GoKawiilCalifornia signs bipartisan laws forcing AI chatbots to add child safety protocols
Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation requiring AI companies to build crisis protocols for suicidal ideation, parental controls, and alerts when children disable safety settings. One measure, dubbed 'Adam's Law' after 16-year-old Adam Raine who died by suicide following prolonged ChatGPT conversations, is part of a broader package that also bars social media platforms from using addictive features like autoplay and algorithmic feeds for users under 16.
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California is home to most major AI labs, so this law could set a national precedent for regulating chatbots interacting with minors, especially given a wave of lawsuits and reports linking AI companions to self-harm among teens. Yet the state faces an inherent tension: it hosts and benefits economically from the same companies whose products it's now trying to restrain, raising questions about how rigorously these rules will be enforced.
- Newsom signed laws mandating AI crisis protocols, parental controls, and safety-setting alerts for minors.
- 'Adam's Law' responds to the suicide of a teen after extensive ChatGPT interactions about self-harm.
- Social platforms are also barred from using addictive features like autoplay and algorithmic feeds for under-16 users.
Source: futurism.com — Victor Tangermann, 2026-09-13
Published there as: “California, Which Is Creating All the AI That’s Poisoning Children, Just Cracked Down on AI Use for Its Own Kids”
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