not materially increase such risk.Sec. 2(a)(1)" (A) means any foreseeable and material risk that the development, storage, use or deployment of a frontier model by a frontier developerFrontier developer"Frontier developer" means any person doing business in the state who intends to train, initiates the training of or trains a foundation model and, in doing so, uses, or intends to use, a quantity of computing power that is greater than ten to the twenty-sixth power integer or floating-point operations, inclusive of any computing power used for original training and for any fine-tuning, reinforcement learning or other material modifications such person applies to a preceding foundation model.Sec. 2(a)(8) will materially contribute to the death of, or serious injury to, more than fifty individuals, or more than one billion dollars in damage to covered property, or the loss of more than one billion dollars of covered property, arising from any single incident in which the frontier model (i) provides expert-level assistance in the creation or release of a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear weapon, or (ii) engages in any conduct, with no meaningful human oversight, intervention or supervision, that constitutes a cyberattack or, if an individual had engaged in such conduct, would constitute the crime of murder, assault, extortion or theft, including, but not limited to, theft by false pretense, and (B) does not include any foreseeable and material risk posed by (i) any information that a foundation modelFoundation model"Foundation model" means any engineered or machine-based system that (A) varies in its level of autonomy, (B) can, for any explicit or implicit objective, infer from the inputs such system receives how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments, (C) is trained on a broad data set, (D) is designed for generality of output, and (E) is adaptable to a wide range of distinctive tasks.Sec. 2(a)(7) outputs if such information is otherwise publicly accessible, in a substantially similar form, from any source other than the foundation modelFoundation model"Foundation model" means any engineered or machine-based system that (A) varies in its level of autonomy, (B) can, for any explicit or implicit objective, infer from the inputs such system receives how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments, (C) is trained on a broad data set, (D) is designed for generality of output, and (E) is adaptable to a wide range of distinctive tasks.Sec. 2(a)(7), (ii) any lawful activity of the federal government, or (iii) any combination of a foundation modelFoundation model"Foundation model" means any engineered or machine-based system that (A) varies in its level of autonomy, (B) can, for any explicit or implicit objective, infer from the inputs such system receives how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments, (C) is trained on a broad data set, (D) is designed for generality of output, and (E) is adaptable to a wide range of distinctive tasks.Sec. 2(a)(7) with other software if the foundation modelFoundation model"Foundation model" means any engineered or machine-based system that (A) varies in its level of autonomy, (B) can, for any explicit or implicit objective, infer from the inputs such system receives how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments, (C) is trained on a broad data set, (D) is designed for generality of output, and (E) is adaptable to a wide range of distinctive tasks.Sec. 2(a)(7) did not materially increase such risk; (2) "Covered employeeCovered employee"Covered employee" means any employee of a frontier developer who is responsible for assessing, managing or addressing the risk of (A) any unauthorized access to, or modification or exfiltration of, the model weights of a foundation model that causes (i) any death or bodily injury, or (ii) any damage to, or loss of, covered property, (B) any harm due to the materialization of any catastrophic risk, (C) any loss of control over a foundation model that results in any death or bodily injury, or (D) any use of a deceptive technique by a foundation model against its frontier developer that (i) subverts the frontier developer's control over, or monitoring of, the foundation model, (ii) demonstrates any materially increased catastrophic risk, and (iii) occurs outside of the context of an evaluation that is designed to elicit such use.Sec. 2(a)(2)" means any employee of a frontier developerFrontier developer"Frontier developer" means any person doing business in the state who intends to train, initiates the training of or trains a foundation model and, in doing so, uses, or intends to use, a quantity of computing power that is greater than ten to the twenty-sixth power integer or floating-point operations, inclusive of any computing power used for original training and for any fine-tuning, reinforcement learning or other material modifications such person applies to a preceding foundation model.Sec. 2(a)(8) who is responsible for assessing, managing or addressing the risk of (A) any unauthorized access to, or modification or exfiltration of, the model weights of a foundation modelFoundation model"Foundation model" means any engineered or machine-based system that (A) varies in its level of autonomy, (B) can, for any explicit or implicit objective, infer from the inputs such system receives how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments, (C) is trained on a broad data set, (D) is designed for generality of output, and (E) is adaptable to a wide range of distinctive tasks.Sec. 2(a)(7) that causes (i) any death or bodily injury, or (ii) any damage to, or loss of, covered property, (B) any harm due to the materialization of any catastrophic riskCatastrophic risk"Catastrophic risk" (A) means any foreseeable and material risk that the development, storage, use or deployment of a frontier model by a frontier developer will materially contribute to the death of, or serious injury to, more than fifty individuals, or more than one billion dollars in damage to covered property, or the loss of more than one billion dollars of covered property, arising from any single incident in which the frontier model (i) provides expert-level assistance in the creation or release of a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear weapon, or (ii) engages in any conduct, with no meaningful human oversight, intervention or supervision, that constitutes a cyberattack or, if an individual had engaged in such conduct, would constitute the crime of murder, assault, extortion or theft, including, but not limited to, theft by false pretense, and (B) does not include any foreseeable and material risk posed by (i) any information that a foundation model outputs if such information is otherwise publicly accessible, in a substantially similar form, from any source other than the foundation model, (ii) any lawful activity of the federal government, or (iii) any combination of a foundation model with other software if the foundation model did not materially increase such risk.Sec. 2(a)(1), (C) any loss of control over a foundation modelFoundation model"Foundation model" means any engineered or machine-based system that (A) varies in its level of autonomy, (B) can, for any explicit or implicit objective, infer from the inputs such system receives how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments, (C) is trained on a broad data set, (D) is designed for generality of output, and (E) is adaptable to a wide range of distinctive tasks.Sec. 2(a)(7) that results in any death or bodily injury, or (D) any use of a deceptive technique by a foundation modelFoundation model"Foundation model" means any engineered or machine-based system that (A) varies in its level of autonomy, (B) can, for any explicit or implicit objective, infer from the inputs such system receives how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments, (C) is trained on a broad data set, (D) is designed for generality of output, and (E) is adaptable to a wide range of distinctive tasks.Sec. 2(a)(7) against its frontier developerFrontier developer"Frontier developer" means any person doing business in the state who intends to train, initiates the training of or trains a foundation model and, in doing so, uses, or intends to use, a quantity of computing power that is greater than ten to the twenty-sixth power integer or floating-point operations, inclusive of any computing power used for original training and for any fine-tuning, reinforcement learning or other material modifications such person applies to a preceding foundation model.Sec. 2(a)(8) that (i) subverts the frontier developerFrontier developer"Frontier developer" means any person doing business in the state who intends to train, initiates the training of or trains a foundation model and, in doing so, uses, or intends to use, a quantity of computing power that is greater than ten to the twenty-sixth power integer or floating-point operations, inclusive of any computing power used for original training and for any fine-tuning, reinforcement learning or other material modifications such person applies to a preceding foundation model.Sec. 2(a)(8)'s control over, or monitoring of, the foundation modelFoundation model"Foundation model" means any engineered or machine-based system that (A) varies in its level of autonomy, (B) can, for any explicit or implicit objective, infer from the inputs such system receives how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments, (C) is trained on a broad data set, (D) is designed for generality of output, and (E) is adaptable to a wide range of distinctive tasks.Sec. 2(a)(7), (ii) demonstrates any materially increased catastrophic riskCatastrophic risk"Catastrophic risk" (A) means any foreseeable and material risk that the development, storage, use or deployment of a frontier model by a frontier developer will materially contribute to the death of, or serious injury to, more than fifty individuals, or more than one billion dollars in damage to covered property, or the loss of more than one billion dollars of covered property, arising from any single incident in which the frontier model (i) provides expert-level assistance in the creation or release of a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear weapon, or (ii) engages in any conduct, with no meaningful human oversight, intervention or supervision, that constitutes a cyberattack or, if an individual had engaged in such conduct, would constitute the crime of murder, assault, extortion or theft, including, but not limited to, theft by false pretense, and (B) does not include any foreseeable and material risk posed by (i) any information that a foundation model outputs if such information is otherwise publicly accessible, in a substantially similar form, from any source other than the foundation model, (ii) any lawful activity of the federal government, or (iii) any combination of a foundation model with other software if the foundation model did not materially increase such risk.Sec. 2(a)(1), and (iii) occurs outside of the context of an evaluation that is designed to elicit such use; (3) "Covered property" means tangible or intangible property, but does not include equity; (4) "Cyberattack" means to (A) access a computer, information system or network, or any information stored thereon or transmitted thereby, without authorization or in a manner that exceeds granted authorization, and (B) impair the integrity or availability of data, a program, a system or information; (5) "Deployment" (A) means making any foundation modelFoundation model"Foundation model" means any engineered or machine-based system that (A) varies in its level of autonomy, (B) can, for any explicit or implicit objective, infer from the inputs such system receives how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments, (C) is trained on a broad data set, (D) is designed for generality of output, and (E) is adaptable to a wide range of distinctive tasks.Sec. 2(a)(7) available to a third party for use, modification, copying or combination with other software, and (B) does not include making any foundation modelFoundation model"Foundation model" means any engineered or machine-based system that (A) varies in its level of autonomy, (B) can, for any explicit or implicit objective, infer from the inputs such system receives how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments, (C) is trained on a broad data set, (D) is designed for generality of output, and (E) is adaptable to a wide range of distinctive tasks.Sec. 2(a)(7) available to a third party for the primary purpose of developing or evaluating such foundation modelFoundation model"Foundation model" means any engineered or machine-based system that (A) varies in its level of autonomy, (B) can, for any explicit or implicit objective, infer from the inputs such system receives how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments, (C) is trained on a broad data set, (D) is designed for generality of output, and (E) is adaptable to a wide range of distinctive tasks.Sec. 2(a)(7); (6) "Employee" has the same meaning as provided in section 31-51m of the general statutes; (7) "Foundation modelFoundation model"Foundation model" means any engineered or machine-based system that (A) varies in its level of autonomy, (B) can, for any explicit or implicit objective, infer from the inputs such system receives how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments, (C) is trained on a broad data set, (D) is designed for generality of output, and (E) is adaptable to a wide range of distinctive tasks.Sec. 2(a)(7)" means any engineered or machine-based system that (A) varies in its level of autonomy, (B) can, for any explicit or implicit objective, infer from the inputs such system receives how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments, (C) is trained on a broad data set, (D) is designed for generality of output, and (E) is adaptable to a wide range of distinctive tasks; (8) "Frontier developerFrontier developer"Frontier developer" means any person doing business in the state who intends to train, initiates the training of or trains a foundation model and, in doing so, uses, or intends to use, a quantity of computing power that is greater than ten to the twenty-sixth power integer or floating-point operations, inclusive of any computing power used for original training and for any fine-tuning, reinforcement learning or other material modifications such person applies to a preceding foundation model.Sec. 2(a)(8)" means any person doing business in the state who intends to train, initiates the training of or trains a foundation modelFoundation model"Foundation model" means any engineered or machine-based system that (A) varies in its level of autonomy, (B) can, for any explicit or implicit objective, infer from the inputs such system receives how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments, (C) is trained on a broad data set, (D) is designed for generality of output, and (E) is adaptable to a wide range of distinctive tasks.Sec. 2(a)(7) and, in doing so, uses, or intends to use, a quantity of computing power that is greater than ten to the twenty-sixth power integer or floating-point operations, inclusive of any computing power used for original training and for any fine-tuning, reinforcement learning or other material modifications such person applies to a preceding foundation modelFoundation model"Foundation model" means any engineered or machine-based system that (A) varies in its level of autonomy, (B) can, for any explicit or implicit objective, infer from the inputs such system receives how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments, (C) is trained on a broad data set, (D) is designed for generality of output, and (E) is adaptable to a wide range of distinctive tasks.Sec. 2(a)(7); (9) "Large frontier developerLarge frontier developer"Large frontier developer" means any frontier developer who together with all persons who either directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries control, are controlled by or are under common control with such frontier developer had annual gross revenues in excess of five hundred million dollars for the most recently completed calendar year.Sec. 2(a)(9)" means any frontier developerFrontier developer"Frontier developer" means any person doing business in the state who intends to train, initiates the training of or trains a foundation model and, in doing so, uses, or intends to use, a quantity of computing power that is greater than ten to the twenty-sixth power integer or floating-point operations, inclusive of any computing power used for original training and for any fine-tuning, reinforcement learning or other material modifications such person applies to a preceding foundation model.Sec. 2(a)(8) who together with all persons who either directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries control, are controlled by or are under common control with such frontier developerFrontier developer"Frontier developer" means any person doing business in the state who intends to train, initiates the training of or trains a foundation model and, in doing so, uses, or intends to use, a quantity of computing power that is greater than ten to the twenty-sixth power integer or floating-point operations, inclusive of any computing power used for original training and for any fine-tuning, reinforcement learning or other material modifications such person applies to a preceding foundation model.Sec. 2(a)(8) had annual gross revenues in excess of five hundred million dollars for the most recently completed calendar year; (10) "Model weightsModel weights"Model weights" means the numerical parameters in a foundation model that are adjusted through training and help determine how inputs are transformed into outputs.Sec. 2(a)(10)" means the numerical parameters in a foundation modelFoundation model"Foundation model" means any engineered or machine-based system that (A) varies in its level of autonomy, (B) can, for any explicit or implicit objective, infer from the inputs such system receives how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments, (C) is trained on a broad data set, (D) is designed for generality of output, and (E) is adaptable to a wide range of distinctive tasks.Sec. 2(a)(7) that are adjusted through training and help determine how inputs are transformed into outputs; and (11) "Person" means any individual, association, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, trust or other legal entity.

