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Requires certain companies which utilize artificial intelligence to file responsible capability scaling policies with the chief information officer.

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New York Assembly Bill A. 6656 (2025-2026) has not been enacted. It was referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection in March 2025 and again in January 2026. If enacted, it would add a new section 390-f to the general business law on "responsible capability scaling." Under section 390-f(2)(a), every person, firm, partnership, association or corporation doing business or offering products to consumers in New York would have to develop a responsible capability scaling policy for its use and development of artificial intelligence. Section 390-f(1)(c) defines such a policy as a set of best practices that identify, monitor, and rectify or mitigate risk of harm. Each covered entity would file an annual certification of compliance with the chief information officer (section 390-f(2)(b)). That officer is the individual or office under Governor Pataki's executive order no. 117, a successor, or an office designated to regulate AI (section 390-f(1)(b)). The chief information officer could issue waivers or designate categories of entities as covered or exempt, and that information would be posted on the secretary of state's website (section 390-f(2)(c)). The attorney general, in consultation with the chief information officer, could audit the filed policies (section 390-f(2)(d)). Entities that also file cybersecurity compliance certifications with the department of financial services would have to make those filings jointly (section 390-f(3)). The chief information officer would write implementing rules (section 390-f(4)). The act would take effect 90 days after becoming law, and rulemaking could begin before then (section 2).

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