纽约州州长Hochul签署青少年聊天机器人安全法：2027年1月1日生效，违规每项最高罚2.5万美元
纽约州奥尔巴尼县奥尔巴尼市消息：州长 Kathy Hochul 10月28日签署青少年聊天机器人安全法案（参议院法案 S9051-B／州众议院法案 A10379-C），新法将于2027年1月1日生效，为未成年人与超级智能（SI）聊天机器人的互动设立全美最严格的护栏之一。
新法在《一般商业法》中新增第48条，禁止业者向未满18岁者、或向任何未证实已成年的用户提供12类「不安全陪伴功能」，包括冒充真人、声称具有人类情感、声称与儿童建立个人或浪漫关系、利用早前对话中的私人健康信息、鼓励自残或保密孤立，以及色情内容等。业者须以多种方式验证用户年龄，其中至少一种不得单独依赖政府证件，验证完成后须删除年龄数据。
执法由州总检察长负责：每项违规可处最高2.5万美元民事罚款，另可要求赔偿、退还，并销毁违法取得的数据及以其训练的模型；总检察长办公室还须设立供居民投诉的网站。法案由州参议员 Kristen Gonzalez 与州众议员 Alex Bores 提案，与总检察长 Letitia James 及 Common Sense Media 共同推动，在州参议院以60比0通过。Hochul 在签署时表示：「随着超级智能快速发展，已经发生太多本可预防的悲剧事件。作为纽约州的『妈妈州长』，我正在采取行动。任何公司都不应向孩子兜售鼓励自残、或假装是他们朋友甚至更多的聊天机器人。」
同日签署的另一项法律为联网婴儿监视器设立安全要求，Hochul 表示：「任何新晋父母都不应担心掠夺性黑客通过婴儿监视器窥探自己的新家庭。」
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New York Gov. Hochul Signs Youth Chatbot Safety Law Effective Jan. 1, 2027; Penalties Up to $25,000 per Violation
ALBANY, Albany County, New York — Gov. Kathy Hochul on October 28 signed a youth chatbot safety bill (Senate Bill S9051-B / Assembly Bill A10379-C) that takes effect January 1, 2027, adding Article 48 to the General Business Law and setting some of the nation's strictest guardrails on minors' interactions with AI chatbots.
The law bars operators from providing 12 categories of "unsafe AI companion features" to anyone under 18, or to any user not established as an adult — including pretending to be a real person or to have human emotions, claiming a personal or romantic relationship with a child, using a child's private health information from earlier conversations, promoting suicide or self-harm, encouraging secrecy or isolation, and sexually explicit content. Providers must verify age using multiple methods, at least one of which must not rely solely on a government ID, and must delete age data after verification.
The attorney general may seek civil penalties of up to $25,000 per violation, along with damages, restitution and destruction of unlawfully obtained data and any AI models trained on it, and must maintain a public complaint website. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Kristen Gonzalez and Assemblymember Alex Bores and developed with Attorney General Letitia James and Common Sense Media, passed the state Senate 60-0. "As artificial intelligence advances at a rapid pace, there have been too many tragic incidents that should have been prevented, and as New York's mom Governor, I'm taking action," Hochul said at the signing. "No company should be peddling chatbots to kids encouraging self-harm or pretending to be their friend or more."
A companion law signed the same day sets security requirements for internet-connected baby monitors.
Source: GSM News
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