104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB4988
 
Introduced , by Rep. Nabeela Syed
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
815 ILCS 505/2MMMM new
    Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that the owner, licensee, or operator of a generative artificial intelligence system shall conspicuously display a warning on the system's user interface notifying users of the limitations of generative artificial intelligence systems. Provides that each day the required warning is not displayed by the owner, licensee, or operator of a generative artificial intelligence system constitutes a separate violation of the Act. Provides that a violation of the provision constitutes an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Act.


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A BILL FOR
 
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1    AN ACT concerning business.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business 
5Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2MMMM as follows:
 
6    (815 ILCS 505/2MMMM new)
7    Sec. 2MMMM. Warnings on generative artificial intelligence 
8systems.
9    (a) As used in this section:
10    "Artificial intelligence" means a machine-based system 
11that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers, from the 
12input it receives, how to generate outputs, such as 
13predictions, content, recommendations, or decisions that can 
14influence physical or virtual environments. "Artificial 
15intelligence" includes generative artificial intelligence.
16    "Generative artificial intelligence" means an automated 
17computing system that, when provided with human prompts, 
18descriptions, or queries, can produce outputs that simulate 
19human-produced content, including, but not limited to, the 
20following:
21        (1) textual outputs, such as short answers, essays, 
22    poetry, or longer compositions or answers;
23        (2) image outputs, such as fine art, photographs, 
 
 
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1    conceptual art, diagrams, and other images;
2        (3) multimedia outputs, such as audio or video in the 
3    form of compositions, songs, or short-form or long-form 
4    audio or video; and
5        (4) other content that would otherwise be produced by 
6    human means.
7    "Generative artificial intelligence system" means any 
8artificial intelligence system whose primary function is to 
9generate content, including, but not limited to, code, text, 
10and images.
11    (b) The owner, licensee, or operator of a generative 
12artificial intelligence system shall conspicuously display a 
13warning on the system's user interface that is reasonably 
14similar to the following warning:
15        "WARNING: Artificial intelligence does not think. 
16    Artificial intelligence generates responses by recognizing 
17    patterns in large amounts of text data. Artificial 
18    intelligence can produce fluent, seemingly coherent 
19    answers across various topics. Artificial intelligence 
20    does not understand meaning, have genuine knowledge of the 
21    world, or possess communicative intent. Artificial 
22    intelligence responses are assembled by statistically 
23    predicting likely word sequences based on language it has 
24    seen before. Artificial intelligence can generate 
25    confident-sounding responses that contain errors, 
26    inaccuracies, or fabricated information."
 
 
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1    (c) Each day the warning required under subsection (b) is 
2not displayed by the owner, licensee, or operator of a 
3generative artificial intelligence system constitutes a 
4separate violation of the Act. 
5    (d) A violation of this Section constitutes an unlawful 
6practice within this meaning of this Act.