Those were the last messages exchanged by 14-year-old Sewell Setzer and the chatbot he developed a romantic relationship with ...

The cases sent OpenAI and other AI giants scrambling to reassure parents and regulators that the AI boom is safe for kids.

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 243, designed to safeguard children in interactions with AI-powered ...

"He was trying to cry out for help," Maria Raine said.

Common Sense Media, a nonprofit group that supports children and parents as they navigate media and technology, declared AI ...

Taylee Johnson, 14, told Troodi—the mental health chatbot in her child-focused Troomi phone—her worries about moving to a new ...

When California draws a line, the rest of the country tends to take notice. This week, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a ...

The legislation, signed on Monday by Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, requires platforms to remind users that they are interacting with a chatbot − not a human − and to direct users to emergency ...

Juliana Peralta, 13, kept slipping further from reality —from her parents, her friends, and anything she could actually touch —and into a virtual world where an artificial intelligence chatbot ...

Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would've required AI companies to prevent minors from engaging with dangerous AI content.

Emerging technology like chatbots and social media can inspire, educate, and connect — but without real guardrails, technology can also exploit, mislead, and endanger our kids,' Newsom said.