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Madeline G. Reinecke

Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford studying moral cognition, trust, and artificial intelligence.

The new minimum age of 18 for romantic and sexually simulative AI chatbots is a reasonable step, but it addresses only a narrow slice of the risks young people themselves identify as most pressing.

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Madeline G. Reinecke, University of Oxford expert comment, June 16, 2026.

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Ban AI companion chatbots for minors under 18

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

Our recommendation, grounded in co-production with young people, is that the government should prioritise restrictions on the anthropomorphic and engagement-maximising design features of AI systems used by under-16s, regardless of whether those syste...

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