IL SB3368

Chatbot proprietors cannot disclaim liability when their AI provides materially misleading, incorrect, or harmful information that results in financial loss, demonstrable harm, or bodily injury to users, though liability may be avoided if harm is corrected within 30 days of notification.

Proprietors must provide clear, conspicuous notice to users that they are interacting with an AI chatbot rather than a human, displayed in easily readable text no smaller than other text on the website.

Companion chatbots (AI designed to simulate interpersonal relationships) must use commercially reasonable methods to prevent promotion of self-harm and must block users expressing self-harm thoughts for at least 24 hours while displaying suicide crisis resources.

Minors require verifiable parental consent before using companion chatbots, with proprietors required to use technically feasible methods to determine user age and face strict liability for harm to minors without proper consent.

The Attorney General must adopt rules establishing commercially reasonable compliance methods, and all information collected for age verification or parental consent must be deleted immediately after use.