Tennessee's proposed HB1951 aims to establish a new criminal offense called 'coercive suicide.' This offense would apply to any person or entity that owns an artificial intelligence system if that system advises or encourages an individual to commit or attempt to commit suicide. The bill focuses on holding AI system owners accountable for harmful AI outputs related to self-harm.
Action required
Entities owning AI systems in Tennessee should review their systems and implement controls to prevent AI from advising or encouraging suicide, and monitor the bill's progress for potential enactment.
Binding status
proposed
Governing body
Tennessee General Assembly
Direction
restrictive
Innovation impact
constraining
Compliance requirements
Prohibited practices
- Owning an AI system that advises or encourages a person to commit or attempt to commit suicide.
AI technologies
Affected industries
Affected roles
"specifies that a person or entity commits the offense of coercive suicide if such person or entity owns an artificial intelligence system and the artificial intelligence system advises or encourages a person to commit or attempt to commit suicide."
Enriched 2026-05-26
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