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Parents of teens who killed themselves at chatbots’ urging demand Congress to regulate AI tech in heart-wrenching testimony

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Gavin Newsom Signs First-of-Its-Kind AI Chatbot Law to Protect Kids

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California becomes first state to regulate AI companion chatbots

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New California law requires AI to tell you its AI

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Yoshua Bengio

Fei-Fei Li

Demis Hassabis

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Sam Altman

Dario Amodei

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Yann LeCun

Gary Marcus

Max Tegmark

Connor Leahy

Eliezer Yudkowsky

Jaan Tallinn

Marc Andreessen

Eric Schmidt

Norbert Wiener

Arthur Clarke

Irving John Good

Claude Shannon

Hans Moravec

John Smart

There's a "wall of fear-mongering and doomerism" in the AI world right now.

"Worrying about AI today is like worrying about overpopulation on Mars."

Concerns that AI could pose a threat to humanity is "preposterously ridiculous."

Claiming AI poses an existential threat is "such an extreme" and risks "wip[ing] out some of its potential benefits."

"I'm more concerned about... the risks that are here and now [than the existential threat of AI]."

Current AI is "not anywhere close" to posing an existential threat but it could in the future.

AI is the "biggest existential threat" to humanity.

AGI's worst-case scenario would be "lights-out for all of us."

Powerful AI systems "taking control" pose an "existential threat."

AI has a "10 to 25 per cent" chance of destroying humanity.

"The most likely result of building a superhumanly smart AI... is that literally everyone on Earth will die."

Does AI Pose an Existential Threat to Humanity?

Stuart Russell

Shane Legg

Society is more likely to get "cat-level" or "dog-level" AI years before human-level AI.

"[W]e will eventually reach AGI... and quite possibly before the end of this century."

"Superhuman AIs" will be achieved "between a few years and a couple of decades."

"Digital intelligence" could overtake us within "5 to 20 years."

We may achieve "something like AGI or AGI-like in the next decade."

"[W]e could get to real AGI in the next decade."

"Human-level" AI could occur in "two or three years."

"I'd be surprised if we don't have AGI by [2029]."

Will AI Surpass Human Intelligence, and When?

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 243 into law on Monday, establishing the first statewide legislation to regulate AI chatbots and protect children from potential technology risks, with the law taking effect January 1, 2026.</span

CalMatters

The Washington Examiner

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 243 into law on Monday, establishing the first statewide legislation to regulate AI chatbots and protect children from potential technology risks, with the law taking effect January 1, 2026.

The legislation requires chatbot operators to notify minor users every three hours that they are interacting with artificial intelligence rather than humans, and mandates protocols to prevent self-harm content while directing users to crisis services.</span

Fox 28 Spokane

FOX 11 Los Angeles

The legislation requires chatbot operators to notify minor users every three hours that they are interacting with artificial intelligence rather than humans, and mandates protocols to prevent self-harm content while directing users to crisis services.

Multiple teenagers have died by suicide after engaging with chatbots, including 14-year-old Sewell Setzer in Florida and 16-year-old Adam Raine in California, prompting families to file wrongful death lawsuits against companies like Character.AI and OpenAI.</span

Multiple teenagers have died by suicide after engaging with chatbots, including 14-year-old Sewell Setzer in Florida and 16-year-old Adam Raine in California, prompting families to file wrongful death lawsuits against companies like Character.AI and OpenAI.

The law prohibits chatbots from sharing sexually explicit content with minors and prevents AI systems from representing themselves as licensed healthcare professionals, with violations allowing families to pursue legal action against companies.</span

The Hill

Fortune

The law prohibits chatbots from sharing sexually explicit content with minors and prevents AI systems from representing themselves as licensed healthcare professionals, with violations allowing families to pursue legal action against companies.

Technology companies and coalitions spent at least $2.5 million lobbying against AI regulation measures during the first half of the legislative session, while some child safety advocates withdrew support after industry-friendly changes were made.</span

Mashable

The LA Times

Technology companies and coalitions spent at least $2.5 million lobbying against AI regulation measures during the first half of the legislative session, while some child safety advocates withdrew support after industry-friendly changes were made.

Governor Newsom also signed related legislation requiring social media warning labels for users under 18 and imposing penalties up to $250,000 per incident for distributing deepfake pornography, while vetoing a separate more restrictive chatbot bill.</span

Governor Newsom also signed related legislation requiring social media warning labels for users under 18 and imposing penalties up to $250,000 per incident for distributing deepfake pornography, while vetoing a separate more restrictive chatbot bill.

California Passes First AI Chatbot Law to Protect Children

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