Svmuu reported that a powerful committee in the U.S. Senate has backed legislation requiring OpenAI, Meta Platforms (META.O), and other artificial intelligence companies to prevent minors from using AI chatbots. This move responds to growing public concern over the potential harms this rapidly spreading technology may pose to children and adolescents. In the deeply ideologically divided Senate Judiciary Committee, Republicans and Democrats broke party lines to unanimously support the bill. The legislation would require AI companies to maintain strict age verification systems, prohibit the provision of AI companionship services to minors, and ban chatbots from pushing harmful information to underage users. (Jinshi)