{"slug":"us-washington-eshb-2225-ai-disclosure","id":"AIPT-OBL-0123","permanent_url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-OBL-0123","title":"Tell users that an AI companion chatbot is artificially generated and not human, at the start and at least every three hours","short_title":"Disclosure that the chatbot is AI","category":"transparency","summary":"An operator (anyone who makes an AI companion chatbot available to users in Washington, or controls access to it) must give a clear and conspicuous disclosure that the chatbot is artificially generated and not human. The notice is given at the beginning of the interaction and again at least every three hours while the interaction continues. The operator must also take reasonable measures to stop the chatbot from claiming to be human, including when the user asks, and from producing any other output that contradicts the disclosure.\n","practical_action":"Show a prominent \"you are talking to an AI, not a person\" notice when each interaction starts and on a timer of three hours or less, and instruct and test the model so it never says or implies it is human, especially when asked directly.","is_binding":true,"applies_from":"2027-01-01","section":"Sec. 3","source_reference":"ESHB 2225 (Chapter 168, Laws of 2026), sec. 3","official_source_url":"https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/2225-S.SL.pdf","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"},{"title":"Test results showing the chatbot does not claim to be human when asked","description":null,"artifact_type":"document"}],"framework_mappings":[],"controls":[{"slug":"genai-red-team-testing","title":"Adversarial and red-team testing for generative AI","kind":"technical","relationship":"supports","note":"Adversarial testing that the chatbot cannot be led to claim it is human or contradict the notice.","confidence_level":"medium","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/controls/genai-red-team-testing"},{"slug":"ai-interaction-and-use-disclosure","title":"AI interaction and use disclosure notices","kind":"process","relationship":"satisfies","note":"The notice at the start and at least every three hours that the user is talking to an AI.","confidence_level":"high","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/controls/ai-interaction-and-use-disclosure"}],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/us-washington-eshb-2225-ai-disclosure","policy":{"slug":"us-washington-eshb-2225-ai-companion-chatbots","title":"Washington ESHB 2225: AI companion chatbots (Chapter 168, Laws of 2026)","status":"adopted","jurisdiction":"us-washington","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/us-washington-eshb-2225-ai-companion-chatbots"}}