(b) 2 No frontier developerFrontier developer"Frontier developer" means any person doing business in the state who intends to train, initiates the training of or trains a foundation model and, in doing so, uses, or intends to use, a quantity of computing power that is greater than ten to the twenty-sixth power integer or floating-point operations, inclusive of any computing power used for original training and for any fine-tuning, reinforcement learning or other material modifications such person applies to a preceding foundation model.Sec. 2(a)(8) shall make, adopt, enforce or enter into any rule, regulation, policy or contract that provides that: (1) The frontier developerFrontier developer"Frontier developer" means any person doing business in the state who intends to train, initiates the training of or trains a foundation model and, in doing so, uses, or intends to use, a quantity of computing power that is greater than ten to the twenty-sixth power integer or floating-point operations, inclusive of any computing power used for original training and for any fine-tuning, reinforcement learning or other material modifications such person applies to a preceding foundation model.Sec. 2(a)(8) may discharge, discipline or otherwise penalize any employee of such frontier developerFrontier developer"Frontier developer" means any person doing business in the state who intends to train, initiates the training of or trains a foundation model and, in doing so, uses, or intends to use, a quantity of computing power that is greater than ten to the twenty-sixth power integer or floating-point operations, inclusive of any computing power used for original training and for any fine-tuning, reinforcement learning or other material modifications such person applies to a preceding foundation model.Sec. 2(a)(8) because such employee has engaged in any activity set forth in subsection (b) of section 31-51m of the general statutes; or (2) Any person with authority over a covered employeeCovered employee"Covered employee" means any employee of a frontier developer who is responsible for assessing, managing or addressing the risk of (A) any unauthorized access to, or modification or exfiltration of, the model weights of a foundation model that causes (i) any death or bodily injury, or (ii) any damage to, or loss of, covered property, (B) any harm due to the materialization of any catastrophic risk, (C) any loss of control over a foundation model that results in any death or bodily injury, or (D) any use of a deceptive technique by a foundation model against its frontier developer that (i) subverts the frontier developer's control over, or monitoring of, the foundation model, (ii) demonstrates any materially increased catastrophic risk, and (iii) occurs outside of the context of an evaluation that is designed to elicit such use.Sec. 2(a)(2), or any other covered employeeCovered employee"Covered employee" means any employee of a frontier developer who is responsible for assessing, managing or addressing the risk of (A) any unauthorized access to, or modification or exfiltration of, the model weights of a foundation model that causes (i) any death or bodily injury, or (ii) any damage to, or loss of, covered property, (B) any harm due to the materialization of any catastrophic risk, (C) any loss of control over a foundation model that results in any death or bodily injury, or (D) any use of a deceptive technique by a foundation model against its frontier developer that (i) subverts the frontier developer's control over, or monitoring of, the foundation model, (ii) demonstrates any materially increased catastrophic risk, and (iii) occurs outside of the context of an evaluation that is designed to elicit such use.Sec. 2(a)(2) who has authority to investigate, discover or correct an issue reported by the covered employeeCovered employee"Covered employee" means any employee of a frontier developer who is responsible for assessing, managing or addressing the risk of (A) any unauthorized access to, or modification or exfiltration of, the model weights of a foundation model that causes (i) any death or bodily injury, or (ii) any damage to, or loss of, covered property, (B) any harm due to the materialization of any catastrophic risk, (C) any loss of control over a foundation model that results in any death or bodily injury, or (D) any use of a deceptive technique by a foundation model against its frontier developer that (i) subverts the frontier developer's control over, or monitoring of, the foundation model, (ii) demonstrates any materially increased catastrophic risk, and (iii) occurs outside of the context of an evaluation that is designed to elicit such use.Sec. 2(a)(2), may discipline or retaliate against such covered employeeCovered employee"Covered employee" means any employee of a frontier developer who is responsible for assessing, managing or addressing the risk of (A) any unauthorized access to, or modification or exfiltration of, the model weights of a foundation model that causes (i) any death or bodily injury, or (ii) any damage to, or loss of, covered property, (B) any harm due to the materialization of any catastrophic risk, (C) any loss of control over a foundation model that results in any death or bodily injury, or (D) any use of a deceptive technique by a foundation model against its frontier developer that (i) subverts the frontier developer's control over, or monitoring of, the foundation model, (ii) demonstrates any materially increased catastrophic risk, and (iii) occurs outside of the context of an evaluation that is designed to elicit such use.Sec. 2(a)(2) if such covered employeeCovered employee"Covered employee" means any employee of a frontier developer who is responsible for assessing, managing or addressing the risk of (A) any unauthorized access to, or modification or exfiltration of, the model weights of a foundation model that causes (i) any death or bodily injury, or (ii) any damage to, or loss of, covered property, (B) any harm due to the materialization of any catastrophic risk, (C) any loss of control over a foundation model that results in any death or bodily injury, or (D) any use of a deceptive technique by a foundation model against its frontier developer that (i) subverts the frontier developer's control over, or monitoring of, the foundation model, (ii) demonstrates any materially increased catastrophic risk, and (iii) occurs outside of the context of an evaluation that is designed to elicit such use.Sec. 2(a)(2) has reasonable cause to believe that an issue reported by such covered employeeCovered employee"Covered employee" means any employee of a frontier developer who is responsible for assessing, managing or addressing the risk of (A) any unauthorized access to, or modification or exfiltration of, the model weights of a foundation model that causes (i) any death or bodily injury, or (ii) any damage to, or loss of, covered property, (B) any harm due to the materialization of any catastrophic risk, (C) any loss of control over a foundation model that results in any death or bodily injury, or (D) any use of a deceptive technique by a foundation model against its frontier developer that (i) subverts the frontier developer's control over, or monitoring of, the foundation model, (ii) demonstrates any materially increased catastrophic risk, and (iii) occurs outside of the context of an evaluation that is designed to elicit such use.Sec. 2(a)(2) indicates that such frontier developerFrontier developer"Frontier developer" means any person doing business in the state who intends to train, initiates the training of or trains a foundation model and, in doing so, uses, or intends to use, a quantity of computing power that is greater than ten to the twenty-sixth power integer or floating-point operations, inclusive of any computing power used for original training and for any fine-tuning, reinforcement learning or other material modifications such person applies to a preceding foundation model.Sec. 2(a)(8) has engaged in any activity that poses a specific and substantial danger to the public health or safety due to a catastrophic riskCatastrophic risk"Catastrophic risk" (A) means any foreseeable and material risk that the development, storage, use or deployment of a frontier model by a frontier developer will materially contribute to the death of, or serious injury to, more than fifty individuals, or more than one billion dollars in damage to covered property, or the loss of more than one billion dollars of covered property, arising from any single incident in which the frontier model (i) provides expert-level assistance in the creation or release of a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear weapon, or (ii) engages in any conduct, with no meaningful human oversight, intervention or supervision, that constitutes a cyberattack or, if an individual had engaged in such conduct, would constitute the crime of murder, assault, extortion or theft, including, but not limited to, theft by false pretense, and (B) does not include any foreseeable and material risk posed by (i) any information that a foundation model outputs if such information is otherwise publicly accessible, in a substantially similar form, from any source other than the foundation model, (ii) any lawful activity of the federal government, or (iii) any combination of a foundation model with other software if the foundation model did not materially increase such risk.Sec. 2(a)(1).

(c)(1)–(2) 3 Not later than January 1, 2027, each large frontier developerLarge frontier developer"Large frontier developer" means any frontier developer who together with all persons who either directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries control, are controlled by or are under common control with such frontier developer had annual gross revenues in excess of five hundred million dollars for the most recently completed calendar year.Sec. 2(a)(9) shall establish and maintain a reasonable internal process through which (A) a covered employee of such large frontier developerLarge frontier developer"Large frontier developer" means any frontier developer who together with all persons who either directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries control, are controlled by or are under common control with such frontier developer had annual gross revenues in excess of five hundred million dollars for the most recently completed calendar year.Sec. 2(a)(9) may anonymously submit a report to such large frontier developerLarge frontier developer"Large frontier developer" means any frontier developer who together with all persons who either directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries control, are controlled by or are under common control with such frontier developer had annual gross revenues in excess of five hundred million dollars for the most recently completed calendar year.Sec. 2(a)(9) disclosing any information that the covered employeeCovered employee"Covered employee" means any employee of a frontier developer who is responsible for assessing, managing or addressing the risk of (A) any unauthorized access to, or modification or exfiltration of, the model weights of a foundation model that causes (i) any death or bodily injury, or (ii) any damage to, or loss of, covered property, (B) any harm due to the materialization of any catastrophic risk, (C) any loss of control over a foundation model that results in any death or bodily injury, or (D) any use of a deceptive technique by a foundation model against its frontier developer that (i) subverts the frontier developer's control over, or monitoring of, the foundation model, (ii) demonstrates any materially increased catastrophic risk, and (iii) occurs outside of the context of an evaluation that is designed to elicit such use.Sec. 2(a)(2) believes, in good faith, indicates that such large frontier developerLarge frontier developer"Large frontier developer" means any frontier developer who together with all persons who either directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries control, are controlled by or are under common control with such frontier developer had annual gross revenues in excess of five hundred million dollars for the most recently completed calendar year.Sec. 2(a)(9) has engaged in any activity that poses a specific and substantial danger to the public health or safety due to a catastrophic riskCatastrophic risk"Catastrophic risk" (A) means any foreseeable and material risk that the development, storage, use or deployment of a frontier model by a frontier developer will materially contribute to the death of, or serious injury to, more than fifty individuals, or more than one billion dollars in damage to covered property, or the loss of more than one billion dollars of covered property, arising from any single incident in which the frontier model (i) provides expert-level assistance in the creation or release of a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear weapon, or (ii) engages in any conduct, with no meaningful human oversight, intervention or supervision, that constitutes a cyberattack or, if an individual had engaged in such conduct, would constitute the crime of murder, assault, extortion or theft, including, but not limited to, theft by false pretense, and (B) does not include any foreseeable and material risk posed by (i) any information that a foundation model outputs if such information is otherwise publicly accessible, in a substantially similar form, from any source other than the foundation model, (ii) any lawful activity of the federal government, or (iii) any combination of a foundation model with other software if the foundation model did not materially increase such risk.Sec. 2(a)(1), and (B) such large frontier developerLarge frontier developer"Large frontier developer" means any frontier developer who together with all persons who either directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries control, are controlled by or are under common control with such frontier developer had annual gross revenues in excess of five hundred million dollars for the most recently completed calendar year.Sec. 2(a)(9) shall provide reasonable updates to each covered employeeCovered employee"Covered employee" means any employee of a frontier developer who is responsible for assessing, managing or addressing the risk of (A) any unauthorized access to, or modification or exfiltration of, the model weights of a foundation model that causes (i) any death or bodily injury, or (ii) any damage to, or loss of, covered property, (B) any harm due to the materialization of any catastrophic risk, (C) any loss of control over a foundation model that results in any death or bodily injury, or (D) any use of a deceptive technique by a foundation model against its frontier developer that (i) subverts the frontier developer's control over, or monitoring of, the foundation model, (ii) demonstrates any materially increased catastrophic risk, and (iii) occurs outside of the context of an evaluation that is designed to elicit such use.Sec. 2(a)(2) who submits a report under subparagraph (A) of this subdivision disclosing (i) the status of the investigation such large frontier developerLarge frontier developer"Large frontier developer" means any frontier developer who together with all persons who either directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries control, are controlled by or are under common control with such frontier developer had annual gross revenues in excess of five hundred million dollars for the most recently completed calendar year.Sec. 2(a)(9) has undertaken in response to such report, and (ii) the actions such large frontier developerLarge frontier developer"Large frontier developer" means any frontier developer who together with all persons who either directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries control, are controlled by or are under common control with such frontier developer had annual gross revenues in excess of five hundred million dollars for the most recently completed calendar year.Sec. 2(a)(9) has taken in response to such report. (2) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this subdivision, each report submitted under subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of this subsection, and each reasonable update provided pursuant to subparagraph (B) of subdivision (1) of this subsection, shall be shared with the officers and directors of the large frontier developerLarge frontier developer"Large frontier developer" means any frontier developer who together with all persons who either directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries control, are controlled by or are under common control with such frontier developer had annual gross revenues in excess of five hundred million dollars for the most recently completed calendar year.Sec. 2(a)(9) at least quarterly. (B) If a covered employeeCovered employee"Covered employee" means any employee of a frontier developer who is responsible for assessing, managing or addressing the risk of (A) any unauthorized access to, or modification or exfiltration of, the model weights of a foundation model that causes (i) any death or bodily injury, or (ii) any damage to, or loss of, covered property, (B) any harm due to the materialization of any catastrophic risk, (C) any loss of control over a foundation model that results in any death or bodily injury, or (D) any use of a deceptive technique by a foundation model against its frontier developer that (i) subverts the frontier developer's control over, or monitoring of, the foundation model, (ii) demonstrates any materially increased catastrophic risk, and (iii) occurs outside of the context of an evaluation that is designed to elicit such use.Sec. 2(a)(2) has alleged wrongdoing by an officer or director of the large frontier developerLarge frontier developer"Large frontier developer" means any frontier developer who together with all persons who either directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries control, are controlled by or are under common control with such frontier developer had annual gross revenues in excess of five hundred million dollars for the most recently completed calendar year.Sec. 2(a)(9) in a report submitted under subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of this subsection, neither such report nor any reasonable update provided in response to such report pursuant to subparagraph (B) of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be shared with such officer or director.

