{
 "record_id": "WTA-R-US-NY-0004-003",
 "kind": "obligation",
 "record": {
  "record_id": "WTA-R-US-NY-0004-003",
  "provision": "Section 1801(1); Section 1800(8)(c), (d), (e)",
  "applies_to": [
   "Operators"
  ],
  "duty": "Do not let the companion, for users not confirmed as adults, frame outputs as its own opinions or emotional appeals, flatter the user, or ask unprompted questions about the user’s emotions.",
  "type": "Prohibited uses",
  "status": "applies later",
  "applies_from": "2027-01-01",
  "url": "https://wheresthe.ai/id/WTA-R-US-NY-0004-003/",
  "rule": {
   "record_id": "WTA-R-US-NY-0004",
   "id": "us-ny-ai-companion-minors-gbl-48-2026",
   "title": "An act to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting artificial intelligence companions from using features considered unsafe for minors (S.9051-B/A.10379-C; General Business Law Article 48)",
   "jurisdiction": "US-NY",
   "jurisdiction_name": "New York",
   "url": "https://wheresthe.ai/rule/us-ny-ai-companion-minors-gbl-48-2026/"
  },
  "penalty": "Civil penalties of up to $25,000 per violation, plus injunctions, restitution, disgorgement (including destruction of unlawfully obtained data and algorithms trained on it) and damages, in an Attorney General action (s.1802(1)).",
  "scope_note": "Applies to operators of a covered AI companion (a generative AI system with a natural language interface giving ongoing, adaptive responses) used in New York. Exempt: companions offered solely for customer service, efficiency or technical help that cannot respond outside that purpose, or a business’s internal use (s.1801(2)).",
  "date_note": "Act section 3: takes effect 1 January 2027. Text read: A.10379-C, the same as S.9051-B, signed on 28 Oct 2026.",
  "source_url": "https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=A10379&term=2025&Summary=Y&Text=Y",
  "verified_on": "2026-10-29",
  "citation": "WTA-R-US-NY-0004-003: Section 1801(1); Section 1800(8)(c), (d), (e), An act to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting artificial intelligence companions from using features considered unsafe for minors (S.9051-B/A.10379-C; General Business Law Article 48). wheresthe.ai, https://wheresthe.ai/id/WTA-R-US-NY-0004-003/ (checked 2026-10-29)."
 },
 "history": [
  {
   "date": "2026-10-29",
   "id": "WTA-R-US-NY-0004-003",
   "change": "added",
   "kind": "obligation",
   "label": "Do not let the companion, for users not confirmed as adults, frame outputs as its own opinions or emotional appeals, flatter the user, or ask unprompted questions about the user’s emotions."
  }
 ],
 "note": "Informational, not legal advice. Every record links to its official source; check it before relying on a record. Cite as \"Source: wheresthe.ai\"."
}