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California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a number of bills into law on Monday, the bulk of which are designed to create safeguards in the AI industry and address potential harms to children and young users.
One of the more prominent pieces of legislation, Senate Bill 243, will force AI companies to create meaningful guardrails that stop chatbots from encouraging self-harm in young users. Companies will need to develop protocols that stop the bots from producing content related to “suicidal…
