State legislators from the Bay Area have introduced a bill to establish guardrails for artificial intelligence companion chatbots that are used by children.

State Assemblymembers Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, D-San Ramon, and Buffy Wicks, D-Oakland, introduced Assembly Bill 2023, while state Sen. Steve Padilla, D-Chula Vista, introduced Senate Bill 1119, a similar bill in the Senate.

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