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The third in a series of landmark liability trials is opening this week in federal court in Oakland, California. In the first two trials, jurors found Instagram and YouTube liable for addicting and harming kids. What’s it all about? We have concise answers in clear, plain language.
State AGs assert the company’s main product, ChatGPT, harmed children and deceived parents with claims of safety that company officials knew were untrue.
A research team tested ChatGPT for Teens with 4,000 prompts and found many of its promised safety guardrails failed. "ChatGPT for Teens could give parents false confidence in guardrails and safety alerts that frequently don't work," said Tom Siegel, the executive director of the Youth AI Safety Institute.
“We can’t afford to regulate AI with nothing but a pinky promise,” Sen. Murray said. Her roundtable discussion on AI policy included input from state leaders and Transparency Coalition CEO Rob Eleveld.
Lawmakers passed bills on chatbot safety, education and children’s digital lives, medical authorization and mental health, consumer rights, and frontier model oversight. More states are expected to weigh in by year’s end.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom enacted a dozen more AI-related laws, concluding his bill-signing period with a flourish. In Pennsylvania, House lawmakers considered a three-year moratorium on the sale of AI-driven toys.