LOCK UP AI? - #NYTechWeek

Tuesday, Jun 2

7:00pm – 9:00pm

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In partnership with the Healthcare Club of NY and Caseflow AI (usecaseflow.ai) for NY TECH WEEK. New York is about to decide something the rest of the country will be watching: whether chatbot companies should be on the hook when their AI gives medical, legal, or mental health advice that causes harm. Senate Bill S7263, sponsored by State Senator Kristen Gonzalez, would make chatbot operators civilly liable when their AI provides "substantive" advice in domains covered by professional licensing law. That's 14+ licensed professions plus the practice of law. Disclaimers don't save you. A "you're talking to a bot" notice doesn't save you. And the private right of action means anyone harmed can sue. Supporters say it's common sense: if a human pretending to be a doctor can be prosecuted, a chatbot that hallucinates a medical license shouldn't get a free pass. Critics say the bill is vague about what counts as "substantive" advice, puts nonprofit and government chatbots in the same legal crosshairs as OpenAI, and ends up taxing the people who most need low-cost information (tenants, patients, small business owners) on behalf of licensed incumbents who don't love the competition. Both sides have a point. That's why we're putting them in a room. Against S7263: Sateesh Nori: attorney, legal tech founder (LawDroid), and one of the more thoughtful voices arguing that restricting AI legal guidance hurts the people the legal system already fails. For S7263: Dr. Cecilia Dones: data and analytics practitioner-academic, founder of 3 Standard Deviations, and a faculty member at Columbia's School of Professional Studies. Her work sits at the intersection of AI, data, and trust: translating what these systems actually do for organizations, consumers, and the people who get caught in between. UNMUTED: Where talking points go to die. This event is a part of #NYTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com

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