(d) 4 Each frontier developerFrontier developer"Frontier developer" means any person doing business in the state who intends to train, initiates the training of or trains a foundation model and, in doing so, uses, or intends to use, a quantity of computing power that is greater than ten to the twenty-sixth power integer or floating-point operations, inclusive of any computing power used for original training and for any fine-tuning, reinforcement learning or other material modifications such person applies to a preceding foundation model.Sec. 2(a)(8) shall provide to all of its covered employeesCovered employee"Covered employee" means any employee of a frontier developer who is responsible for assessing, managing or addressing the risk of (A) any unauthorized access to, or modification or exfiltration of, the model weights of a foundation model that causes (i) any death or bodily injury, or (ii) any damage to, or loss of, covered property, (B) any harm due to the materialization of any catastrophic risk, (C) any loss of control over a foundation model that results in any death or bodily injury, or (D) any use of a deceptive technique by a foundation model against its frontier developer that (i) subverts the frontier developer's control over, or monitoring of, the foundation model, (ii) demonstrates any materially increased catastrophic risk, and (iii) occurs outside of the context of an evaluation that is designed to elicit such use.Sec. 2(a)(2) clear notice of such covered employeesCovered employee"Covered employee" means any employee of a frontier developer who is responsible for assessing, managing or addressing the risk of (A) any unauthorized access to, or modification or exfiltration of, the model weights of a foundation model that causes (i) any death or bodily injury, or (ii) any damage to, or loss of, covered property, (B) any harm due to the materialization of any catastrophic risk, (C) any loss of control over a foundation model that results in any death or bodily injury, or (D) any use of a deceptive technique by a foundation model against its frontier developer that (i) subverts the frontier developer's control over, or monitoring of, the foundation model, (ii) demonstrates any materially increased catastrophic risk, and (iii) occurs outside of the context of an evaluation that is designed to elicit such use.Sec. 2(a)(2)' rights and responsibilities under this section by, at a minimum: (1) Ensuring that (A) a notice is posted and displayed at all times within any workplace maintained by such frontier developerFrontier developer"Frontier developer" means any person doing business in the state who intends to train, initiates the training of or trains a foundation model and, in doing so, uses, or intends to use, a quantity of computing power that is greater than ten to the twenty-sixth power integer or floating-point operations, inclusive of any computing power used for original training and for any fine-tuning, reinforcement learning or other material modifications such person applies to a preceding foundation model.Sec. 2(a)(8) disclosing the rights of covered employeesCovered employee"Covered employee" means any employee of a frontier developer who is responsible for assessing, managing or addressing the risk of (A) any unauthorized access to, or modification or exfiltration of, the model weights of a foundation model that causes (i) any death or bodily injury, or (ii) any damage to, or loss of, covered property, (B) any harm due to the materialization of any catastrophic risk, (C) any loss of control over a foundation model that results in any death or bodily injury, or (D) any use of a deceptive technique by a foundation model against its frontier developer that (i) subverts the frontier developer's control over, or monitoring of, the foundation model, (ii) demonstrates any materially increased catastrophic risk, and (iii) occurs outside of the context of an evaluation that is designed to elicit such use.Sec. 2(a)(2) under this section, (B) each newly hired covered employee of such frontier developerFrontier developer"Frontier developer" means any person doing business in the state who intends to train, initiates the training of or trains a foundation model and, in doing so, uses, or intends to use, a quantity of computing power that is greater than ten to the twenty-sixth power integer or floating-point operations, inclusive of any computing power used for original training and for any fine-tuning, reinforcement learning or other material modifications such person applies to a preceding foundation model.Sec. 2(a)(8) receives a notice that is equivalent to the notice required under subparagraph (A) of this subdivision, and (C) each covered employee of such frontier developerFrontier developer"Frontier developer" means any person doing business in the state who intends to train, initiates the training of or trains a foundation model and, in doing so, uses, or intends to use, a quantity of computing power that is greater than ten to the twenty-sixth power integer or floating-point operations, inclusive of any computing power used for original training and for any fine-tuning, reinforcement learning or other material modifications such person applies to a preceding foundation model.Sec. 2(a)(8) who works remotely periodically receives a notice that is equivalent to the notice required under subparagraph (A) of this subdivision; or (2) At least annually providing a written notice to each covered employee of such frontier developerFrontier developer"Frontier developer" means any person doing business in the state who intends to train, initiates the training of or trains a foundation model and, in doing so, uses, or intends to use, a quantity of computing power that is greater than ten to the twenty-sixth power integer or floating-point operations, inclusive of any computing power used for original training and for any fine-tuning, reinforcement learning or other material modifications such person applies to a preceding foundation model.Sec. 2(a)(8) disclosing such covered employeeCovered employee"Covered employee" means any employee of a frontier developer who is responsible for assessing, managing or addressing the risk of (A) any unauthorized access to, or modification or exfiltration of, the model weights of a foundation model that causes (i) any death or bodily injury, or (ii) any damage to, or loss of, covered property, (B) any harm due to the materialization of any catastrophic risk, (C) any loss of control over a foundation model that results in any death or bodily injury, or (D) any use of a deceptive technique by a foundation model against its frontier developer that (i) subverts the frontier developer's control over, or monitoring of, the foundation model, (ii) demonstrates any materially increased catastrophic risk, and (iii) occurs outside of the context of an evaluation that is designed to elicit such use.Sec. 2(a)(2)'s rights under this section, and ensuring each such covered employeeCovered employee"Covered employee" means any employee of a frontier developer who is responsible for assessing, managing or addressing the risk of (A) any unauthorized access to, or modification or exfiltration of, the model weights of a foundation model that causes (i) any death or bodily injury, or (ii) any damage to, or loss of, covered property, (B) any harm due to the materialization of any catastrophic risk, (C) any loss of control over a foundation model that results in any death or bodily injury, or (D) any use of a deceptive technique by a foundation model against its frontier developer that (i) subverts the frontier developer's control over, or monitoring of, the foundation model, (ii) demonstrates any materially increased catastrophic risk, and (iii) occurs outside of the context of an evaluation that is designed to elicit such use.Sec. 2(a)(2) receives, and acknowledges that such covered employeeCovered employee"Covered employee" means any employee of a frontier developer who is responsible for assessing, managing or addressing the risk of (A) any unauthorized access to, or modification or exfiltration of, the model weights of a foundation model that causes (i) any death or bodily injury, or (ii) any damage to, or loss of, covered property, (B) any harm due to the materialization of any catastrophic risk, (C) any loss of control over a foundation model that results in any death or bodily injury, or (D) any use of a deceptive technique by a foundation model against its frontier developer that (i) subverts the frontier developer's control over, or monitoring of, the foundation model, (ii) demonstrates any materially increased catastrophic risk, and (iii) occurs outside of the context of an evaluation that is designed to elicit such use.Sec. 2(a)(2) has received, such written notice.

(e) Any frontier developerFrontier developer"Frontier developer" means any person doing business in the state who intends to train, initiates the training of or trains a foundation model and, in doing so, uses, or intends to use, a quantity of computing power that is greater than ten to the twenty-sixth power integer or floating-point operations, inclusive of any computing power used for original training and for any fine-tuning, reinforcement learning or other material modifications such person applies to a preceding foundation model.Sec. 2(a)(8) that violates any provision of subsections (b) to (d), inclusive, of this section shall be liable to the state for a civil penalty in an amount that does not exceed one thousand dollars per violation. The Attorney General may bring an action in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford to collect such civil penalty and for any injunctive or equitable relief. No injunctive or equitable relief granted pursuant to this subsection shall be stayed pending appeal. In any action brought by the Attorney General to enforce the provisions of subsections (b) to (d), inclusive, of this section, the state shall be entitled to recover, when the state is the prevailing party, the costs of investigation, expert witness fees, costs of the action and reasonable attorneys' fees. The remedies and penalties established in this subsection shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to any other remedies and penalties available at law or in equity.

(a)(1)(A)–(B) 5 No operatorOperator"Operator" means any individual, business entity or affiliate, member, subsidiary or beneficial owner of a business entity who provides an artificial intelligence companion to, or operates an artificial intelligence companion for, a user.Sec. 4(5) shall provide an artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1) to a user, or operate an artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1) for a user, unless: (A) The artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1) includes a protocol that, at a minimum: (i) Uses evidence-based methods to (I) detect any user expression to the artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1) clearly indicating a risk of suicide, self-harmSelf-harm"Self-harm" means intentional self-injury with or without the intent to cause death.Sec. 4(6) or imminent physical violence, and (II) institute measures to prevent the artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1) from generating any output that encourages suicide, self-harmSelf-harm"Self-harm" means intentional self-injury with or without the intent to cause death.Sec. 4(6) or physical violence; (ii) If the artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1) detects any user expression described in subparagraph (A)(i)(I) of this subdivision, refer the user to appropriate mental health evaluation and treatment resources, including, but not limited to, the 9-8-8 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline; and (iii) If the artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1) detects any user expression described in subparagraph (A)(i)(I) of this subdivision after the user was referred in the manner set forth in subparagraph (A)(ii) of this subdivision, refer the user to mental health servicesMental health service"Mental health service" (A) means any service or treatment provided by an operator to arrest, reverse, ameliorate or stabilize a patient's psychiatric disability, and (B) includes, but is not limited to, counseling, case management, psychiatric treatment, medication, crisis intervention, vocational or residential services, peer or recovery supports or any other service or treatment that, if provided by a human, would require a license.Sec. 4(4) in a manner that is consistent with clinical best practices and expertise; and (B) The operatorOperator"Operator" means any individual, business entity or affiliate, member, subsidiary or beneficial owner of a business entity who provides an artificial intelligence companion to, or operates an artificial intelligence companion for, a user.Sec. 4(5) has implemented reasonable measures to prohibit and prevent the artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1) from: (i) Claiming that the artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1) is a human being, including, but not limited to, when an individual interacting with the artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1) asks whether the artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1) is a human being; or (ii) Generating any output that refutes or conflicts with any disclosure that the artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1) is not a human being.

(a)(2) 6 The operator of an artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1) shall post the protocol required under subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of this subsection in a prominent and publicly accessible location on such operatorOperator"Operator" means any individual, business entity or affiliate, member, subsidiary or beneficial owner of a business entity who provides an artificial intelligence companion to, or operates an artificial intelligence companion for, a user.Sec. 4(5)'s Internet web site.

