{"slug":"us-new-york-gbl-1702-ai-notification","id":"AIPT-OBL-0129","permanent_url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-OBL-0129","title":"Tell users at the start of an AI companion interaction, and at least every three hours, that they are not communicating with a human","short_title":"Notice that the user is not talking to a human","category":"transparency","summary":"An operator must give the user a clear and conspicuous notification, spoken or written, that the user is not communicating with a human. It is given at the beginning of any AI companion interaction, which the text says need not happen more than once a day, and at least every three hours during a continuing interaction. The Attorney General may seek an injunction and civil penalties of up to 15,000 dollars per day for a violation (section 1703).\n","practical_action":"Show a prominent not-human notice when an interaction starts (at least once a day) and repeat it on a timer of three hours or less while the conversation continues, in voice as well as text products.","is_binding":true,"applies_from":null,"section":"§ 1702","source_reference":"N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 1702","official_source_url":"https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/GBS/1702","review_status":"pending_review","confidence_level":"high","last_verified_at":null,"reviewed_by":null,"actors":["provider","deployer"],"sectors":["consumer_retail"],"use_cases":["customer_service"],"applicability":[],"evidence_examples":[{"title":"Screenshots or recordings of the opening notice and the repeated notice, with the timer setting","description":null,"artifact_type":"document"}],"framework_mappings":[],"controls":[{"slug":"ai-interaction-and-use-disclosure","title":"AI interaction and use disclosure notices","kind":"process","relationship":"satisfies","note":"The start-of-interaction and three-hourly notice that the user is not talking to a human.","confidence_level":"high","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/controls/ai-interaction-and-use-disclosure"}],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/us-new-york-gbl-1702-ai-notification","policy":{"slug":"us-new-york-ai-companion-safeguards","title":"New York AI companion safeguards (General Business Law Article 47, sections 1700-1704)","status":"in_force","jurisdiction":"us-new-york","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/us-new-york-ai-companion-safeguards"}}