New York governor signs AI chatbot child safety law

New York enacted a law requiring AI companies to verify user ages and restrict chatbot interactions with minors. The rules ban chatbots from simulating human emotions, claiming personal relationships, and collecting sensitive health data from youth conversations. For professionals in law, policy, and psychology, this introduces a state regulatory standard enforced by fines and model deletion orders.

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