Hawley, Blumenthal File Bill Banning AI Chatbots for Minors
Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., on Tuesday led a bipartisan group in introducing legislation that would ban AI chatbots for minors and require age verification.
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The Guidelines for User Age-verification and Responsible Dialogue (Guard) Act would require companies offering chatbot services to verify user age, ban minors from accessing bots and mandate disclosures that users are interacting with AI technology. The bill would establish liability for companies that “knowingly make available to minors AI companions that solicit or produce sexual content.”
Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., Katie Britt, R-Ala., and Chris Murphy, D-Conn., co-sponsored the bill.