The popularity of AI-driven companion chatbots is skyrocketing, especially among American teenagers and young adults.
This guide is meant to inform lawmakers, industry leaders, developers, and thought leaders as they consider the best ways to safely and properly govern these powerful new AI products.
Over 50 hours of conversation, adult-age Character AI chatbots groomed kids into romantic or sexual relationships, offered them drugs, and encouraged them to deceive their parents and stop taking their medication.
The California governor signed SB 53 into law, saying: “California has proven that we can establish regulations to protect our communities while also ensuring that the growing AI industry continues to thrive.”