New York restricts minors' use of AI chatbots
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a law aimed at protecting users under 18 who use artificial intelligence chatbots. The rule requires companies to verify users' ages and block "harmful" functions, such as promoting suicide, self-harm or drug and alcohol use, or pretending to have human emotions. Violations can lead to civil penalties of up to $25,000 each. Hochul also signed another law on internet-connected baby monitors.
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- The law requires chatbot companies to verify users' ages beyond official identification and to block harmful functions for minors.
- Chatbots are barred from pretending to be real people or to have emotions, offering sexually explicit content, and encouraging minors to keep secrets or isolate themselves.
- The state attorney general can seek civil penalties of up to $25,000 per violation, compensation, or the destruction of illegally collected data and models trained on it.
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