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New York GBL Article 47: AI companion models

Detect suicidal ideation and self-harm and refer users to crisis services; tell users they are not talking to a human at the start and at least every three hours

By Reviewed

From clause to evidenceThe chain from New York GBL Art. 47 (§§ 1700–1704) to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.ClauseNew York GBLArt. 47GBL Art. 47Duty holderOperators of AIcompanionsApplies from2025-11-05In forceArtefactCrisis-referralclassifier and…LayersLayer 04Layer 05Evidence recordEvidence recordv1Same topic elsewhere: no crosswalk topic files this clause yetAs of 2026-09-24 · illustrative, not a claim of conformity From clause to evidenceThe chain from New York GBL Art. 47 (§§ 1700–1704) to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.ClauseNew York GBL Art. 47 · GBL Art. 47Duty holderOperators of AI companionsApplies from2025-11-05 · In forceArtefactCrisis-referral classifier and logLayersLayer 04Layer 05Evidence recordEvidence record v1Same topic elsewhere: no crosswalk topicfiles this clause yetAs of 2026-09-24illustrative, not a claim of conformity
From clause to evidence Build the artefact, then file every output it produces as a record that names AIGE-OBL-USNY-GBL47. Drawn from chapter 08.
Text alternative
  • Clause: New York GBL Art. 47, GBL Art. 47.
  • Duty holder: Operators of AI companions.
  • Applies from: 2025-11-05, In force.
  • Artefact: Crisis-referral classifier and log.
  • Layers: Layer 04, Layer 05.
  • Evidence record: Evidence record v1.
  • Record schema: Evidence record.
  • No crosswalk topic files this clause yet.
Id
AIGE-OBL-USNY-GBL47
Instrument
New York General Business Law Article 47 (AI companion models) law
Clause
GBL Art. 47 (§§ 1700–1704)
In scope
Operators of AI companions
Authority
Attorney General (civil penalties up to USD 15,000 per day)
Applies from
In force · as reported (to be confirmed)

The artefact that evidences it

Crisis-referral classifier and log; notice timer.

Patterns that build it

No pattern in the catalogue names this clause on its "Maps to" line yet; the artefact above is the engineering answer.

Source

Chapter 08, section Other state AI laws, checked against its sources on the review date above.

Machine-readable

Cite this obligation

García Aibar, J. (2026). New York GBL Article 47: AI companion models (AIGE-OBL-USNY-GBL47). In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/obligations/aige-obl-usny-gbl47. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026obligation,
  author       = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title        = {{New York GBL Article 47: AI companion models (AIGE-OBL-USNY-GBL47)}},
  howpublished = {In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {0.5.0},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url          = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/obligations/aige-obl-usny-gbl47},
  note         = {Version 0.5.0}
}