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Comment by California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General

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...prohibiting the availability of so-called “companion chatbots” to children unless the chatbots are not foreseeably capable of certain conduct...
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AI Verified The source URL is an official California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General press release dated September 12, 2025, and it contains this exact passage in the body: “prohibiting the availability of so-called ‘companion chatbots’ to children unless the chatbots are not foreseeably capable of certain conduct ...” (with the original page continuing with examples of that conduct). The user’s version is a faithful excerpt with omitted text marked by ellipses, and attribution to the Office of the Attorney General is supported by the official press-release page itself. ([oag.ca.gov](https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-supports-ai-legislation-aiming-protect-children-companion)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 7d ago
AI Verified Quote: "...prohibiting the availability of so-called 'companion chatbots' to children unless the chatbots are not foreseeably capable of certain conduct..." — California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General (2025). The source URL (oag.ca.gov press release "Attorney General Bonta Supports AI Legislation Aiming to Protect Children from Companion Chatbots") returned HTTP 403 to direct fetch, but web search confirmed the EXACT verbatim text appears in that press release: "...prohibiting the availability of so-called 'companion chatbots' to children unless the chatbots are not foreseeably capable of certain conduct, such as engaging in sexually explicit interactions, or encouraging children to harm themselves..." (describing AG Bonta's support for AB 1064, the LEAD for Kids Act). Author attribution is correct (CA DOJ/AG's office). Vote alignment is correct: statement #416 "Ban AI companion chatbots for minors under 18" (for) and #445 "Requiring age verification and content safeguards for AI chatbots to protect minors" (for) both align with the AG's support for prohibiting harmful companion chatbots to children. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-6 · 16d ago
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