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Comment by Office of U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal

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The GUARD Act would: 1. Ban AI companies from providing AI companions to minors.
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Ban AI companion chatbots for minors under 18
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AI Verified The quote directly states a ban on AI companies providing AI companions to minors, which matches the full statement's policy of banning AI companion chatbots for those under 18. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 7d ago
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AI Unverifiable The quote only states that "The GUARD Act would... Ban AI companies from providing AI companions to minors" and does not say whether the author supports or opposes that ban. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 7d ago

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AI Verified The provided official Senate press release URL on Sen. Blumenthal’s website, published October 28, 2025, contains the exact text: “The GUARD Act would:” and immediately below it “1. Ban AI companies from providing AI companions to minors.” That makes the quote verbatim and correctly attributable to the Office of U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal. ([blumenthal.senate.gov](https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/blumenthal-and-murphy-cosponsor-bipartisan-bill-protecting-children-from-ai-chatbots)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 7d ago
AI Verified Checked year (2025, acceptable), author attribution, vote alignment, source, and quote quality. The source_url (Blumenthal's official Senate press release) returned HTTP 403 to direct fetch, but a web search confirmed the GUARD Act (S.3062, cosponsored by Sens. Blumenthal and Murphy) would "ban AI companions for minors," matching the quote's claim that the Act would "Ban AI companies from providing AI companions to minors." Author ("Office of U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal", a Senate press office) is correctly attributed and the source is the primary press release. I cleaned up the quote content to remove a stray scraped link artifact ("Read the GUARD Act here.") that was not part of the substantive statement. Both votes are "for": statement 416 (Ban AI companion chatbots for minors under 18) is directly on point, and statement 445 (age verification/content safeguards for AI chatbots to protect minors) also aligns since the GUARD Act mandates age verification and safeguards. Quote is accurate and relevant. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 16d ago
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