Colorado House advances bill restricting AI chatbots

(The Center Square) – The Colorado House on Monday advanced legislation that would set requirements for artificial intelligence chatbots.

House Bill 26-1263 would require conversational AI services, also known as chatbots, to disclose to users that they’re communicating with AI. The bill would also require companies to adopt protocols if a user is discussing suicide or self-harm. And the bill would ban chatbots from acting as a medical or behavioral health provider.

“Unlike a real person, the systems operate under no legal duty to consider the well-being of the user, and right now Colorado law has nothing to say about that,” said Rep. Sean Camacho, D-Denver, who’s one of the sponsors. “House Bill 26-1263 addresses that gap.”

“The bill’s requirements are built around a ...