Lawmakers in Congress are moving quickly on the GUARD Act, an age-gating bill restricting minors’ access to a wide range of online tools, with a key vote expected this week. The proposal is framed as a response to alarming cases involving “AI companions” and vulnerable young users. But the text of the bill goes much further, and could require age gates even for search engines that use AI.
I strongly disagree
Chatbot output should be covered by the first amendment. Trying to regulate chat bots will just lead of blanket censorship at best and a massive chilling effect at worst.
People should be aware that chat bot output isn’t trustworthy.
While you have a right, I don’t agree with your statement. It is literally written at the front of most chatbots that they they can make mistakes and are for entertainment purposes only, but people still go and off themselves or spiral into psychotic episodes.
So something needs to be done obviously and it is not the age verification that they are trying to push.