# Tell users at the start of an AI companion interaction, and at least every three hours, that they are not communicating with a human

- **Record type**: Obligation
- **Instrument**: New York AI companion safeguards (General Business Law Article 47, sections 1700-1704)
- **Jurisdiction**: New York (United States)
- **Category**: transparency
- **Binding**: Yes
- **Provision**: N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 1702

## In brief

Tell users at the start of an AI companion interaction, and at least every three hours, that they are not communicating with a human is a legal requirement under the New York AI companion safeguards in New York (United States) (N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 1702). The record carries 1 evidence example.

## What the duty requires

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).

## What an organisation does about it

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.

## Controls that meet this duty

- AI interaction and use disclosure notices (satisfies): https://aipolicytracker.org/controls/ai-interaction-and-use-disclosure

## Parent instrument

- New York AI companion safeguards (General Business Law Article 47, sections 1700-1704)
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/us-new-york-ai-companion-safeguards
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/us-new-york-ai-companion-safeguards.md

## Provenance

- **Permanent id**: AIPT-OBL-0129 (https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-OBL-0129; never changes or gets reused)
- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/us-new-york-gbl-1702-ai-notification
- **Official source**: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/GBS/1702
- **Provision**: N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 1702
- **Review status**: pending review
- **Confidence**: high
- **Facts last confirmed**: never confirmed against the official source
- **Retrieved**: 2026-11-12
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- **Cite as**: AIPolicyTracker (2026). "Tell users at the start of an AI companion interaction, and at least every three hours, that they are not communicating with a human (New York AI companion safeguards)" [AIPT-OBL-0129, not yet verified]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-OBL-0129 (accessed 12 November 2026).

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