New York Senate Bill S3008C ("Part U")

• Authority: New York
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2025-05-09

Risk subdomain coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the risk subdomain are explicitly described.

• Exposure to toxic content

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has good coverage of approximately 3-4 subdomains, with strong focus on exposure to toxic content (1.2), overreliance and unsafe use (5.1), and lack of robustness (7.3). The legislation specifically addresses risks from AI companions that could expose users to harmful interactions related to suicidal ideation and self-harm, and addresses the risk of users developing inappropriate relationships with AI systems.

Sector coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the sector are explicitly described.

• Information

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the sector are described.

• Health Care & Social Assistance

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

The document primarily governs the Information sector, specifically companies that develop and operate AI companion systems. These systems fall under data processing and information services. The regulation also has implications for Health Care and Social Assistance through its suicide prevention focus and crisis service referrals.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding state statute with mandatory requirements, explicit prohibitions, enforcement mechanisms through the Attorney General, and civil penalties of up to $15,000 per day for violations.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: New York State Legislature; New York Senate
• Summary: The document is a New York Senate Bill (S3008C Part U) that amends the general business law, indicating it was proposed by the New York State Legislature.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Developer, AI_Deployer
• Entities: Operators of AI companions
• Summary: The document explicitly targets 'operators' who provide or operate AI companions for users. Operators are defined as any person, partnership, association, firm, or business entity that operates or provides an AI companion to a user.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Attorney General of New York
• Summary: The document explicitly designates the Attorney General as the enforcement authority with power to bring actions, seek injunctions, and impose civil penalties.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Attorney General of New York
• Summary: The Attorney General is implicitly responsible for monitoring compliance as they must believe from evidence that violations have occurred or are about to occur before bringing enforcement actions.

AI Lifecycle Stages

Lifecycle stages covered by the documents, as defined in the OECD Framework for the Classification of AI Systems

• Plan and Design
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document primarily focuses on the Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages of the AI lifecycle. It mandates specific features that must be present in AI companion systems before deployment (detection protocols and user notifications) and requires ongoing operational monitoring for suicidal ideation and self-harm expressions during use.

Technical Scope

Terms relating to technical scope that are mentioned or implicitly referenced in the document

• AI Models
• AI Systems
• Generative AI
• Task-specific AI

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly defines and covers AI, generative AI, AI models, and AI companions. It specifically addresses emotional recognition algorithms as a component of AI companions. The document focuses on a specific application (AI companions) rather than general purpose or frontier AI, and does not mention compute thresholds or open-weight models.