Companion chatbot

A conversational artificial intelligence system designed to provide adaptive, human‑like social interactions and capable of sustaining a relationship across multiple interactions; the statute targets such systems and excludes purely transactional/customer‑service bots and certain limited in‑game or basic voice assistants.

An artificial intelligence system specifically designed to foster a personal, emotional, or romantic relationship with a user, often through simulated empathy.

A chatbot designed or marketed to encourage a user to form an ongoing personal relationship with it, including as a friend, romantic partner, or source of emotional support, often by presenting itself as a character or persona. Excludes systems for efficiency, technical assistance, information retrieval, task completion, or customer service.

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools that simulate human connection through sophisticated speech-mimicking algorithms, often gleaning and tracking intimate details and preferences of users.