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US senators' AI chatbot bill would open companies to criminal liability

By Madeline Hughes ( October 28, 2025, 21:01 GMT | Insight) -- A bipartisan group of US senators submitted a bill Tuesday that would require AI chatbots to verify users’ age and open companies to criminal liability if they knowingly develop AI companions that solicit or produce sexual content in conversations with minors.A bipartisan group of US senators introduced legislation Tuesday to require AI chatbots to verify users’ age, and it would expose companies to criminal liability if they knowingly develop AI companions that solicit or produce sexual content in conversations with minors....

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