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Comment by Rahnold Thomas

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Technology and Innovation Chair, NAACP New York State Conference
AI chatbots can be powerful learning supports by helping students explore ideas, practice skills, and access resources when a teacher or parent isn’t immediately available. But as these tools become more autonomous and agentic, it’s critical that they operate with clear boundaries and age-appropriate safeguards.
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Rahnold Thomas, quoted in “State Senator Kristen Gonzalez Introduces Bill to Protect Minors from AI Chatbots,” January 29, 2026.
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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 Source explicitly supports age-appropriate safeguards and the minor-protection chatbot bill; directly on-topic. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2h ago
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AI Verified Recorded for matches Thomas’s support for age-appropriate safeguards and the cited minor-protection bill. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2h ago

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AI Verified NYSenate.gov, 29 Jan 2026: official release attributes the stored wording to Rahnold Thomas verbatim. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2h ago
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