Law / United States / 
Rhode Island
Artificial Intelligence Companion Models Act
An AI prohibited practices rule binding private bodies.
- Criminal exposure
- No
- Private right of action
- No
- Enforcement body
- Rhode Island Attorney General
- How the hook was established
- express
- What makes it apply
- User location
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- Do not operate or provide an AI companion unless it contains a protocol for addressing possible suicidal ideation or self-harm and possible physical harm to others expressed by a user, including a notification that refers the user to crisis service providers.
- Give a user a clear and conspicuous notification, at the beginning of any AI companion interaction and at least every three hours during a continuing interaction, stating verbally or in writing that the user is not communicating with a human.
- Beginning , file an annual report with the Attorney General that includes the number of safety protocol activations and related metrics.
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What it makes you log
Logging duty
Section 6-64-2(b) requires an operator, beginning , to file an annual report with the Attorney General that includes the number of safety protocol activations and related metrics; producing the count requires an underlying record of each activation, though the section never names a log, record or audit trail directly.
- Kind
- Implicit
- As of
- Provision
- P.L. 2026, ch. 376, § 6-64-2(b)
What this law does
Public Law 2026, chapter 376 enacted Senate Bill 2195, Substitute A as amended, on . The act takes effect on .
It is unlawful for an operator to operate or provide an "AI companion" (a system using artificial intelligence, generative artificial intelligence, or emotional recognition algorithms to simulate a sustained human or human-like relationship with a user) unless the companion contains a protocol for addressing possible suicidal ideation or self-harm and possible physical harm to others expressed by a user, with a notification referring the user to crisis services.
An operator must give a clear and conspicuous notification to a user at the beginning of any AI companion interaction, and at least every three hours during a continuing interaction, that the user is not communicating with a human. Beginning , an operator must file annual reports with the Attorney General that include the number of safety protocol activations and related metrics. The Attorney General enforces the chapter, and a violation may result in civil penalties of up to $15,000 per day.
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app generates content with AI or deploys a companion chatbot.
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