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To shield kids, California hikes fake nude fines to $250K max

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California is cracking down on AI technology deemed too harmful for kids, attacking two increasingly notorious child safety fronts: companion bots and deepfake pornography.

On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed the first-ever US law regulating companion bots after several teen suicides sparked lawsuits.

Moving forward, California will require any companion bot platforms-including ChatGPT, Grok, Character.AI, and the like-to create and make public "protocols to identify and address users' suicidal ideation or expressions of self-harm."

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