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Comment by Hawaii Department of the Attorney General

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The Department supports the purpose of this bill. We are deeply concerned about artificial intelligence's potential to severely impair the mental health and development of Hawaii's youth, and believe there is a very strong government interest in protecting Hawaii's youth from manipulative, deceptive, or unsafe design practices in conversational and companion-style artificial intelligence systems.
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Hawaii Department of the Attorney General, testimony on Hawaii H.B. 1782, House Committee on Economic Development & Technology, January 30, 2026, p. 3.
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AI Verified The Attorney General’s support for HB 1782’s safeguards against unsafe conversational/companion AI for youth strongly supports protections for minors. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago
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AI Verified The Attorney General supports HB 1782’s protections for youth against unsafe conversational and companion AI; the recorded answer “for” matches. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago

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AI Verified The cited Hawaii Attorney General testimony on HB 1782 contains this wording and identifies the Department as speaker (Jan. 30, 2026). · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago
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