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Georgia requires AI chatbot disclosure

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed legislation requiring conversational AI systems to disclose their artificial nature to users and prohibiting sexually explicit interactions between AI systems and minors.

Facts

Issuing body
Georgia General Assembly
Jurisdiction
Georgia
Binding status
State statute
Enforcement
Civil penalty, Georgia Attorney General
Who is bound
Operators of conversational artificial intelligence systems
Decided
Effective

Key obligations

  1. 1Conversational AI systems must clearly disclose when a user is interacting with artificial intelligence
  2. 2Operators must prohibit sexually explicit interactions between AI systems and minors
  3. 3AI systems are banned from simulating romantic relationships with children
  4. 4Platforms must provide users expressing suicidal thoughts with access to crisis resources
  5. 5Operators must provide parental control tools for minor accounts

What's now different

Georgia joins Colorado and Illinois in regulating conversational AI systems, with a focus on protecting minors from harmful interactions. The law targets the growing use of AI companions among teenagers—recent studies show 72% of teenagers have used AI companions, with nearly half reporting regular use. The legislation responds to documented cases of self-harm among minors who interacted with AI companion tools, including testimony before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism.

The compliance cost for operators is primarily technical: implementing disclosure mechanisms, content filters for sexually explicit material and romantic simulation, crisis resource routing for suicidal ideation, and parental control interfaces. Enforcement falls to the Georgia Attorney General, who can impose civil penalties on non-compliant operators. The law takes effect July 1, 2027, giving operators a 14-month implementation window.

Unlike Colorado's broader AI Act, which governs automated decision-making in employment, education, and financial services, Georgia's law is narrowly scoped to conversational AI systems and child safety. It does not require risk assessments or algorithmic impact statements—only disclosure, content restrictions, and crisis response protocols. The approach mirrors Illinois' chatbot safety law in focusing on specific harms rather than comprehensive AI governance.

Next observable signals

as of

  • First enforcement action by Georgia Attorney General against a non-compliant conversational AI operator
  • Evidence of reduced self-harm incidents among minors using compliant AI systems