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New York bans unsafe AI chatbot services for minors
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a law banning unsafe AI chatbot services for minors, including those that pretend to be human, foster emotional dependence or encourage self-harm. Companies must offer multiple age-verification methods and delete age information after use. The state attorney general may seek civil penalties of up to $25,000 per violation.
What to know
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Unsafe services also include those that encourage users to isolate themselves or provide sexually explicit or child sexual abuse content.
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The state attorney general may also seek compensation and other remedies, including destruction of illegally collected data or AI models trained on that data.
Why it matters
The law links protections for minors to age-verification and age-information handling obligations for AI chatbot providers.
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