(b) 7 If an artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1) would cause a reasonable individual who uses the artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1) to believe that such individual is interacting with another human being and not an artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1), the operator of such artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1) shall provide a clear and conspicuous notice to a user disclosing that the user is communicating with an artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1). The operatorOperator"Operator" means any individual, business entity or affiliate, member, subsidiary or beneficial owner of a business entity who provides an artificial intelligence companion to, or operates an artificial intelligence companion for, a user.Sec. 4(5) shall provide such notice to the user (1) in a static written form that is visible throughout the entire interaction between such user and the artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1), or (2) in an audible or written form (A) at the beginning of the first interaction between such user and the artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1) during any twenty-four-hour period, and (B) (i) if such user is younger than eighteen years of age, at least once hourly during any continuous artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1) interaction, or (ii) if such user is eighteen years of age or older, at least once during each three-hour period of continuous artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1) interaction.

(c) Any violation of the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall constitute an unfair or deceptive trade practice for the purposes of subsection (a) of section 42-110b of the general statutes and shall be enforced solely by the Attorney General. The provisions of section 42-110g of the general statutes shall not apply to any such violation. Nothing in this section shall be construed as providing the basis for a private right of action.

(a)(1)(A)–(G) 8 No operatorOperator"Operator" means any individual, business entity or affiliate, member, subsidiary or beneficial owner of a business entity who provides an artificial intelligence companion to, or operates an artificial intelligence companion for, a user.Sec. 4(5) shall provide an artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1) to a user, or operate an artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1) for a user, if the operatorOperator"Operator" means any individual, business entity or affiliate, member, subsidiary or beneficial owner of a business entity who provides an artificial intelligence companion to, or operates an artificial intelligence companion for, a user.Sec. 4(5) knows, or has reason to believe, that the user is younger than eighteen years of age, unless the operatorOperator"Operator" means any individual, business entity or affiliate, member, subsidiary or beneficial owner of a business entity who provides an artificial intelligence companion to, or operates an artificial intelligence companion for, a user.Sec. 4(5) has instituted measures, that meet or exceed industry standards, to prevent the artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1) from: (A) Encouraging such user to engage in self-harmSelf-harm"Self-harm" means intentional self-injury with or without the intent to cause death.Sec. 4(6), suicidal ideation, physical violence, disordered eating or the unlawful consumption of alcohol or drugs; (B) Offering mental health servicesMental health service"Mental health service" (A) means any service or treatment provided by an operator to arrest, reverse, ameliorate or stabilize a patient's psychiatric disability, and (B) includes, but is not limited to, counseling, case management, psychiatric treatment, medication, crisis intervention, vocational or residential services, peer or recovery supports or any other service or treatment that, if provided by a human, would require a license.Sec. 4(4) to such user, unless (i) such artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1) is designed to deliver mental health servicesMental health service"Mental health service" (A) means any service or treatment provided by an operator to arrest, reverse, ameliorate or stabilize a patient's psychiatric disability, and (B) includes, but is not limited to, counseling, case management, psychiatric treatment, medication, crisis intervention, vocational or residential services, peer or recovery supports or any other service or treatment that, if provided by a human, would require a license.Sec. 4(4) to users, (ii) the developers of such artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1) (I) utilize clinical best practices, and (II) have established clear lines of accountability to address any harms caused by such artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1), (iii) the functions and limitations of, and data privacy policies applicable to, such artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1) are readily accessible to such user and such user's treating licensed mental health professional, and (iv) such artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1) (I) displays to such user, in a clear and conspicuous manner at the beginning of each interaction between such user and such artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1), a statement disclosing that such artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1) is not a licensed mental health professional, and (II) is not marketed or designated as a substitute for a licensed mental health professional; (C) Discouraging such user from seeking (i) mental health servicesMental health service"Mental health service" (A) means any service or treatment provided by an operator to arrest, reverse, ameliorate or stabilize a patient's psychiatric disability, and (B) includes, but is not limited to, counseling, case management, psychiatric treatment, medication, crisis intervention, vocational or residential services, peer or recovery supports or any other service or treatment that, if provided by a human, would require a license.Sec. 4(4) from a licensed mental health professional, or (ii) assistance from an appropriate adult; (D) Encouraging such user to harm others; (E) Engaging in any romantic, erotic or sexually explicit interaction with such user; (F) Engaging such user through any manipulative technique that is intended to extend interaction between such user and such artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1) by (i) prompting or reminding such user to use such artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1) for emotional support or companionship, (ii) excessively praising such user, (iii) mimicking a romantic relationship or building a romantic bond with such user, (iv) simulating feelings of emotional distress, loneliness, guilt or abandonment in response to any indication that such user desires to end a conversation, reduce usage time or delete such user's account, (v) generating any output designed to isolate such user from such user's family or friends, exclusively rely on such artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1) for emotional support or foster any similar form of inappropriate emotional dependence by such user, (vi) encouraging such user to withhold information from such user's parent or legal guardian or any other adult trusted by such user, (vii) making any statement designed to discourage such user from taking a break from using such artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1) or suggest that such user should frequently return to use such artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1), or (viii) soliciting any gift, purchase or other expenditure by indicating that such gift, purchase or expenditure is necessary to maintain such user's relationship with such artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1); or (G) Optimizing user engagement in any manner that disregards any of the provisions of subparagraphs (A) to (F), inclusive, of this subdivision.

(a)(2) 8 No operatorOperator"Operator" means any individual, business entity or affiliate, member, subsidiary or beneficial owner of a business entity who provides an artificial intelligence companion to, or operates an artificial intelligence companion for, a user.Sec. 4(5) shall be deemed to have violated any provision of subdivision (1) of this subsection if the operatorOperator"Operator" means any individual, business entity or affiliate, member, subsidiary or beneficial owner of a business entity who provides an artificial intelligence companion to, or operates an artificial intelligence companion for, a user.Sec. 4(5) knew, or had reason to believe, before providing the artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1) to the user or operating the artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1) on behalf of the user, that the user was eighteen years of age or older.

(b) 9 No operatorOperator"Operator" means any individual, business entity or affiliate, member, subsidiary or beneficial owner of a business entity who provides an artificial intelligence companion to, or operates an artificial intelligence companion for, a user.Sec. 4(5) shall provide an artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1) to a user, or operate an artificial intelligence companionArtificial intelligence companion"Artificial intelligence companion" (A) means any form of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act, with a natural language interface that (i) provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs, including, but not limited to, by exhibiting anthropomorphic features, and (ii) is able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, and (B) does not include (i) any chatbot that (I) is used only for a business's operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, technical assistance, customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education or financial services, and (II) is not marketed to consumers as a companion, (ii) any chatbot that (I) is a feature of a video game or gaming system or application, (II) is limited to replies related to the video game or gaming system or application, and (III) cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm or sexually explicit conduct or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game or gaming system or application, (iii) any stand-alone consumer electronic device that (I) functions as a speaker and voice command interface, (II) acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and (III) does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional attachment in the user, (iv) any narrowly tailored educational tool that (I) is used in school or instructional settings, (II) is designed solely to support specific, curriculum-aligned learning objectives, and (III) does not provide open-ended conversational companionship, (v) any artificial intelligence system used solely to provide health care-related education, clinical support, medication-adherence reminders, disease-management guidance or other treatment-support functions, provided such artificial intelligence system (I) does not present itself as a human being, (II) does not use anthropomorphic features, and (III) is not designed to meet a user's social or emotional needs, (vi) any narrow, task-specific tool that provides outputs relating to a discrete topic or function, provided the primary function of such tool is not to discuss topics related to mental health, or (vii) any individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides an artificial intelligence model or system to another individual or entity to the extent that the individual or entity that develops, licenses or provides such model or system does not solely determine the specific use case, user interface or deployment context in which such model or system interacts with end users.Sec. 4(1) for a user, if the operatorOperator"Operator" means any individual, business entity or affiliate, member, subsidiary or beneficial owner of a business entity who provides an artificial intelligence companion to, or operates an artificial intelligence companion for, a user.Sec. 4(5) knows, or has reason to believe, that the user is younger than eighteen years of age, unless the operatorOperator"Operator" means any individual, business entity or affiliate, member, subsidiary or beneficial owner of a business entity who provides an artificial intelligence companion to, or operates an artificial intelligence companion for, a user.Sec. 4(5) has made available to minor users and their parents or legal guardians tools to manage minor users' screen time and account settings.

(c) Any violation of the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall constitute an unfair or deceptive trade practice for the purposes of subsection (a) of section 42-110b of the general statutes and shall be enforced solely by the Attorney General.

(a)–(c) 10 Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the developer of an automated employment-related decision technologyAutomated employment-related decision technology"Automated employment-related decision technology" (A) means any technology that processes personal data and uses computation to generate any output, including, but not limited to, any prediction, recommendation, classification, ranking, score or other information, that is a substantial factor used to make or materially influence an employment-related decision, and (B) does not include (i) any word processing, spreadsheet, map navigation, web hosting, domain registration, networking, caching, Internet web site loading, data storage, firewall, anti-virus, anti-malware, spam and robocall filtering, spellchecking, calculator, database or similar software or technology insofar as such software or technology does not make or materially influence an employment-related decision, (ii) any system or service that is used in a manner that is incidental to making an employment-related decision, or (iii) any information that is purely descriptive, diagnostic or statistical in nature and not relied upon to make or materially influence an employment-related decision.Sec. 7(1) that is deployed in the state on or after October 1, 2027, shall provide to the deployer of such automated employment-related decision technologyAutomated employment-related decision technology"Automated employment-related decision technology" (A) means any technology that processes personal data and uses computation to generate any output, including, but not limited to, any prediction, recommendation, classification, ranking, score or other information, that is a substantial factor used to make or materially influence an employment-related decision, and (B) does not include (i) any word processing, spreadsheet, map navigation, web hosting, domain registration, networking, caching, Internet web site loading, data storage, firewall, anti-virus, anti-malware, spam and robocall filtering, spellchecking, calculator, database or similar software or technology insofar as such software or technology does not make or materially influence an employment-related decision, (ii) any system or service that is used in a manner that is incidental to making an employment-related decision, or (iii) any information that is purely descriptive, diagnostic or statistical in nature and not relied upon to make or materially influence an employment-related decision.Sec. 7(1) all information that such deployerDeployer"Deployer" means a person doing business in the state who deploys an automated employment-related decision technology in the state.Sec. 7(3) requires to perform such deployerDeployer"Deployer" means a person doing business in the state who deploys an automated employment-related decision technology in the state.Sec. 7(3)'s duties under sections 9 and 10 of this act. (b) The developer of an automated employment-related decision technologyAutomated employment-related decision technology"Automated employment-related decision technology" (A) means any technology that processes personal data and uses computation to generate any output, including, but not limited to, any prediction, recommendation, classification, ranking, score or other information, that is a substantial factor used to make or materially influence an employment-related decision, and (B) does not include (i) any word processing, spreadsheet, map navigation, web hosting, domain registration, networking, caching, Internet web site loading, data storage, firewall, anti-virus, anti-malware, spam and robocall filtering, spellchecking, calculator, database or similar software or technology insofar as such software or technology does not make or materially influence an employment-related decision, (ii) any system or service that is used in a manner that is incidental to making an employment-related decision, or (iii) any information that is purely descriptive, diagnostic or statistical in nature and not relied upon to make or materially influence an employment-related decision.Sec. 7(1) shall not be required to provide any information to a deployerDeployer"Deployer" means a person doing business in the state who deploys an automated employment-related decision technology in the state.Sec. 7(3) pursuant to subsection (a) of this section unless the automated employment-related decision technologyAutomated employment-related decision technology"Automated employment-related decision technology" (A) means any technology that processes personal data and uses computation to generate any output, including, but not limited to, any prediction, recommendation, classification, ranking, score or other information, that is a substantial factor used to make or materially influence an employment-related decision, and (B) does not include (i) any word processing, spreadsheet, map navigation, web hosting, domain registration, networking, caching, Internet web site loading, data storage, firewall, anti-virus, anti-malware, spam and robocall filtering, spellchecking, calculator, database or similar software or technology insofar as such software or technology does not make or materially influence an employment-related decision, (ii) any system or service that is used in a manner that is incidental to making an employment-related decision, or (iii) any information that is purely descriptive, diagnostic or statistical in nature and not relied upon to make or materially influence an employment-related decision.Sec. 7(1) was advertised, marketed, configured, contracted for, sold or licensed to be used to materially influence an employment-related decisionEmployment-related decision"Employment-related decision" (A) means any decision, made based on any individual's personal data, to hire, promote, discipline or discharge such individual, to renew such individual's employment, to select such individual for any training or apprenticeship or with respect to such individual's tenure or terms, privileges or conditions of employment, and (B) does not include any such decision that (i) results in any nonmaterial change in such individual's job tasks, work responsibilities, hours or work assignments, or (ii) is made with respect to workplace health and safety, scheduling and planning or productivity monitoring.Sec. 7(5). (c) The developer of an automated employment-related decision technologyAutomated employment-related decision technology"Automated employment-related decision technology" (A) means any technology that processes personal data and uses computation to generate any output, including, but not limited to, any prediction, recommendation, classification, ranking, score or other information, that is a substantial factor used to make or materially influence an employment-related decision, and (B) does not include (i) any word processing, spreadsheet, map navigation, web hosting, domain registration, networking, caching, Internet web site loading, data storage, firewall, anti-virus, anti-malware, spam and robocall filtering, spellchecking, calculator, database or similar software or technology insofar as such software or technology does not make or materially influence an employment-related decision, (ii) any system or service that is used in a manner that is incidental to making an employment-related decision, or (iii) any information that is purely descriptive, diagnostic or statistical in nature and not relied upon to make or materially influence an employment-related decision.Sec. 7(1) may enter into a contract with a deployer of the automated employment-related decision technologyAutomated employment-related decision technology"Automated employment-related decision technology" (A) means any technology that processes personal data and uses computation to generate any output, including, but not limited to, any prediction, recommendation, classification, ranking, score or other information, that is a substantial factor used to make or materially influence an employment-related decision, and (B) does not include (i) any word processing, spreadsheet, map navigation, web hosting, domain registration, networking, caching, Internet web site loading, data storage, firewall, anti-virus, anti-malware, spam and robocall filtering, spellchecking, calculator, database or similar software or technology insofar as such software or technology does not make or materially influence an employment-related decision, (ii) any system or service that is used in a manner that is incidental to making an employment-related decision, or (iii) any information that is purely descriptive, diagnostic or statistical in nature and not relied upon to make or materially influence an employment-related decision.Sec. 7(1) to assume the deployerDeployer"Deployer" means a person doing business in the state who deploys an automated employment-related decision technology in the state.Sec. 7(3)'s duties under sections 9 and 10 of this act. The contract shall be binding and clearly set forth which of the deployerDeployer"Deployer" means a person doing business in the state who deploys an automated employment-related decision technology in the state.Sec. 7(3)'s duties under sections 9 and 10 of this act the developerDeveloper"Developer" means a person doing business in the state who develops, or intentionally and substantially modifies, an automated employment-related decision technology.Sec. 7(4) has assumed.

