RISE Act of 2025

This bill creates a conditional immunity from civil liability for developers of artificial intelligence (AI) products when those products are used by licensed professionals (like doctors or lawyers) serving clients, provided the developers meet certain transparency requirements. It also defines key terms and sets rules for how this immunity works and interacts with state laws.

Sec. 3, Definitions: The bill defines key terms including 'artificial intelligence' (referencing an existing law), 'client' (a person who hires a learned professional), 'developer' (anyone who creates, controls, or markets an AI product), 'error' (a false or misleading output or a failure to perform a claimed function), 'learned professional' (a licensed individual with specialized training who owes a duty of care to clients), 'model card' (a public technical document describing an AI product's data, performance, and limits), and 'model specification' (the configuration instructions, including system prompts, that shape the AI's behavior).

Sec. 4, Conditional immunity from civil liability for AI developers: A developer is immune from civil liability for errors made by an AI product when used by a learned professional for a client, if the developer publicly releases and keeps updated a model card and model specification (with limited trade secret redactions) before the product is deployed, and provides clear documentation to professionals about the product's limits and failure modes. This immunity does not apply if the developer acted recklessly or with willful misconduct. The developer must update these documents within 30 days of a new version or discovering a new major failure mode, or lose immunity for harms caused after that date. This section overrides state law claims against developers for such errors, but does not preempt claims based on fraud, knowing misrepresentation, or conduct outside professional use.

Sec. 5, Preservation of other immunities and privileges: This bill does not affect any other immunity from civil liability under federal or state law or common law that is unrelated to the immunity created in section 4.

Sec. 6, Effective date; applicability: The bill takes effect on December 1, 2025, and applies only to acts or omissions that happen on or after that date.