The legislation would require operators of companion chatbots to perform and document a comprehensive risk assessment each ...

Key point: Businesses operating companion chatbots in California or New York are subject to new legal obligations, including providing notices to users and ensuring protocols are in place to prevent ...

Family warns of AI chatbot risks for teens, urging regulation after tragic loss highlights mental health and safety concerns ...

As chatbot companion regulations are proposed across the U.S., an MSU professor is sounding an alarm: many of those policies ...

This week, several key committees approved and advanced Senate Bill 1119 and Assembly Bill 2023 authored by Senator Steve ...

Grieving mother and lawmakers push for tighter AI chatbot rules in Sacramento amid lawsuits and safety concerns.

A first-of-its-kind statute went into effect in California at the start of the year, which imposes operational and reporting requirements related to companion chatbots. The law applies only to ...

Sen. Nick Miller is among a bipartisan group of Pennsylvania lawmakers is pushing for mandated safety protocols to reduce the ...

It’s estimated that more than half of all of U.S. teens are regularly using companion chatbots powered by large language ...

Your child will tell a chatbot they're being sextorted at 1.45am before they'll tell you. Banning those chatbots would be ...

New research suggests that chatbots still don’t measure up to humans when it comes to connection and well-being.