Law / United States / 
Rhode Island
Artificial Intelligence Companion Models Act
R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 6-63-1 to 6-63-6 (S 2195, 2026 Regular Session)
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In force in 100 days, effective 1 January 2027.
An AI prohibited practices rule binding private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- Do not operate or provide an AI companion unless it contains a protocol to address possible suicidal ideation or self-harm, physical harm to others, or financial harm to others expressed by a user, including a referral to crisis services.
- Notify users at the start of an AI companion interaction, and at least every three hours during a continuing interaction, that the AI companion is a computer program and cannot feel human emotion, in the size or manner this chapter specifies.
- A user physically or financially harmed by a violation may sue for damages in superior court; the Attorney General may separately investigate and sue under the deceptive trade practices chapter.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureNo
Private right of actionYes
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Rhode Island Attorney General
What it reaches
How the hook was established
express
What makes it apply
User location
What it makes you log
Logging duty
The act requires an AI companion to carry a crisis-response protocol and a recurring disclosure that it is not human, and states no duty to keep a log or record of either.
- Kind
- None
- As of
- 21 September 2026
Who checks it
Audit expectation
none
What this law does
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Effective January 1, 2027 by the act's own terms, it is unlawful to operate or provide an "AI companion" (a system using AI, generative AI, or emotional-recognition algorithms to simulate social human interaction) unless it contains a protocol addressing possible suicidal ideation or self-harm, physical harm to others, and financial harm to others expressed by a user, including referral to crisis services.
An operator must also notify users at the start of an interaction and at least every three hours thereafter, in specified bold text or spoken form, that the AI companion is a computer program that cannot feel human emotion. A person physically or financially harmed as a result of a violation may sue in superior court for damages and equitable relief, and the Attorney General may investigate and sue under the state's deceptive trade practices chapter.
When LexLint raises it
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Read the law
official bill text, Rhode Island General Assembly (webserver.rilegislature.gov)
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