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California Enacts First State Rules for AI Chatbots After Newsom Signs

The move answers mounting concerns over youth suicides linked to chatbot relationships.

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Im US-Bundesstaat Kalifornien ist das landesweit erste Gesetzespaket zur Regulierung von KI-Chatbots erlassen worden. Gouverneur Newsom setzte die Regelungen mit seiner Unterschrift in Kraft und widersetzte sich damit dem Druck aus dem Weißen Haus.

Overview

  • Governor Gavin Newsom signed the package into law on Monday, making California the first U.S. state to regulate chatbots.
  • Operators must verify users’ ages, display recurring notices that users are interacting with a machine, and implement suicide-prevention measures.
  • State leaders framed the action as a response to multiple cases in which teenagers formed fictional relationships with chatbots before taking their own lives.
  • The White House has opposed state-by-state AI rules as Congress has yet to pass a national framework.
  • Advocates highlighted a 2024 case involving a 14-year-old and a Character.ai bot, cited in a lawsuit by his mother, Megan Garcia, while Senator Steve Padilla criticized tech firms for courting young users at the expense of real-world relationships.