Findings

Congress finds the following: (1) Artificial intelligence chatbots are increasingly being deployed on social media platforms and in consumer applications used by minors. (2) These chatbots can generate and disseminate harmful or sexually explicit content to children. (3) These chatbots can manipulate emotions and influence behavior in ways that exploit the developmental vulnerabilities of minors. (4) The widespread availability of such chatbots exposes children to physical and psychological safety risks, including grooming, addiction, self-harm, and harm to others. (5) Protecting children from artificial intelligence chatbots that simulate human interaction without accountability is a compelling governmental interest.