NY enacts ban on 'unsafe' chatbot with kids as states push AI regulation boundaries
- File photo: "AI Regulation" words and a keyboard in this illustration taken October 19, 2026.
- REUTERSNew York is enacting far-reaching curbs on companion chatbot behaviour, as states increasingly move to protect children who use artificial intelligence, regulate how employers deploy AI systems and push developers to prevent an AI-caused catastrophe.
- Legislation signed Wednesday by governor Kathy Hochul outlines a dozen definitions of "unsafe AI companion features" that will be prohibited when a companion chatbot interacts with a child under 18.
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- File photo: "AI Regulation" words and a keyboard in this illustration taken October 19, 2026.
- REUTERSNew York is enacting far-reaching curbs on companion chatbot behaviour, as states increasingly move to protect children who use artificial intelligence, regulate how employers deploy AI systems and push developers to prevent an AI-caused catastrophe.
- Legislation signed Wednesday by governor Kathy Hochul outlines a dozen definitions of "unsafe AI companion features" that will be prohibited when a companion chatbot interacts with a child under 18.
Sources: Times of India