▲ California Governor Gavin Newsom
California, home to Silicon Valley, has enacted a package of regulatory laws aimed at strengthening protections for children and teenagers regarding AI chatbots and social media.
According to the state of California on the 11th, local time, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a package of 13 bills focused on protecting children and adolescents.
The core piece of the newly enacted legislation is an AI chatbot regulation law nicknamed "Adam's Law."
Named after Adam Raine, a 16-year-old boy from California who took his own life while using OpenAI's ChatGPT, the law mandates that AI chatbots activate emergency crisis response protocols and notify parents if they detect signs of risks such as self-harm.
The regulations also require companies to conduct independent child safety audits and annual risk assessments prior to launching AI products.
Furthermore, California banned social media platforms from providing addictive features to users under 16, such as infinite scrolling, auto-play, and the placement of posts based on behavioral algorithms.
Manufacturing or selling toys equipped with AI chatbots will be banned for four years, and the scope of punishment for AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) has been significantly expanded.
Governor Newsom emphasized, "As technological innovation accelerates, our protective measures must keep pace," adding, "We will not stand by and allow unregulated technology to put children at risk."
(Photo: AP, Yonhap News)
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