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Public Citizen also supports strengthening consumers’ power to hold AI corporations accountable for harms in court, as the bipartisan AI LEAD Act does, as well as the bipartisan GUARD Act, which bans AI corporations from making companion products available to minors and criminalizes corporations pushing sexual chatbots on children.

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Public Citizen, “Counterfeit Companionship: Big Tech’s AI Experiments Sacrifice Safety for Profit,” January 27, 2026.

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Ban AI companion chatbots for minors under 18

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