Bipartisan AI safety, privacy bills await action in Illinois House
Bipartisan AI safety, privacy bills await action in Illinois House
Publish Date: 2026-05-27 12:30:00
Source Domain: capitolcitynow.com
- The Illinois House is considering a package of bills to regulate artificial intelligence to protect privacy and public interests.
- Large AI developers like ChatGPT and Claude may be required to provide the state with an independent annual report detailing their safety mechanisms and addressing catastrophic risks.
- AI companies are mandated to report critical safety issues within specific time frames if they involve imminent risks of death or physical harm.
- Illinois proposes to require AI developers to create methods for detecting and referring users expressing suicide or self-harm to crisis services.
- Legislation aims to require disclosure when consumers are interacting with an AI chatbot instead of a human, especially in trade and commerce.
- The proposal includes enabling people to opt out of having their personal data used for ads or sold to third parties, and safeguarding against AI profiling in areas such as loan approvals, job screenings, and insurance rates.
- A bill suggests the use of facial recognition technology in schools only for instructional purposes.
- There are measures to ban teachers from using AI to grade student work, landlords from using AI platforms to set rent prices, and bots from buying concert or sports event tickets on behalf of consumers.
