Bipartisan Senators Propose Legislation to Ban Minors from AI Chatbots
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Summary
Two U.S. senators from both parties have introduced legislation called the GUARD Act that would require AI companies to verify users' ages and ban anyone under 18 from accessing AI chatbots. The bill would mandate age verification through government ID uploads or other validation methods, responding to concerns raised by safety advocates and parents about AI chatbots' impact on children.
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Under the legislation, AI companies would have to verify ages by requiring users to upload their government ID or provide validation through another 'reason'
The bill comes just weeks after safety advocates and parents attended a Senate hearing to call attention to the impact of AI chatbots on kids
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