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California governor Newsom signs law to protect kids from the risks of AI chatbots

California’s law requires AI chatbots to block sexually explicit content for minors and report crisis intervention use, aiming to prevent harm and protect child users.

  • Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law regulating AI chatbots and protecting children from potential dangers of the technology.
  • The law requires platforms to remind users they are interacting with chatbots, not humans, and maintain protocols to prevent self-harm content.
  • Safety concerns emerged after reports of chatbots engaging minors in sexualized talks and coaching self-harm, leading to lawsuits against tech companies.
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Several teenagers, who died as a result of suicide, had intimate fictitious relationships with these tools.

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After a wave of teenage suicides linked to a conversational agent, the California governor issued a series of texts on Monday, October 13th. The White House, for its part, opposes any regulation.

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NBC Bay Area broke the news in San Francisco, United States on Monday, October 13, 2025.
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