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‘As New York’s mom Governor, I’m taking action’: Kathy Hochul bans bots from cozying up to kids, cracks down on baby monitors
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed two bills Tuesday aimed at the tech already in kids’ bedrooms and on their phones: AI chatbots and internet-connected baby monitors.
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed two bills Tuesday aimed at the tech already in kids’ bedrooms and on their phones: AI chatbots and internet-connected baby monitors. The first law bars companies from offering a list of chatbot features to anyone under 18, or to any user whose age the company hasn’t confirmed. Chatbots can no longer pretend to be a real person, claim to be alive or say they have human emotions .
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