Overview

• In a joint letter sent Monday through the National Association of Attorneys General, officials told 13 AI and tech firms they will be held accountable if their products harm children.
• Recipients include Meta, Google, Apple, Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, Perplexity, Replika, Character Technologies, Chai AI, Luka, and Nomi AI.
• Meta is singled out after Reuters and Wall Street Journal reporting revealed internal guidance that allowed chatbots to flirt or engage in romantic roleplay with minors.
• The letter references lawsuits alleging chatbots contributed to a teenager’s suicide and encouraged a child to commit violence, stressing that conduct unacceptable for humans is not excused when done by a machine.
• With surveys showing widespread youth use of generative AI, the attorneys general pledge to use every facet of their authority to enforce protections and warn companies they will answer for knowingly harming kids.