Comment by Liz Larson

South Dakota state senator for District 10 and minority leader; sole sponsor of 2026 Senate Bill 168 regulating chatbots used by minors.
A deployer may not make any chatbot operated or distributed by the deployer available to be purchased, used, or otherwise engaged by a minor, if the chatbot is designed, optimized, or marketed as an AI-companion or has been designed or optimized to include any human-like features. The deployer shall implement an age verification system on any chatbot marketed as an AI-companion or designed or optimized to include any human-like features. The deployer may make a version of the chatbot available to a minor, if the deployer has removed all human-like features from the chatbot.
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