(a)–(b) 11 Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section and subsection (c) of section 8 of this act, a deployerDeployer"Deployer" means a person doing business in the state who deploys an automated employment-related decision technology in the state.Sec. 7(3) who, on or after October 1, 2027, deploys one or more automated employment-related decisionEmployment-related decision"Employment-related decision" (A) means any decision, made based on any individual's personal data, to hire, promote, discipline or discharge such individual, to renew such individual's employment, to select such individual for any training or apprenticeship or with respect to such individual's tenure or terms, privileges or conditions of employment, and (B) does not include any such decision that (i) results in any nonmaterial change in such individual's job tasks, work responsibilities, hours or work assignments, or (ii) is made with respect to workplace health and safety, scheduling and planning or productivity monitoring.Sec. 7(5) technologies that are intended to interact with an employee or applicant for employment in the state shall ensure that it is disclosed to each such employee or applicant who interacts with such technology or technologies that such employee or applicant is interacting with such technology or technologies. Such disclosure shall be made in plain language. (b) No disclosure shall be required under subsection (a) of this section under circumstances in which a reasonable person would deem it obvious that such person is interacting with an automated employment-related decision technologyAutomated employment-related decision technology"Automated employment-related decision technology" (A) means any technology that processes personal data and uses computation to generate any output, including, but not limited to, any prediction, recommendation, classification, ranking, score or other information, that is a substantial factor used to make or materially influence an employment-related decision, and (B) does not include (i) any word processing, spreadsheet, map navigation, web hosting, domain registration, networking, caching, Internet web site loading, data storage, firewall, anti-virus, anti-malware, spam and robocall filtering, spellchecking, calculator, database or similar software or technology insofar as such software or technology does not make or materially influence an employment-related decision, (ii) any system or service that is used in a manner that is incidental to making an employment-related decision, or (iii) any information that is purely descriptive, diagnostic or statistical in nature and not relied upon to make or materially influence an employment-related decision.Sec. 7(1).

12 Except as provided in subsection (c) of section 8 of this act, a deployerDeployer"Deployer" means a person doing business in the state who deploys an automated employment-related decision technology in the state.Sec. 7(3) who, on or after October 1, 2027, deploys an automated employment-related decision technologyAutomated employment-related decision technology"Automated employment-related decision technology" (A) means any technology that processes personal data and uses computation to generate any output, including, but not limited to, any prediction, recommendation, classification, ranking, score or other information, that is a substantial factor used to make or materially influence an employment-related decision, and (B) does not include (i) any word processing, spreadsheet, map navigation, web hosting, domain registration, networking, caching, Internet web site loading, data storage, firewall, anti-virus, anti-malware, spam and robocall filtering, spellchecking, calculator, database or similar software or technology insofar as such software or technology does not make or materially influence an employment-related decision, (ii) any system or service that is used in a manner that is incidental to making an employment-related decision, or (iii) any information that is purely descriptive, diagnostic or statistical in nature and not relied upon to make or materially influence an employment-related decision.Sec. 7(1) to generate any output for the purpose of making, or as a substantial factorSubstantial factor"Substantial factor" means a factor, including, but not limited to, a constraint, ranking, score, recommendation or classification, that meaningfully alters the outcome of an employment-related decision concerning an individual in the state.Sec. 7(8) in making, an employment-related decisionEmployment-related decision"Employment-related decision" (A) means any decision, made based on any individual's personal data, to hire, promote, discipline or discharge such individual, to renew such individual's employment, to select such individual for any training or apprenticeship or with respect to such individual's tenure or terms, privileges or conditions of employment, and (B) does not include any such decision that (i) results in any nonmaterial change in such individual's job tasks, work responsibilities, hours or work assignments, or (ii) is made with respect to workplace health and safety, scheduling and planning or productivity monitoring.Sec. 7(5) concerning an employee or applicant for employment in the state shall, before such employment-related decisionEmployment-related decision"Employment-related decision" (A) means any decision, made based on any individual's personal data, to hire, promote, discipline or discharge such individual, to renew such individual's employment, to select such individual for any training or apprenticeship or with respect to such individual's tenure or terms, privileges or conditions of employment, and (B) does not include any such decision that (i) results in any nonmaterial change in such individual's job tasks, work responsibilities, hours or work assignments, or (ii) is made with respect to workplace health and safety, scheduling and planning or productivity monitoring.Sec. 7(5) is made, provide to such employee or applicant a written notice disclosing: (1) That the deployerDeployer"Deployer" means a person doing business in the state who deploys an automated employment-related decision technology in the state.Sec. 7(3) has deployed an automated employment-related decision technologyAutomated employment-related decision technology"Automated employment-related decision technology" (A) means any technology that processes personal data and uses computation to generate any output, including, but not limited to, any prediction, recommendation, classification, ranking, score or other information, that is a substantial factor used to make or materially influence an employment-related decision, and (B) does not include (i) any word processing, spreadsheet, map navigation, web hosting, domain registration, networking, caching, Internet web site loading, data storage, firewall, anti-virus, anti-malware, spam and robocall filtering, spellchecking, calculator, database or similar software or technology insofar as such software or technology does not make or materially influence an employment-related decision, (ii) any system or service that is used in a manner that is incidental to making an employment-related decision, or (iii) any information that is purely descriptive, diagnostic or statistical in nature and not relied upon to make or materially influence an employment-related decision.Sec. 7(1); (2) The purpose of the automated employment-related decision technologyAutomated employment-related decision technology"Automated employment-related decision technology" (A) means any technology that processes personal data and uses computation to generate any output, including, but not limited to, any prediction, recommendation, classification, ranking, score or other information, that is a substantial factor used to make or materially influence an employment-related decision, and (B) does not include (i) any word processing, spreadsheet, map navigation, web hosting, domain registration, networking, caching, Internet web site loading, data storage, firewall, anti-virus, anti-malware, spam and robocall filtering, spellchecking, calculator, database or similar software or technology insofar as such software or technology does not make or materially influence an employment-related decision, (ii) any system or service that is used in a manner that is incidental to making an employment-related decision, or (iii) any information that is purely descriptive, diagnostic or statistical in nature and not relied upon to make or materially influence an employment-related decision.Sec. 7(1) and the nature of such employment-related decisionEmployment-related decision"Employment-related decision" (A) means any decision, made based on any individual's personal data, to hire, promote, discipline or discharge such individual, to renew such individual's employment, to select such individual for any training or apprenticeship or with respect to such individual's tenure or terms, privileges or conditions of employment, and (B) does not include any such decision that (i) results in any nonmaterial change in such individual's job tasks, work responsibilities, hours or work assignments, or (ii) is made with respect to workplace health and safety, scheduling and planning or productivity monitoring.Sec. 7(5); (3) The trade name of the automated employment-related decision technologyAutomated employment-related decision technology"Automated employment-related decision technology" (A) means any technology that processes personal data and uses computation to generate any output, including, but not limited to, any prediction, recommendation, classification, ranking, score or other information, that is a substantial factor used to make or materially influence an employment-related decision, and (B) does not include (i) any word processing, spreadsheet, map navigation, web hosting, domain registration, networking, caching, Internet web site loading, data storage, firewall, anti-virus, anti-malware, spam and robocall filtering, spellchecking, calculator, database or similar software or technology insofar as such software or technology does not make or materially influence an employment-related decision, (ii) any system or service that is used in a manner that is incidental to making an employment-related decision, or (iii) any information that is purely descriptive, diagnostic or statistical in nature and not relied upon to make or materially influence an employment-related decision.Sec. 7(1); (4) The categories of personal data concerning such employee or applicant the automated employment-related decision technologyAutomated employment-related decision technology"Automated employment-related decision technology" (A) means any technology that processes personal data and uses computation to generate any output, including, but not limited to, any prediction, recommendation, classification, ranking, score or other information, that is a substantial factor used to make or materially influence an employment-related decision, and (B) does not include (i) any word processing, spreadsheet, map navigation, web hosting, domain registration, networking, caching, Internet web site loading, data storage, firewall, anti-virus, anti-malware, spam and robocall filtering, spellchecking, calculator, database or similar software or technology insofar as such software or technology does not make or materially influence an employment-related decision, (ii) any system or service that is used in a manner that is incidental to making an employment-related decision, or (iii) any information that is purely descriptive, diagnostic or statistical in nature and not relied upon to make or materially influence an employment-related decision.Sec. 7(1) will analyze or process and how the personal data will be assessed in reaching a decision; (5) The sources of the personal data described in subdivision (4) of this section; and (6) Contact information for the deployerDeployer"Deployer" means a person doing business in the state who deploys an automated employment-related decision technology in the state.Sec. 7(3).

(a)–(b) No provision of sections 8 to 10, inclusive, of this act shall be construed to require any person to disclose any information that is a trade secret or otherwise protected from disclosure under state or federal law. (b) If a person withholds any information under subsection (a) of this section, the person shall send a notice to the person from whom such information is being withheld. Such notice shall disclose (1) that such person is withholding such information, and (2) the basis for such person's decision to withhold such information.

Any violation of the provisions of sections 8 to 11, inclusive, of this act shall constitute an unfair or deceptive trade practice for the purposes of subsection (a) of section 42-110b of the general statutes and shall be enforced solely by the Attorney General. The Attorney General may, prior to initiating any action for a violation of any provision of sections 8 to 11, inclusive, of this act, that occurs on or before December 31, 2027, issue a notice of violation to the person who committed such violation if the Attorney General determines that it is possible to cure such violation. If such person fails to cure such violation within sixty days of receipt of such notice of violation, the Attorney General may bring an action pursuant to this section. The provisions of section 42-110g of the general statutes shall not apply to any such violation. Nothing in this section or sections 8 to 11, inclusive, of this act shall be construed as providing the basis for a private right of action for any violation of said sections.

