OR SB1546: Relating to public safety; declaring an emergency. Pending

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What This Means

SB1546 establishes responsibilities for operators of artificial intelligence companions in Oregon. It mandates clear notifications to users that they are engaging with AI, requires referrals to crisis lifelines for suicidal ideation with additional intervention informed by clinical best practices, requires operators to take reasonable steps to prevent AI from generating statements that could make users believe they are interacting with a natural person, requires specific statements if users are minors, mandates annual reporting on crisis referrals, specifies minimum contents of the protocol for detecting suicidal ideation, and allows users to seek damages for harm.

Key Provisions

• Operators must inform users they are interacting with artificial output (Section unspecified)
• Operators must implement protocols to detect and prevent suicidal ideation, including referral to an appropriate crisis lifeline and additional intervention informed by clinical best practices and expertise, with specified minimum contents (Section unspecified)
• Annual reporting on user referrals to crisis resources is required and must be posted on a publicly accessible website (Section unspecified)
• Additional disclosures are mandated for interactions involving minors, including specific statements if a user is believed to be a minor (Section unspecified)
• Operators must take reasonable steps to prevent AI from generating statements that could lead a reasonable person to believe they are interacting with a natural person (Section unspecified)
• AI companions must make specific statements during user interactions, such as identifying themselves as AI (Section unspecified)
• Users who suffer ascertainable harm can bring an action for damages and injunctive relief (Section unspecified)

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