Bot disclosure laws: California B.O.T. Act and EU AI Act
Two laws that deal with chatbots directly: California's B.O.T. Act and Article 50 of the EU AI Act, applied since August 2, 2026. What they mean for agencies.
Platform rules aren’t the only rules. Some laws deal with bots directly.
- California. The B.O.T. Act (Business and Professions Code §17941) makes it unlawful to use a bot that misleads people in California about its artificial identity in order to get them to buy, unless the bot is disclosed.
- European Union. The transparency rules in Article 50 of the AI Act have applied since August 2, 2026: people must be told when they’re interacting with an AI system, unless that’s obvious from the context.
What this means for an agency depends on where its fans are and how the AI is used. Get legal advice before you scale, and decide how you disclose AI.
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Do fans have to be told they're talking to AI?
It depends on where they are. California's B.O.T. Act makes it unlawful to use an undisclosed bot that misleads people about its artificial identity to get them to buy. In the EU, people must be told they're interacting with an AI system from August 2, 2026, unless that's obvious. Get legal advice for your case.