Senate panel advances bill to curb AI chatbot ‘companions’ for kids

The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously precocious a measure Thursday to prohibition artificial quality companions for minors and forestall AI chatbots from exposing children to intersexual oregon harmful content. The GUARD Act, cosponsored by Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), would prohibit AI companions for users nether the property of 18 and necessitate these…