US Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously advances AI chatbot bill
By Emma Whitford ( April 30, 2026, 20:25 GMT | Insight) -- The US Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday unanimously marked up bipartisan legislation to keep children and teenagers off companion chatbots, even as members acknowledged that the bill faces an uphill battle to final passage. Sponsor Josh Hawley of Missouri thanked the “brave parents whose children were abused by these AI company chatbots. And I do mean abused. That is not too harsh a word.”The US Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday unanimously marked up bipartisan legislation to keep children and teenagers off companion chatbots, even as members acknowledged that the bill faces an uphill battle to final passage....
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