# New York AI companion safeguards (General Business Law Article 47, sections 1700-1701)

- **Record type**: Policy instrument
- **Jurisdiction**: New York (United States)
- **Instrument type**: Act / statute
- **Status**: In force
- **Binding**: Yes
- **Issuing body**: New York State Legislature
- **In force**: 2025-11-05

## In brief

The New York AI companion safeguards is a binding act of New York (United States), issued by New York State Legislature. It has been in force since 5 November 2025. AI companion products offered to users in New York. Every record here links to its official source and states its verification status.

## Summary

Operators of AI companions must have a protocol to detect and respond to suicidal ideation and self-harm, and must tell users they are talking to AI at the start of a session and at least every three hours.

## Scope

AI companion products offered to users in New York.

## Who it applies to

Operators of AI companion products.

## Key dates

Enacted in the FY2026 budget; effective 5 November 2025.

## Notes on dates

The budget bill number and the enforcement mechanism were not confirmed.

## Provenance

- **Permanent id**: AIPT-POL-0223 (https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0223; never changes or gets reused)
- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/us-new-york-ai-companion-safeguards
- **Official source**: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/GBS/1701
- **Source document**: New York General Business Law section 1701
- **Published by**: New York State Senate
- **Review status**: pending review
- **Confidence**: medium
- **Facts last confirmed**: never confirmed against the official source
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-21
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- **Cite as**: AIPolicyTracker (2026). "New York AI companion safeguards (General Business Law Article 47, sections 1700-1701)" [AIPT-POL-0223, record version 1, not yet verified]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0223 (accessed 21 October 2026).

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