Requires operators of AI companion chatbots to verify that users are adults, bars minors from using those companions, and requires chatbots to disclose that they are not human and not licensed professionals.

• Requires covered entities to verify each user's age, freeze existing accounts until users are verified as adults, and re-verify accounts periodically.
• Bars minors from accessing or using AI companions made publicly available to end consumers.
• Requires chatbots to disclose at the start of each conversation that they are artificial intelligence, not human beings, and that they do not provide medical, legal, financial, or psychological services.
• Makes it a federal crime, with fines up to $250,000 per offense, to make a chatbot publicly available when it knowingly solicits minors into sexual conduct or into suicide, self-injury, or violence, and authorizes the Attorney General to seek civil penalties up to $250,000 per violation.

• Judiciary Committee (Senate)

Crime and Law Enforcement