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AI chatbots should implement age assurance, UK mental-health minister says

By Frank Hersey and Patricia Figueiredo ( November 5, 2025, 16:31 GMT | Insight) -- AI chatbot providers should have to introduce age checks and adapt how they interact with users on that basis, a minister has told UK lawmakers, rather than only doing it in response to pressure. Age assurance is currently only a requirement for certain types of services captured by the UK's online safety lawAI chatbot providers should introduce age assurance features to determine users’ ages and adapt how the chatbots interact on that basis, a minister has told UK lawmakers. Age assurance is currently only a requirement for certain types of services captured by the UK's online safety law...

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