Ted Cruz on [🇺🇸 Congress, Oct 2025] Requiring age ve…

Ted Cruz

U.S. Senator from Texas and Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee.

The rapid development of sophisticated chatbots has left many parents in the dark as powerful AI systems enter children's lives. Congress has an opportunity to put parents back in control. With the right safeguards, AI systems can benefit a child's education without putting their well-being at risk. The CHATBOT Act ensures America leads in deploying AI safely and responsibly.

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[🇺🇸 Congress, Oct 2025] Requiring age verification and content safeguards for AI chatbots to protect minors

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AI Verified The quote is directly about chatbot safeguards and parental control for minors, matching the policy question in the statement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified The quote explicitly supports parental safeguards and control over chatbot use for children, so `for` matches. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified The Senate Commerce press release quotes Cruz saying sophisticated chatbots leave parents in the dark and that safeguards should put parents back in control; the stored wording matches the release. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI value alignment must be subject to public deliberation, not decided by developers alone

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Ban AI companion chatbots for minors under 18

The rapid development of sophisticated chatbots has left many parents in the dark as powerful AI systems enter children’s lives. Congress has an opportunity to put parents back in control. With the right safeguards, AI systems can benefit a child’s e...

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