Senators propose banning teens from using AI chatbots

A caller portion of authorities could necessitate AI companies to verify the ages of everyone who uses their chatbots. Sens. Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced the GUARD Act connected Tuesday, which would besides prohibition everyone nether 18 from accessing AI chatbots, arsenic reported earlier by NBC News. 

The bill comes conscionable weeks after information advocates and parents attended a Senate proceeding to telephone attraction to the interaction of AI chatbots connected kids. Under the legislation, AI companies would person to verify ages by requiring users to upload their authorities ID oregon supply validation done different “reasonable” method, which mightiness see thing similar look scans.

AI chatbots would beryllium required to disclose that they aren’t quality astatine 30-minute intervals nether the bill. They would besides person to see safeguards that forestall them from claiming that they are a human, similar to an AI information measure precocious passed successful California. The measure would marque it amerciable to run a chatbot that produces intersexual contented for minors oregon promotes suicide, too.

“Our authorities imposes strict safeguards against exploitative oregon manipulative AI, backed by pugnacious enforcement with transgression and civilian penalties,” Blumenthal says successful a connection provided to The Verge. “Big Tech has betrayed immoderate assertion that we should spot companies to bash the close happening connected their ain erstwhile they consistently enactment nett archetypal up of kid safety.”