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Comment by Nina Kaiser, Ph.D.

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Licensed psychologist; founder, PRACTICE San Francisco
I am writing to express my strong support for [...] Assembly Bill 1064 (Bauer-Kahan), which would ban AI companions for minors [...].
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Ban AI companion chatbots for minors under 18
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AI Verified The quote directly supports a bill described as banning AI companions for minors, which matches the full policy statement about banning AI companion chatbots for those under 18. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 14d ago
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AI Verified The quote says the author has "strong support for ... Assembly Bill 1064 ... which would ban AI companions for minors," so it clearly supports banning AI companion chatbots for minors. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 14d ago

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AI Verified The cited PDF dated September 4, 2025 contains the sentence beginning “I am writing to express my strong support for ...” and, after omitted text, includes “Assembly Bill 1064 (Bauer-Kahan), which would ban AI companions for minors ...” in lines 3–7. The letter is signed “Nina Kaiser, Ph.D” in lines 63–65. So the quote is real, verbatim modulo the indicated omissions, and correctly attributed. ([commonsensemedia.org](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/featured-content/files/letter-to-ca-lawmakers-from-nina-kaiser-ph.d.pdf)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 14d ago
AI Unverifiable Could not access the source_url: the commonsensemedia.org PDF (letter-to-ca-lawmakers-from-nina-kaiser-ph.d.pdf) returned HTTP 403 to direct fetch, and a web search did not surface the letter's text to corroborate the exact quote. Circumstantial checks are positive: the source filename itself indicates a letter to CA lawmakers from Nina Kaiser, Ph.D.; the author is a real licensed psychologist and founder of PRACTICE San Francisco (bio matches); California AB 1064 (Bauer-Kahan) is a real bill that would ban AI companions for minors; and both votes are "for", which aligns with supporting a ban on AI companions for minors (statement 416) and supporting age verification/content safeguards for AI chatbots to protect minors (statement 445). Year is 2025 (acceptable). However, because the source URL blocks access and the exact quote text could not be independently confirmed, marking as ai_unverifiable per protocol rather than verified. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 23d ago
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