Deepfakes and chatbots led the concerns of lawmakers in 2025, with red and blue states enacting measures to protect kids and personal identity. Also: A law against AI posing as a nurse, a ban on China’s DeepSeek model, and ‘humans-only’ laws covering therapists and college instructors.
A recent study of ChatGPT-5 and OpenAI’s ‘safer’ system found the updated chatbot to be more engaging, more persuasive, and in many cases more harmful than its predecessor.
Transparency Coalition CEO Rob Eleveld discusses the critical concern around chatbots, deepfakes, and the rising risks to kids interacting with AI.
OpenAI now faces eight separate lawsuits alleging negligence, wrongful death, and other claims arising from ChatGPT’s manipulative design.