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North America
N.Y. State Sen. Kristen Gonzalez (D) introduced S.B. 10675 on August 5, 2026, imposing liability on operators that knowingly allow a chatbot to impersonate a practitioner of a licensed profession (such as medicine, nursing, pharmacy, or law) in a way that would constitute unlawful practice of such profession if done by a person. Additionally, all chatbot operators must provide clear notice to users that they are interacting with an AI, but such notice explicitly cannot disclaim liability for impersonating a professional. The Attorney General would enforce, with civil penalties that can accrue per day.
August 5, 2026
North America
A broad Massachusetts bill covering primary care and health-care affordability (most recently amended as H.B. 5630 on July 30, 2026) would, among other things, regulate carriers’ use of “automated utilization review tools” (defined as AI, algorithms, or software used to conduct or inform medical-necessity review). A tool’s output would be required to draw on the enrollee’s individual clinical circumstances rather than a group dataset alone, and only a licensed clinician would make any adverse coverage determination. Carriers would also be required to disclose a tool’s use (including in each denial notice), apply it without discrimination, monitor its performance, and report annually to the Division of Insurance on tool-assisted reviews and resulting denials and reversals.
July 30, 2026
North America
N.Y. Asm. Sarahana Shrestha (D) introduced A.B. 11626 on July 29, 2026, which would establish the Options for Search Listing Act. The bill would require AI search engine operators (any operator whose search results are generated at least partly by AI) to give users the option to turn off the display of AI-generated information in their search results.
July 29, 2026
North America
N.Y. Asm. Jordan Wright (D) introduced A.B. 11636 on July 29, 2026, which would add a third-party verification requirement to New York’s frontier-AI law (the RAISE Act). Each large frontier AI developer would have to retain an independent verifier each year to assess whether it complied with its frontier AI framework and whether its public statements about catastrophic risk are consistent with the verifier’s findings, grant the verifier access to unredacted materials, and publish a summary. The state would establish a verifier accreditation process, after which only accredited verifiers would be permitted.
July 29, 2026
North America
The Mass Wins Act, a wide-ranging economic development bill filed by Gov. Maura Healey (D) on April 16, 2026, was amended by the Mass. Senate on July 24, 2026 (S.B. 3228). The amended bill would, among other things, establish a frontier-AI developer safety framework (proposed Chapter 93M). Large frontier AI developers would have to publish and follow a risk-management framework, publish catastrophic-risk reports at least every 180 days, undergo annual independent third-party audits and periodic evaluations, and protect employee whistleblowers.
July 24, 2026
North America
On July 23, 2026, N.J. Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) signed A.B. 4085, the Fair Price Protection Act. The Act prohibits surveillance pricing for groceries and other foodstuffs, meaning varying prices using an algorithm or automated system driven by consumers’ personal data, including data gathered through cameras, sensors, device tracking, or biometric monitoring. The Act preserves cost-based price differences (changed no more than once a day), disclosed uniform discounts, and compliant loyalty programs, and imposes a one-year pause on new electronic shelf labels. Enforcement is under New Jersey’s Consumer Fraud Act.
July 23, 2026

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