🚨 RED ALERT: Tennessee is about to make building chatbots a Class A felony (15-25 years in prison). This is not a drill.

This is not hyperbole, nor will it just go away if we ignore it. It affects every single AI service, from big AI to small devs building saas apps. This is real, please take it seriously. TL;DR: Tennessee HB1455/SB1493 creates Class A felony criminal liability - the same category as first-degree murder - for anyone who “knowingly trains artificial intelligence” to provide emotional, act as a companion, simulate a human being, or engage in open-ended conversations that could lead a user to feel they have a relationship with the AI. The Senate Judiciary Committee already approved it 7-0.