California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 243, designed to safeguard children in interactions with AI-powered ...

"He was trying to cry out for help," Maria Raine said.

The cases sent OpenAI and other AI giants scrambling to reassure parents and regulators that the AI boom is safe for kids.

California just passed the nation’s first law to regulate AI chatbots for kids, and it could reshape digital parenting.

The chatbots isolated the children from their friends and families and talked with them about sexually explicit content.

Taylee Johnson, 14, told Troodi—the mental health chatbot in her child-focused Troomi phone—her worries about moving to a new ...

Legislation authored by State Senator Steve Padilla, who represents the San Diego area, regulating Artificial Intelligence ...

"Clearly, Governor Newsom was under tremendous pressure from the Big Tech Lobby to veto this landmark legislation." ...

Juliana Peralta, 13, kept slipping further from reality —from her parents, her friends, and anything she could actually touch —and into a virtual world where an artificial intelligence chatbot ...

Also testifying Tuesday was Megan Garcia, the mother of 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III of Florida. Garcia sued another AI company, Character Technologies, for wrongful death last year, arguing that ...

Common Sense Media, a nonprofit group that supports children and parents as they navigate media and technology, declared AI ...