Maine LD 1727 — AI Chatbot Consumer Disclosure (Jun 2025)
Maine LD 1727 requires businesses deploying chatbots or AI systems interacting with consumers to disclose that the user is communicating with an AI rather than a human. Provides an exception for AI systems that make their non-human nature reasonably obvious. Enacted June 2025, one of the first state chatbot disclosure laws.
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