Hawaii signs chatbot safety and deepfake laws as US state AI patchwork tightens
Hawaii Governor Josh Green signed two AI bills into law on 13 July: SB 3001 requires operators of conversational AI to disclose AI status to users, build protocols against producing suicidal-ideation content, and add protections for minor account holders; HB 2137 prohibits harmful uses of digital imitations and requires disclosure of synthetic performers in advertising. The same week, Illinois signed laws barring AI from public-school teacher evaluations (SB 2909) and restricting AI in healthcare procedure approvals (SB 3114). The read-across for anyone deploying chatbots on both sides of the Atlantic: US state chatbot-disclosure duties are converging on what Article 50(1) EU AI Act requires from 2 August — a single, well-designed 'you are talking to an AI' disclosure layer now does double duty across jurisdictions, while self-harm safeguard and minor-protection duties are becoming the US state baseline with no EU equivalent to lean on.
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Begin in writing →This briefing is general information, not legal advice, and does not create an advisor–client relationship. Summaries are original; follow source links for the full record. Adesanya AI Advisory — Abdulwahab B. Adesanya, LL.M in Intellectual Property & IT Law (UCD).