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KS · SB499CMTE · 1 COSPONSOR

Enacting the Kansas age-appropriate design code act to require businesses to assess and mitigate risks of compulsive use in minors, enacting the Kansas stopping likeness abuse by nonconsensual digital replicas act to create a private right of action for the unauthorized digital replication and distribution of individuals' digital likenesses and enacting the Kansas saving human connection act to prohibit deceptive practices and ensure transparency in chatbot interactions.

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This bill enacts three new acts in Kansas: the Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, the Stopping Likeness Abuse by Nonconsensual Digital Replicas Act, and the Saving Human Connection Act. The Age-Appropriate Design Code Act requires businesses to assess and reduce risks of compulsive use of digital products by minors and sets default privacy settings for minors to be the highest level. The Stopping Likeness Abuse Act creates a right for individuals to sue if their digital likeness is used without consent. The Saving Human Connection Act requires chatbots to clearly identify themselves as AI and holds chatbot providers liable for injuries caused by their products.

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