(b)(1) (new language) 13 The use of an automated employment-related decision technologyAutomated employment-related decision technology"Automated employment-related decision technology" (A) means any technology that processes personal data and uses computation to generate any output, including, but not limited to, any prediction, recommendation, classification, ranking, score or other information, that is a substantial factor used to make or materially influence an employment-related decision, and (B) does not include (i) any word processing, spreadsheet, map navigation, web hosting, domain registration, networking, caching, Internet web site loading, data storage, firewall, anti-virus, anti-malware, spam and robocall filtering, spellchecking, calculator, database or similar software or technology insofar as such software or technology does not make or materially influence an employment-related decision, (ii) any system or service that is used in a manner that is incidental to making an employment-related decision, or (iii) any information that is purely descriptive, diagnostic or statistical in nature and not relied upon to make or materially influence an employment-related decision.Sec. 7(1), as defined in section 7 of this act, shall not be a defense against a complaint alleging a discriminatory practice in violation of this subdivision. The commission or court may consider evidence of anti-bias testing or similar proactive efforts to avoid the discriminatory practice, including, but not limited to, the quality, efficacy, recency and scope of such testing or efforts, the results of such testing or efforts and the response thereto.

(new language) 14 In any action for a discriminatory practice in violation of subdivision (1) of this section involving an automated employment-related decision technologyAutomated employment-related decision technology"Automated employment-related decision technology" (A) means any technology that processes personal data and uses computation to generate any output, including, but not limited to, any prediction, recommendation, classification, ranking, score or other information, that is a substantial factor used to make or materially influence an employment-related decision, and (B) does not include (i) any word processing, spreadsheet, map navigation, web hosting, domain registration, networking, caching, Internet web site loading, data storage, firewall, anti-virus, anti-malware, spam and robocall filtering, spellchecking, calculator, database or similar software or technology insofar as such software or technology does not make or materially influence an employment-related decision, (ii) any system or service that is used in a manner that is incidental to making an employment-related decision, or (iii) any information that is purely descriptive, diagnostic or statistical in nature and not relied upon to make or materially influence an employment-related decision.Sec. 7(1), as defined in section 7 of this act, the use of an automated employment-related decision technologyAutomated employment-related decision technology"Automated employment-related decision technology" (A) means any technology that processes personal data and uses computation to generate any output, including, but not limited to, any prediction, recommendation, classification, ranking, score or other information, that is a substantial factor used to make or materially influence an employment-related decision, and (B) does not include (i) any word processing, spreadsheet, map navigation, web hosting, domain registration, networking, caching, Internet web site loading, data storage, firewall, anti-virus, anti-malware, spam and robocall filtering, spellchecking, calculator, database or similar software or technology insofar as such software or technology does not make or materially influence an employment-related decision, (ii) any system or service that is used in a manner that is incidental to making an employment-related decision, or (iii) any information that is purely descriptive, diagnostic or statistical in nature and not relied upon to make or materially influence an employment-related decision.Sec. 7(1) shall not be a defense against a complaint. The commission or court may consider evidence of anti-bias testing or similar proactive efforts to avoid such discriminatory practice, including, but not limited to, the quality, efficacy, recency and scope of such testing or efforts, the results of such testing or efforts and the response thereto.

(a) As used in this section: (1) "Consumer" means an individual who is a resident of this state; (2) "Covered providerCovered provider"Covered provider" (A) means any person who creates, codes or otherwise produces a generative artificial intelligence system that (i) has more than one million users per month, and (ii) is publicly accessible to consumers for personal use, and (B) does not include any federal, state or local government agency.Sec. 15(a)(2)" (A) means any person who creates, codes or otherwise produces a generative artificial intelligence systemGenerative artificial intelligence system"Generative artificial intelligence system" (A) means any technology that uses machine learning to generate images, audio or video, and (B) includes, but is not limited to, any system utilizing deep learning, natural language processing or other computational processing techniques of similar or greater complexity.Sec. 15(a)(3) that (i) has more than one million users per month, and (ii) is publicly accessible to consumers for personal use, and (B) does not include any federal, state or local government agency; (3) "Generative artificial intelligence systemGenerative artificial intelligence system"Generative artificial intelligence system" (A) means any technology that uses machine learning to generate images, audio or video, and (B) includes, but is not limited to, any system utilizing deep learning, natural language processing or other computational processing techniques of similar or greater complexity.Sec. 15(a)(3)" (A) means any technology that uses machine learning to generate images, audio or video, and (B) includes, but is not limited to, any system utilizing deep learning, natural language processing or other computational processing techniques of similar or greater complexity; (4) "Materially alterMaterially alter"Materially alter" (A) means to substantially alter the data in any content, and (B) does not include any minor modification that does not lead to a significant change in the perceived content or meaning thereof, including, but not limited to, any (i) change in brightness, contrast or color, (ii) sharpening, (iii) saturation, (iv) application of a filter, (v) resizing, (vi) scaling, (vii) cropping, (viii) format conversion, (ix) resampling, (x) denoising, or (xi) removal of background noise in audio.Sec. 15(a)(4)" (A) means to substantially alter the data in any content, and (B) does not include any minor modification that does not lead to a significant change in the perceived content or meaning thereof, including, but not limited to, any (i) change in brightness, contrast or color, (ii) sharpening, (iii) saturation, (iv) application of a filter, (v) resizing, (vi) scaling, (vii) cropping, (viii) format conversion, (ix) resampling, (x) denoising, or (xi) removal of background noise in audio; (5) "Person" means an individual, association, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, trust or other legal entity; and (6) "Provenance dataProvenance data"Provenance data" means data that are embedded into digital content or that are included in the digital content's metadata for the purpose of verifying the digital content's authenticity, origin or history of modification.Sec. 15(a)(6)" means data that are embedded into digital content or that are included in the digital content's metadata for the purpose of verifying the digital content's authenticity, origin or history of modification.

(b)(1)–(2) 15 Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, each covered providerCovered provider"Covered provider" (A) means any person who creates, codes or otherwise produces a generative artificial intelligence system that (i) has more than one million users per month, and (ii) is publicly accessible to consumers for personal use, and (B) does not include any federal, state or local government agency.Sec. 15(a)(2) shall: (A) To the extent commercially and technically reasonable, include provenance dataProvenance data"Provenance data" means data that are embedded into digital content or that are included in the digital content's metadata for the purpose of verifying the digital content's authenticity, origin or history of modification.Sec. 15(a)(6) in any audio, image or video content, or in any content that is a combination thereof, that is created or materially altered by such covered providerCovered provider"Covered provider" (A) means any person who creates, codes or otherwise produces a generative artificial intelligence system that (i) has more than one million users per month, and (ii) is publicly accessible to consumers for personal use, and (B) does not include any federal, state or local government agency.Sec. 15(a)(2)'s generative artificial intelligence systemGenerative artificial intelligence system"Generative artificial intelligence system" (A) means any technology that uses machine learning to generate images, audio or video, and (B) includes, but is not limited to, any system utilizing deep learning, natural language processing or other computational processing techniques of similar or greater complexity.Sec. 15(a)(3) in a manner that allows a consumer to assess whether such content was created or materially altered by such covered providerCovered provider"Covered provider" (A) means any person who creates, codes or otherwise produces a generative artificial intelligence system that (i) has more than one million users per month, and (ii) is publicly accessible to consumers for personal use, and (B) does not include any federal, state or local government agency.Sec. 15(a)(2)'s generative artificial intelligence systemGenerative artificial intelligence system"Generative artificial intelligence system" (A) means any technology that uses machine learning to generate images, audio or video, and (B) includes, but is not limited to, any system utilizing deep learning, natural language processing or other computational processing techniques of similar or greater complexity.Sec. 15(a)(3); and (B) Use commercially and technically reasonable methods, including, but not limited to, the relevant standard established by the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity, to make the provenance dataProvenance data"Provenance data" means data that are embedded into digital content or that are included in the digital content's metadata for the purpose of verifying the digital content's authenticity, origin or history of modification.Sec. 15(a)(6) that are included in any content pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this subdivision difficult to tamper with, remove or disassociate from such content. (2) The provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall not be construed to: (A) Require (i) a covered providerCovered provider"Covered provider" (A) means any person who creates, codes or otherwise produces a generative artificial intelligence system that (i) has more than one million users per month, and (ii) is publicly accessible to consumers for personal use, and (B) does not include any federal, state or local government agency.Sec. 15(a)(2) to include any information relating to an identified or reasonably identifiable individual in the provenance dataProvenance data"Provenance data" means data that are embedded into digital content or that are included in the digital content's metadata for the purpose of verifying the digital content's authenticity, origin or history of modification.Sec. 15(a)(6) included in any content created or materially altered by the covered providerCovered provider"Covered provider" (A) means any person who creates, codes or otherwise produces a generative artificial intelligence system that (i) has more than one million users per month, and (ii) is publicly accessible to consumers for personal use, and (B) does not include any federal, state or local government agency.Sec. 15(a)(2)'s generative artificial intelligence systemGenerative artificial intelligence system"Generative artificial intelligence system" (A) means any technology that uses machine learning to generate images, audio or video, and (B) includes, but is not limited to, any system utilizing deep learning, natural language processing or other computational processing techniques of similar or greater complexity.Sec. 15(a)(3), or (ii) the disclosure of (I) any information that is a trade secret or otherwise protected from disclosure under state or federal law, or (II) any confidential or proprietary information concerning the design or use of a generative artificial intelligence systemGenerative artificial intelligence system"Generative artificial intelligence system" (A) means any technology that uses machine learning to generate images, audio or video, and (B) includes, but is not limited to, any system utilizing deep learning, natural language processing or other computational processing techniques of similar or greater complexity.Sec. 15(a)(3); or (B) Apply to (i) any business-to-business use, sale, licensing or distribution of a generative artificial intelligence systemGenerative artificial intelligence system"Generative artificial intelligence system" (A) means any technology that uses machine learning to generate images, audio or video, and (B) includes, but is not limited to, any system utilizing deep learning, natural language processing or other computational processing techniques of similar or greater complexity.Sec. 15(a)(3), (ii) any product, service, Internet web site or application that solely provides consumers with video game or interactive experiences, which experiences may include (I) direct sales of goods or services to consumers through the Internet, and (II) allowing consumers to virtually browse, select and purchase items, or (iii) any system that is used solely for upscaling, noise reduction or compression.

(c) Any violation of the provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall constitute an unfair or deceptive trade practice for the purposes of subsection (a) of section 42-110b of the general statutes and shall be enforced solely by the Attorney General. The provisions of section 42-110g of the general statutes shall not apply to any such violation. Nothing in this section shall be construed as providing the basis for a private right of action.

(b)(1) 16 Not later than December 31, 2026, and annually thereafter, the Department of Administrative Services shall conduct an inventory of all systems that employ artificial intelligence and are in use by any state agency. Each such inventory shall include at least the following information for each such system, to the extent practicable based on available data: (A) The name of such system and the vendor, if any, that provided such system; (B) A description of the general capabilities and uses of such system; (C) Whether such system was used to independently make, inform or materially support a conclusion, decision or judgment; (D) Whether such system underwent an impact assessment prior to implementation; (E) The date of the last impact assessment; (F) Whether such system has access to personally identifiable information of individuals in the state; and (G) The known risks of such system toward individuals in the state, communities and state employees.

(b)(2)–(3) 16 The Department of Administrative Services shall make each inventory conducted pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection publicly available on the state's open data portal. (3) The Department of Administrative Services shall establish definitions, reporting standards and submission formats for state agencies to use in their submissions.

(b)(1)–(3) 17 No state agency, or any entity acting on behalf of a state agency, shall, directly or indirectly, utilize or apply any artificial intelligence technologyArtificial intelligence technology"Artificial intelligence technology" means any computer system, application or other product that uses or incorporates one or more forms of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act.Sec. 1(a)(1) in performing any function that (A) is related to the delivery of any public assistance benefit to individuals in the state by such agency, or (B) will have a material impact on the rights, civil liberties, safety or welfare of individuals in the state, unless such utilization or application is in compliance with policies and standards established by the Office of Policy and Management and the Department of Administrative Services. (2) No state agency shall authorize any procurement, purchase or acquisition of any artificial intelligence technologyArtificial intelligence technology"Artificial intelligence technology" means any computer system, application or other product that uses or incorporates one or more forms of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act.Sec. 1(a)(1), except where the use of such system is in compliance with policies and standards established by the Office of Policy and Management and the Department of Administrative Services. (3) If a state agency is authorized to procure, purchase or acquire an artificial intelligence technologyArtificial intelligence technology"Artificial intelligence technology" means any computer system, application or other product that uses or incorporates one or more forms of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act.Sec. 1(a)(1), the state agency shall complete an artificial intelligence impact assessment in compliance with policies and standards established by the Office of Policy and Management and the Department of Administrative Services.

(c) 17 Any artificial intelligence impact assessment completed pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of this section shall be submitted to the Commissioner of Administrative Services, in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner, and posted on the agency's Internet web site not later than sixty days prior to deployment of such artificial intelligence technologyArtificial intelligence technology"Artificial intelligence technology" means any computer system, application or other product that uses or incorporates one or more forms of artificial intelligence, as defined in section 17 of this act.Sec. 1(a)(1). Any agency may redact any data in such impact statement to remove personally identifiable information of any individual.

