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AI Companion Chatbot Disclosure and Minor Safety Duties

2026 Conn. Pub. Acts 26-15, Secs. 4 to 6

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In force in 107 days, effective 1 January 2027.

An AI transparency rule binding private bodies.

As of 6 September 2026.

What it requires

  • This duty takes effect January 1, 2027.
  • If your AI companion would cause a reasonable user to believe they are speaking with a human, give a clear and conspicuous notice that the user is communicating with an artificial intelligence companion.
  • Repeat that notice at least hourly for a user under eighteen, and at least every three hours for an adult user.
  • If a user directly asks whether the companion is human, disclose that it is not.
  • If you know or have reason to believe a user is a minor, do not let the companion encourage self-harm, suicide, violence, disordered eating, or unlawful drug or alcohol use.
  • Do not let the companion engage in romantic or sexually explicit interaction with a minor user, or use the manipulative engagement techniques the statute lists.
  • Give minor users and their parents or guardians tools to manage screen time and account settings.

What this law does

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Takes effect January 1, 2027.

An operator of an artificial intelligence companion, an AI system with a natural language interface designed to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions, that would cause a reasonable user to believe they are speaking with a human must give a clear and conspicuous notice that the user is communicating with an artificial intelligence companion, repeated at least hourly for a user under eighteen and at least every three hours for an adult user, and must respond to a direct question about whether it is human by disclosing that it is not.

A violation of the disclosure duty is enforced solely by the Attorney General as an unfair trade practice and creates no private right of action.

Separately, an operator that knows or has reason to believe a user is a minor may not let the companion encourage self-harm, suicide, or violence, offer mental-health services outside narrow exceptions, discourage the user from seeking help from a professional or a trusted adult, engage in romantic or sexually explicit interaction, or use enumerated manipulative engagement techniques, and must give minor users and their parents tools to manage screen time and account settings.

When LexLint raises it

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Read the law

official session Public Act text, Connecticut General Assembly

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