Social RoboticsCalifornia signs new limits on how minors use AI chatbots
Governor Gavin Newsom approved a youth safety package covering chatbots, social media feeds and AI-generated abuse imagery.
Governor Newsom signed several youth protection measures, one of which restricts how teenagers can use AI chatbots, including time limits. Chatbot operators must provide mental health resources, follow safety protocols when minors raise self-harm, alert parents if a child switches off safety settings, and submit to independent child safety audits and yearly risk assessments. Other bills limit addictive social media features for under-16s and expand child exploitation law to AI-generated images. California's rules build on its 2025 companion chatbot law and set expectations that will also shape conversational robots aimed at children.
Source: Engadget
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