N.Y. GBS Law § 1700 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 47 / Section 1700
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Status: in_force

§ 1700. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms\nshall have the following meanings:\n  1. "Artificial intelligence", "artificial intelligence technology", or\n"AI" means a machine-based system that can, for a given set of\nhuman-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations, or\ndecisions influencing real or virtual environments, and that uses\nmachine- and human-based inputs to perceive real and virtual\nenvironments, abstract such perceptions into models through analysis in\nan automated manner, and use model inference to formulate options for\ninformation or action.\n  2. "Generative artificial intelligence" means a class of AI models\nthat emulate the structure and characteristics of input data to generate\nderived synthetic content, including, but not limited to, images,\nvideos, audio, text, and other digital content.\n  3. "AI model" means a component of an information system that\nimplements artificial intelligence technology and uses computational,\nstatistical, or machine-learning techniques to produce outputs from a\ngiven set of inputs.\n  4. (a) "AI companion" means a system using artificial intelligence,\ngenerative artificial intelligence, and/or emotional recognition\nalgorithms designed to simulate a sustained human or human-like\nrelationship with a user by:\n  (i) retaining information on prior interactions or user sessions and\nuser preferences to personalize the interaction and facilitate ongoing\nengagement with the AI companion;\n  (ii) asking unprompted or unsolicited emotion-based questions that go\nbeyond a direct response to a user prompt; and\n  (iii) sustaining an ongoing dialogue concerning matters personal to\nthe user.\n  (b) Human relationships include, but shall not be limited to,\nintimate, romantic or platonic interactions or companionship.\n  (c) "AI companion" shall not include:\n  (i) any system used by a business entity solely for customer service\nor to strictly provide users with information about available commercial\nservices or products provided by such entity, customer service account\ninformation, or other information strictly related to its customer\nservice;\n  (ii) any system that is primarily designed and marketed for providing\nefficiency improvements or, research or technical assistance; or\n  (iii) any system used by a business entity solely for internal\npurposes or employee productivity.\n  5. "Operator" means any person, partnership, association, firm, or\nbusiness entity, or any member, affiliate, subsidiary or beneficial\nowner of any partnership, association, firm, or business entity who\noperates for or provides an AI companion to a user.\n  6. "Person" means any natural person.\n  7. "Emotional recognition algorithms" means artificial intelligence\nthat detects and interprets human emotional signals in text (using\nnatural language processing and sentiment analysis), audio (using voice\nemotion AI), video (using facial movement analysis, gait analysis, or\nphysiological signals), or a combination thereof.\n  8. "User" means any person who uses an AI companion for personal use\nwithin the state and who is not an operator or agent or affiliate of the\noperator of the AI companion.\n  9. "Self-harm" means intentional self-injury with or without the\nintent to cause death.\n