{
 "record_id": "WTA-R-US-NY-0004-005",
 "kind": "obligation",
 "record": {
  "record_id": "WTA-R-US-NY-0004-005",
  "provision": "Section 1801(1); Section 1800(8)(i), (j)",
  "applies_to": [
   "Operators"
  ],
  "duty": "Do not let the companion, for users not confirmed as adults, promote or facilitate suicide, self-harm, disordered eating or drug or alcohol abuse, or encourage secrecy, isolation or avoiding help.",
  "type": "Prohibited uses",
  "status": "applies later",
  "applies_from": "2027-01-01",
  "url": "https://wheresthe.ai/id/WTA-R-US-NY-0004-005/",
  "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-0004-005: Section 1801(1); Section 1800(8)(i), (j), 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-0004-005/ (checked 2026-10-29)."
 },
 "history": [
  {
   "date": "2026-10-29",
   "id": "WTA-R-US-NY-0004-005",
   "change": "added",
   "kind": "obligation",
   "label": "Do not let the companion, for users not confirmed as adults, promote or facilitate suicide, self-harm, disordered eating or drug or alcohol abuse, or encourage secrecy, isolation or avoiding help."
  }
 ],
 "note": "Informational, not legal advice. Every record links to its official source; check it before relying on a record. Cite as \"Source: wheresthe.ai\"."
}