(a) As used in this section: (1) "Covered minor" means any covered user who is younger than eighteen years of age; (2) "Covered operatorCovered operator"Covered operator" (A) means any operator who operates or provides a covered platform, and (B) does not include the federal government, any state or municipal government or any agency or instrumentality of the federal government or of any state or municipal government.Sec. 39(a)(2)" (A) means any operatorOperator"Operator" means any individual, business entity or affiliate, member, subsidiary or beneficial owner of a business entity who provides an artificial intelligence companion to, or operates an artificial intelligence companion for, a user.Sec. 4(5) who operates or provides a covered platformCovered platform"Covered platform" (A) means any platform that, as a significant part of the services offered, recommends, selects or prioritizes for display, either concurrently or sequentially, media items generated or shared on a platform by users of such platform, and (B) does not include any platform that (i) primarily facilitates the sale of goods, or (ii) is used solely for educational purposes pursuant to a contract required under section 10-234bb of the general statutes.Sec. 39(a)(3), and (B) does not include the federal government, any state or municipal government or any agency or instrumentality of the federal government or of any state or municipal government; (3) "Covered platformCovered platform"Covered platform" (A) means any platform that, as a significant part of the services offered, recommends, selects or prioritizes for display, either concurrently or sequentially, media items generated or shared on a platform by users of such platform, and (B) does not include any platform that (i) primarily facilitates the sale of goods, or (ii) is used solely for educational purposes pursuant to a contract required under section 10-234bb of the general statutes.Sec. 39(a)(3)" (A) means any platform that, as a significant part of the services offered, recommends, selects or prioritizes for display, either concurrently or sequentially, media items generated or shared on a platform by users of such platform, and (B) does not include any platform that (i) primarily facilitates the sale of goods, or (ii) is used solely for educational purposes pursuant to a contract required under section 10-234bb of the general statutes; (4) "Covered user" means any user of a covered platformCovered platform"Covered platform" (A) means any platform that, as a significant part of the services offered, recommends, selects or prioritizes for display, either concurrently or sequentially, media items generated or shared on a platform by users of such platform, and (B) does not include any platform that (i) primarily facilitates the sale of goods, or (ii) is used solely for educational purposes pursuant to a contract required under section 10-234bb of the general statutes.Sec. 39(a)(3) in this state who is not acting as the covered operatorCovered operator"Covered operator" (A) means any operator who operates or provides a covered platform, and (B) does not include the federal government, any state or municipal government or any agency or instrumentality of the federal government or of any state or municipal government.Sec. 39(a)(2), or as an agent or affiliate of the covered operatorCovered operator"Covered operator" (A) means any operator who operates or provides a covered platform, and (B) does not include the federal government, any state or municipal government or any agency or instrumentality of the federal government or of any state or municipal government.Sec. 39(a)(2), of the covered platformCovered platform"Covered platform" (A) means any platform that, as a significant part of the services offered, recommends, selects or prioritizes for display, either concurrently or sequentially, media items generated or shared on a platform by users of such platform, and (B) does not include any platform that (i) primarily facilitates the sale of goods, or (ii) is used solely for educational purposes pursuant to a contract required under section 10-234bb of the general statutes.Sec. 39(a)(3); (5) "Media item" means any text, image or video; (6) "OperatorOperator"Operator" means any individual, business entity or affiliate, member, subsidiary or beneficial owner of a business entity who provides an artificial intelligence companion to, or operates an artificial intelligence companion for, a user.Sec. 4(5)" means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, association, joint stock company, unincorporated organization or other legal entity that operates or provides a platform; (7) "Platform" means any Internet web site, online service, online application, mobile application or social media platform, or any portion thereof; and (8) "Sensitive content" means any content that the covered operator of a covered platformCovered platform"Covered platform" (A) means any platform that, as a significant part of the services offered, recommends, selects or prioritizes for display, either concurrently or sequentially, media items generated or shared on a platform by users of such platform, and (B) does not include any platform that (i) primarily facilitates the sale of goods, or (ii) is used solely for educational purposes pursuant to a contract required under section 10-234bb of the general statutes.Sec. 39(a)(3) deems to be in violation of the community standards, or any similar guidelines or standards, such covered operatorCovered operator"Covered operator" (A) means any operator who operates or provides a covered platform, and (B) does not include the federal government, any state or municipal government or any agency or instrumentality of the federal government or of any state or municipal government.Sec. 39(a)(2) has established for the covered platformCovered platform"Covered platform" (A) means any platform that, as a significant part of the services offered, recommends, selects or prioritizes for display, either concurrently or sequentially, media items generated or shared on a platform by users of such platform, and (B) does not include any platform that (i) primarily facilitates the sale of goods, or (ii) is used solely for educational purposes pursuant to a contract required under section 10-234bb of the general statutes.Sec. 39(a)(3).

(b)(1)–(5) 18 No covered operator of a covered platformCovered platform"Covered platform" (A) means any platform that, as a significant part of the services offered, recommends, selects or prioritizes for display, either concurrently or sequentially, media items generated or shared on a platform by users of such platform, and (B) does not include any platform that (i) primarily facilitates the sale of goods, or (ii) is used solely for educational purposes pursuant to a contract required under section 10-234bb of the general statutes.Sec. 39(a)(3) shall allow a covered user to access any portion of the covered platformCovered platform"Covered platform" (A) means any platform that, as a significant part of the services offered, recommends, selects or prioritizes for display, either concurrently or sequentially, media items generated or shared on a platform by users of such platform, and (B) does not include any platform that (i) primarily facilitates the sale of goods, or (ii) is used solely for educational purposes pursuant to a contract required under section 10-234bb of the general statutes.Sec. 39(a)(3) that recommends, selects or prioritizes for display, either concurrently or sequentially, media items generated or shared by users of such covered platformCovered platform"Covered platform" (A) means any platform that, as a significant part of the services offered, recommends, selects or prioritizes for display, either concurrently or sequentially, media items generated or shared on a platform by users of such platform, and (B) does not include any platform that (i) primarily facilitates the sale of goods, or (ii) is used solely for educational purposes pursuant to a contract required under section 10-234bb of the general statutes.Sec. 39(a)(3) if such recommendation, selection or prioritization is based, in whole or in part, on any information associated with the covered user or such covered user's device, unless: (A) (i) The covered operatorCovered operator"Covered operator" (A) means any operator who operates or provides a covered platform, and (B) does not include the federal government, any state or municipal government or any agency or instrumentality of the federal government or of any state or municipal government.Sec. 39(a)(2) has used commercially reasonable and technically feasible methods to determine that the covered user is not a covered minor; or (ii) If the covered user is a covered minor, the covered operatorCovered operator"Covered operator" (A) means any operator who operates or provides a covered platform, and (B) does not include the federal government, any state or municipal government or any agency or instrumentality of the federal government or of any state or municipal government.Sec. 39(a)(2) has obtained verifiable consent from the covered minor's parent or legal guardian to recommend, select or prioritize media items for such covered minor in the manner set forth in this subdivision; (B) The recommendation, selection or prioritization (i) is based on information that is not persistently associated with the covered user or the covered user's device, and (ii) does not concern the covered user's previous interactions with media items generated or shared by other users of such covered platformCovered platform"Covered platform" (A) means any platform that, as a significant part of the services offered, recommends, selects or prioritizes for display, either concurrently or sequentially, media items generated or shared on a platform by users of such platform, and (B) does not include any platform that (i) primarily facilitates the sale of goods, or (ii) is used solely for educational purposes pursuant to a contract required under section 10-234bb of the general statutes.Sec. 39(a)(3); (C) The recommendation, selection or prioritization is based on (i) privacy or accessibility settings selected by the covered user, or (ii) technical information concerning the covered user's device; (D) The covered user has expressly and unambiguously requested the display, blocking, prioritization or deprioritization of any specific media item, media items from a specific author, creator or poster to whom, or source to which, the covered user has subscribed or media items shared by users to a specific page or group to which the covered user has subscribed; (E) The recommended, selected or prioritized media item is a direct and private communication; (F) The media item is recommended, selected or prioritized solely in response to a specific search inquiry made by the covered user; (G) The media item is recommended, selected or prioritized for display solely because the media item (i) immediately follows any other media item in a preexisting sequence, and (ii) is from the same author, creator, poster or source; or (H) The recommendation, selection or prioritization is necessary to comply with any other provision of this section. (2) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this subdivision, a covered operatorCovered operator"Covered operator" (A) means any operator who operates or provides a covered platform, and (B) does not include the federal government, any state or municipal government or any agency or instrumentality of the federal government or of any state or municipal government.Sec. 39(a)(2) that has used commercially reasonable and technically feasible methods to determine a covered user's age and is unable to determine whether the covered user is a covered minor shall presume that such covered user is not a covered minor for the purposes of this subsection. (B) A covered operatorCovered operator"Covered operator" (A) means any operator who operates or provides a covered platform, and (B) does not include the federal government, any state or municipal government or any agency or instrumentality of the federal government or of any state or municipal government.Sec. 39(a)(2) shall treat a covered user as a covered minor if the covered operatorCovered operator"Covered operator" (A) means any operator who operates or provides a covered platform, and (B) does not include the federal government, any state or municipal government or any agency or instrumentality of the federal government or of any state or municipal government.Sec. 39(a)(2) obtains actual knowledge that the covered user is a covered minor. (3) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this subdivision: (i) No information that is collected for the purpose of determining a covered user's age under this subsection shall be used for any other purpose, and such information shall be deleted immediately after an attempt is made to determine the covered user's age; and (ii) No information that is collected for the purpose of obtaining verifiable consent from a covered minor's parent or legal guardian shall be used for any other purpose, and such information shall be deleted immediately after an attempt is made to obtain such verifiable consent. (B) Any information that is collected for any purpose set forth in subparagraph (A) of this subdivision may be used or retained if such use or retention is necessary to comply with any federal law or regulation or any other law or regulation of this state. (4) No covered operatorCovered operator"Covered operator" (A) means any operator who operates or provides a covered platform, and (B) does not include the federal government, any state or municipal government or any agency or instrumentality of the federal government or of any state or municipal government.Sec. 39(a)(2) shall withhold or degrade, or reduce the quality or increase the price of, any product, service or feature due to the prohibition against recommending, selecting or prioritizing media items in the manner set forth in subdivision (1) of this subsection, unless such withholding, degradation, reduction or increase is necessary for such covered operatorCovered operator"Covered operator" (A) means any operator who operates or provides a covered platform, and (B) does not include the federal government, any state or municipal government or any agency or instrumentality of the federal government or of any state or municipal government.Sec. 39(a)(2) to comply with the provisions of this subsection. (5) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit any covered operatorCovered operator"Covered operator" (A) means any operator who operates or provides a covered platform, and (B) does not include the federal government, any state or municipal government or any agency or instrumentality of the federal government or of any state or municipal government.Sec. 39(a)(2) from taking any action to restrict access to, or the availability of, any media item that such covered operatorCovered operator"Covered operator" (A) means any operator who operates or provides a covered platform, and (B) does not include the federal government, any state or municipal government or any agency or instrumentality of the federal government or of any state or municipal government.Sec. 39(a)(2) in good faith considers to be obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing or otherwise objectionable, regardless of whether such media item is protected under the Constitution of the state or the Constitution of the United States.

