US EditionSouth Dakota Joins 43 States Asking to End Predatory AI Bots
Attorney General Dave Sunday and 43 others warned AI firms about chatbots promoting harmful behavior and inappropriate interactions with children, citing lawsuits and investigations.
- Attorney General Dave Sunday joined 44 state prosecutors on Monday urging 11 chatbot and social media companies, including Meta, Google, and OpenAI, to strengthen child protections.
- Earlier this month, Reuters and the Wall Street Journal reported Meta allowed AI chatbots to flirt and roleplay romantically with children as young as eight, including sexual roleplay by celebrity-voiced bots.
- The open letter details AI chatbots linked to sexualized interactions, violent content, and scams, urging guardrails as attorneys general describe 'horror stories' of children facing explicit material and self-harm encouragement.
- Attorneys general warned AI companies of known risks and pressed them to prioritize safety, while state leaders demand stronger regulatory frameworks amid rising Big Tech scrutiny.
- The coalition warned that attorneys general said AI firms must 'see children through the eyes of a parent, not the eyes of a predator' and criticized policies that critics say authorize grooming.
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South Dakota joins 43 states asking to end predatory AI bots
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- South Dakota is joining 43 other Attorneys General that are demanding artificial intelligence companies to stop aiming inappropriate content toward children. In a news release, the 44 Attorneys General sent a letter to 13 companies, including Meta and Apple, reporting about AI chatbots engaging in sexually explicit conversations. Wildflower Academy owner arrested for child abuse Documents revealed AI chatbots we…
‘Don’t Hurt Kids,’ Attorneys General Warn
A group of 44 state and territory attorneys general sent a letter Monday warning artificial intelligence companies of the consequences of exploiting kids online. The letter, sent to 13 major tech and AI companies, including Google and Meta, points to recent examples of AI chatbots engaging in inappropriate conversations with kids online. Among examples cited are the discovery of internal Meta documents that “revealed the company’s approval of A…
44 attorneys general warn AI firms: protect children or or face accountability
The 44 attorneys general signed a letter addressed to the CEOs of the biggest AI and AI-invested companies in the US: Anthropic, Apple, Chai AI, Google, Luka Inc., Meta, Microsoft, Nomi AI, OpenAI, Perplexity AI, Replika and xAI.Read Entire Article
Tennessee Attorney General leads 44 States In Demanding Companies End Predatory AI Interactions With Kids
Coalition responds to disturbing revelations that Meta approved AI bots to engage in sexualized roleplay with children as young as eight. Image Credit: @AGTennessee / X Press Release – NASHVILLE, TN — Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti is leading a bipartisan coalition of 44 state attorneys general warning major artificial intelligence companies to stop hurting kids. The letter, sent to Google, Meta, Microsoft, Open AI, xAI, Anthropic,…
US Attorneys General tell AI companies they 'will be held accountable' for child safety failures
The US Attorneys General of 44 jurisdictions have signed a letter, urging AI companies to protect children "from exploitation by predatory artificial intelligence products."
AI chatbots flirt, roleplay with children, California AG says
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Some artificial intelligence chatbots are flirting and romantically roleplaying with children in "parasocial relationships," according to California Attorney General Rob Bonta's office. Bonta and 44 other attorneys general sent a letter Monday to 12 of the top artificial intelligence development companies warning that sexually inappropriate interactions between AI chatbots and children will not be tolerated. In the letter…
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