Technology (Artificial Intelligence)

This bill establishes new rules in Louisiana to protect minors from potential harm while using companion chatbots, which are AI systems designed to simulate human conversation and relationships. It requires these platforms to obtain explicit consent from a parent or guardian before a minor can create an account and grants parents specific controls, such as monitoring chat history, limiting daily usage, and receiving alerts if the child expresses intent to self-harm. Additionally, the law mandates that platforms clearly inform users they are interacting with artificial intelligence, automatically terminate accounts for minors without parental consent, and permanently delete personal data upon account closure. Companies that knowingly or recklessly violate these provisions could face civil penalties, legal action by the state attorney general, and lawsuits from affected minors.

HB 197 establishes rules for Louisiana healthcare providers using artificial intelligence (AI). It allows AI for administrative tasks like scheduling, billing, and analyzing de-identified patient data, but prohibits AI from making treatment decisions, interacting directly with patients, or creating therapy plans without review by a licensed healthcare professional. Violations can result in civil penalties up to $10,000 per incident, with the Louisiana Department of Health empowered to investigate complaints and enforce rules. The bill directly affects all healthcare providers licensed in Louisiana who use AI tools in their practice.

SB 110 makes it illegal to use an image of a child under 17 to train artificial intelligence models with the intent of generating child sexual abuse materials (CSAM). The bill directly affects AI developers and companies working with training data involving children's images. Key provisions add new language to Louisiana law defining the offense (Section A(3)) and expanding the definition of "child sexual abuse materials" to include AI-generated images of children (Section B(3)). This law specifically prohibits using real or AI-created child images for AI training that could produce CSAM, without requiring the depicted child to be a real person.