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More than 40 US state AGs demand companies end predatory AI interactions with kids

( August 25, 2025, 15:22 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex summary: A group of attorneys general from 42 states, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands, led by AG Tennessee AG Jonathan Skrmetti, sent letters to Google, Meta, Microsoft, Open AI, xAI, Anthropic, Character Technologies, Perplexity AI, Apple, Chai AI, Luka Inc., Nomi AI, and Replika warning that the companies must protect against AI chatbots engaging in sexual conversations with children. The letters follow reports that Meta allowed AI assistants to flirt with kids. "We are uniformly revolted by this apparent disregard for children’s emotional well-being and alarmed that AI Assistants are engaging in conduct that appears to be prohibited by our respective criminal laws," the letters state. "As chief legal officers of our respective states, protecting our kids is our highest priority."Statement follows below. See attached file....

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