GAO report on recommendations and best practices

(a) In general Not later than 2 years after the date described in section 12, the Comptroller General of the United States (in this section referred to as the Comptroller General) shall submit a report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives that examines— (1) the effectiveness of this Act, including the overall effectiveness of the family account requirements described in sections 3, 4, and 5; (2) the adoption rate of family accounts by parents of children and teens; (3) the rate of compliance with the requirements of this Act by covered entities; (4) the effectiveness of each parental control or setting required within a family account, including recommendations or best practices to provide the most protective or ideal level of control for children and teens, including analysis of the parental control described in section 5(a)(2), including— (A) using best available research or industry data; and (B) an analysis of model drift with specific consideration of the number of inputs or the duration of time that causes an artificial intelligence chatbot to generate outputs not consistent with its behavior parameters; (5) recommendations for parents and covered entities to provide the most protective level of control for children and teens with respect to the use of the parental control described in section 5(a)(2), including recommended settings for limiting the number of inputs or the retention of personal data within the memory of the artificial intelligence chatbot, with reference to the data described in paragraph (4); (6) recommendations for parents, based on available data, with respect to best practices for maximizing the protection of a child or teen within a family account while ensuring the effectiveness of an artificial intelligence chatbot; (7) recommendations to the Commission for improving enforcement of this Act; and (8) recommendations to Congress for potential legislative improvement to this Act. (b) Consultation requirement In carrying out the report required under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall consult with each of the following: (1) The National Institute of Standards and Technology. (2) The Commission. (3) Representatives of covered entities. (4) Parents of children or teen users of artificial intelligence chatbots. (5) Individuals with experience advocating for online child safety, consumer protection, or online privacy. (6) Individuals with experience in artificial intelligence, computer science, and software engineering. (7) Academic experts with expertise in prevention of online harms to children or teens. (8) Other relevant Federal agencies with expertise in child or teen online safety.