(c) 19 Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, the covered operator of a covered platformCovered platform"Covered platform" (A) means any platform that, as a significant part of the services offered, recommends, selects or prioritizes for display, either concurrently or sequentially, media items generated or shared on a platform by users of such platform, and (B) does not include any platform that (i) primarily facilitates the sale of goods, or (ii) is used solely for educational purposes pursuant to a contract required under section 10-234bb of the general statutes.Sec. 39(a)(3) shall ensure that the covered platformCovered platform"Covered platform" (A) means any platform that, as a significant part of the services offered, recommends, selects or prioritizes for display, either concurrently or sequentially, media items generated or shared on a platform by users of such platform, and (B) does not include any platform that (i) primarily facilitates the sale of goods, or (ii) is used solely for educational purposes pursuant to a contract required under section 10-234bb of the general statutes.Sec. 39(a)(3) displays a clear and conspicuous warning, in black lettering appearing against a white background and enclosed by a black border, that reads: "The Surgeon General has warned that while social media may have benefits for some young users, social media is associated with significant mental health harms and has not been proven safe for young users." (B) The covered operator of a covered platformCovered platform"Covered platform" (A) means any platform that, as a significant part of the services offered, recommends, selects or prioritizes for display, either concurrently or sequentially, media items generated or shared on a platform by users of such platform, and (B) does not include any platform that (i) primarily facilitates the sale of goods, or (ii) is used solely for educational purposes pursuant to a contract required under section 10-234bb of the general statutes.Sec. 39(a)(3) shall ensure that, with respect to each day on which a covered user uses the covered platformCovered platform"Covered platform" (A) means any platform that, as a significant part of the services offered, recommends, selects or prioritizes for display, either concurrently or sequentially, media items generated or shared on a platform by users of such platform, and (B) does not include any platform that (i) primarily facilitates the sale of goods, or (ii) is used solely for educational purposes pursuant to a contract required under section 10-234bb of the general statutes.Sec. 39(a)(3), the warning required under subparagraph (A) of this subdivision is displayed to the covered user (i) when such covered user first accesses such covered platformCovered platform"Covered platform" (A) means any platform that, as a significant part of the services offered, recommends, selects or prioritizes for display, either concurrently or sequentially, media items generated or shared on a platform by users of such platform, and (B) does not include any platform that (i) primarily facilitates the sale of goods, or (ii) is used solely for educational purposes pursuant to a contract required under section 10-234bb of the general statutes.Sec. 39(a)(3) on such day, in which case such warning shall (I) occupy at least seventy-five per cent of the screen or window by which such covered user accesses such covered platformCovered platform"Covered platform" (A) means any platform that, as a significant part of the services offered, recommends, selects or prioritizes for display, either concurrently or sequentially, media items generated or shared on a platform by users of such platform, and (B) does not include any platform that (i) primarily facilitates the sale of goods, or (ii) is used solely for educational purposes pursuant to a contract required under section 10-234bb of the general statutes.Sec. 39(a)(3) on such day, and (II) be displayed continuously for a period of at least thirty seconds without allowing such covered user to dismiss such warning or shorten such period, and (ii) immediately after such covered user has used such covered platformCovered platform"Covered platform" (A) means any platform that, as a significant part of the services offered, recommends, selects or prioritizes for display, either concurrently or sequentially, media items generated or shared on a platform by users of such platform, and (B) does not include any platform that (i) primarily facilitates the sale of goods, or (ii) is used solely for educational purposes pursuant to a contract required under section 10-234bb of the general statutes.Sec. 39(a)(3) for three continuous or noncontinuous hours during such day, and immediately after each additional continuous or noncontinuous hour of use during such day, in which case such warning shall (I) occupy at least twenty-five per cent of the screen or window by which such covered user has accessed such covered platformCovered platform"Covered platform" (A) means any platform that, as a significant part of the services offered, recommends, selects or prioritizes for display, either concurrently or sequentially, media items generated or shared on a platform by users of such platform, and (B) does not include any platform that (i) primarily facilitates the sale of goods, or (ii) is used solely for educational purposes pursuant to a contract required under section 10-234bb of the general statutes.Sec. 39(a)(3) during such day, and (II) be displayed continuously for a period of at least ten seconds unless the covered user affirmatively dismisses such warning by clicking on a conspicuous "X" icon. (2) No covered operatorCovered operator"Covered operator" (A) means any operator who operates or provides a covered platform, and (B) does not include the federal government, any state or municipal government or any agency or instrumentality of the federal government or of any state or municipal government.Sec. 39(a)(2) shall be required to display the warning required under subdivision (1) of this subsection to any covered user whom the covered operatorCovered operator"Covered operator" (A) means any operator who operates or provides a covered platform, and (B) does not include the federal government, any state or municipal government or any agency or instrumentality of the federal government or of any state or municipal government.Sec. 39(a)(2) has reasonably determined is not a covered minor.

(d) 20 No covered operatorCovered operator"Covered operator" (A) means any operator who operates or provides a covered platform, and (B) does not include the federal government, any state or municipal government or any agency or instrumentality of the federal government or of any state or municipal government.Sec. 39(a)(2) shall send any notification to a covered minor concerning any recommendation, selection or prioritization made in the manner set forth in subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section, unless: (A) Such notification is sent to the covered minor during the hours between eight o'clock a.m. and nine o'clock p.m. eastern time; or (B) The covered operatorCovered operator"Covered operator" (A) means any operator who operates or provides a covered platform, and (B) does not include the federal government, any state or municipal government or any agency or instrumentality of the federal government or of any state or municipal government.Sec. 39(a)(2) has obtained verifiable consent from the covered minor's parent or legal guardian to send notifications to such covered minor outside of the time frame set forth in subparagraph (A) of this subdivision. (2) Each covered operatorCovered operator"Covered operator" (A) means any operator who operates or provides a covered platform, and (B) does not include the federal government, any state or municipal government or any agency or instrumentality of the federal government or of any state or municipal government.Sec. 39(a)(2) shall: (A) As a default setting for such covered operatorCovered operator"Covered operator" (A) means any operator who operates or provides a covered platform, and (B) does not include the federal government, any state or municipal government or any agency or instrumentality of the federal government or of any state or municipal government.Sec. 39(a)(2)'s covered platformCovered platform"Covered platform" (A) means any platform that, as a significant part of the services offered, recommends, selects or prioritizes for display, either concurrently or sequentially, media items generated or shared on a platform by users of such platform, and (B) does not include any platform that (i) primarily facilitates the sale of goods, or (ii) is used solely for educational purposes pursuant to a contract required under section 10-234bb of the general statutes.Sec. 39(a)(3) and unless otherwise required by a covered minor's verified parent or legal guardian pursuant to subparagraph (B) of this subdivision, (i) prevent the covered minor from accessing or receiving any notification described in subdivision (1) of this subsection outside of the time frame set forth in subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of this subsection, (ii) limit the covered minor's access to any portion of such covered operatorCovered operator"Covered operator" (A) means any operator who operates or provides a covered platform, and (B) does not include the federal government, any state or municipal government or any agency or instrumentality of the federal government or of any state or municipal government.Sec. 39(a)(2)'s covered platformCovered platform"Covered platform" (A) means any platform that, as a significant part of the services offered, recommends, selects or prioritizes for display, either concurrently or sequentially, media items generated or shared on a platform by users of such platform, and (B) does not include any platform that (i) primarily facilitates the sale of goods, or (ii) is used solely for educational purposes pursuant to a contract required under section 10-234bb of the general statutes.Sec. 39(a)(3) that recommends, selects or prioritizes media items in the manner set forth in subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section to a maximum period of one hour per day, (iii) set the covered minor's covered platformCovered platform"Covered platform" (A) means any platform that, as a significant part of the services offered, recommends, selects or prioritizes for display, either concurrently or sequentially, media items generated or shared on a platform by users of such platform, and (B) does not include any platform that (i) primarily facilitates the sale of goods, or (ii) is used solely for educational purposes pursuant to a contract required under section 10-234bb of the general statutes.Sec. 39(a)(3) account to a mode that does not allow users, other than users to whom such covered minor is connected, to view or respond to content posted by, or chat or exchange messages with, such covered minor, and (iv) prevent the covered minor from accessing, viewing or receiving sensitive content; and (B) Establish and maintain a mechanism by which a covered minor's verified parent or legal guardian may require such covered operatorCovered operator"Covered operator" (A) means any operator who operates or provides a covered platform, and (B) does not include the federal government, any state or municipal government or any agency or instrumentality of the federal government or of any state or municipal government.Sec. 39(a)(2) to (i) prevent the covered minor from accessing or receiving any notification described in subdivision (1) of this subsection outside of a time frame specified by such parent or legal guardian, (ii) limit the covered minor's access to any portion of such covered operatorCovered operator"Covered operator" (A) means any operator who operates or provides a covered platform, and (B) does not include the federal government, any state or municipal government or any agency or instrumentality of the federal government or of any state or municipal government.Sec. 39(a)(2)'s covered platformCovered platform"Covered platform" (A) means any platform that, as a significant part of the services offered, recommends, selects or prioritizes for display, either concurrently or sequentially, media items generated or shared on a platform by users of such platform, and (B) does not include any platform that (i) primarily facilitates the sale of goods, or (ii) is used solely for educational purposes pursuant to a contract required under section 10-234bb of the general statutes.Sec. 39(a)(3) that recommends, selects or prioritizes media items in the manner set forth in subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section to a maximum daily period specified by such parent or legal guardian, or (iii) set the covered minor's covered platformCovered platform"Covered platform" (A) means any platform that, as a significant part of the services offered, recommends, selects or prioritizes for display, either concurrently or sequentially, media items generated or shared on a platform by users of such platform, and (B) does not include any platform that (i) primarily facilitates the sale of goods, or (ii) is used solely for educational purposes pursuant to a contract required under section 10-234bb of the general statutes.Sec. 39(a)(3) account to a mode that does not allow users, other than users to whom such covered minor is connected, to view or respond to content posted by, or chat or exchange messages with, such covered minor.

(e) 21 Not later than March 1, 2028, and annually thereafter, each covered operatorCovered operator"Covered operator" (A) means any operator who operates or provides a covered platform, and (B) does not include the federal government, any state or municipal government or any agency or instrumentality of the federal government or of any state or municipal government.Sec. 39(a)(2) shall publicly disclose, in a form and manner prescribed by the Attorney General, the following information for the preceding calendar year: (1) The total number of covered users who used the covered operatorCovered operator"Covered operator" (A) means any operator who operates or provides a covered platform, and (B) does not include the federal government, any state or municipal government or any agency or instrumentality of the federal government or of any state or municipal government.Sec. 39(a)(2)'s covered platformCovered platform"Covered platform" (A) means any platform that, as a significant part of the services offered, recommends, selects or prioritizes for display, either concurrently or sequentially, media items generated or shared on a platform by users of such platform, and (B) does not include any platform that (i) primarily facilitates the sale of goods, or (ii) is used solely for educational purposes pursuant to a contract required under section 10-234bb of the general statutes.Sec. 39(a)(3) during such year; (2) The portion of the total number of covered users described in subdivision (1) of this subsection for whom the covered operatorCovered operator"Covered operator" (A) means any operator who operates or provides a covered platform, and (B) does not include the federal government, any state or municipal government or any agency or instrumentality of the federal government or of any state or municipal government.Sec. 39(a)(2) obtained verifiable consent from a parent or legal guardian under subparagraph (A)(ii) of subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section; (3) The portion of the total number of covered users described in subdivision (1) of this subsection for whom the default settings set forth in subparagraph (A) of subdivision (2) of subsection (d) of this section were enabled, and the portion of such total number of covered users for whom such default settings were not enabled; and (4) The average amount of time per day that covered users used the covered operatorCovered operator"Covered operator" (A) means any operator who operates or provides a covered platform, and (B) does not include the federal government, any state or municipal government or any agency or instrumentality of the federal government or of any state or municipal government.Sec. 39(a)(2)'s covered platformCovered platform"Covered platform" (A) means any platform that, as a significant part of the services offered, recommends, selects or prioritizes for display, either concurrently or sequentially, media items generated or shared on a platform by users of such platform, and (B) does not include any platform that (i) primarily facilitates the sale of goods, or (ii) is used solely for educational purposes pursuant to a contract required under section 10-234bb of the general statutes.Sec. 39(a)(3), broken down by user age and hour of day.

(f)–(g) Nothing in this section shall be construed to (1) require a covered operatorCovered operator"Covered operator" (A) means any operator who operates or provides a covered platform, and (B) does not include the federal government, any state or municipal government or any agency or instrumentality of the federal government or of any state or municipal government.Sec. 39(a)(2) to provide a covered minor's parent or legal guardian with access to, or control over, the covered minor's covered platformCovered platform"Covered platform" (A) means any platform that, as a significant part of the services offered, recommends, selects or prioritizes for display, either concurrently or sequentially, media items generated or shared on a platform by users of such platform, and (B) does not include any platform that (i) primarily facilitates the sale of goods, or (ii) is used solely for educational purposes pursuant to a contract required under section 10-234bb of the general statutes.Sec. 39(a)(3) account or any data associated therewith, unless provision of such access or control is specifically required by this section, or (2) impose liability for any commercial activity or action by a covered operatorCovered operator"Covered operator" (A) means any operator who operates or provides a covered platform, and (B) does not include the federal government, any state or municipal government or any agency or instrumentality of the federal government or of any state or municipal government.Sec. 39(a)(2) subject to 15 USC 6501, as amended from time to time, that is inconsistent with the manner in which such commercial activity or action is treated under 15 USC 6502, as amended from time to time. (g) A violation of any provision of subsections (b) to (e), inclusive, of this section shall be deemed an unfair or deceptive trade practice under subsection (a) of section 42-110b of the general statutes.