Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration is suing a maker of artificial intelligence chatbots, claiming one of the bots on its website illegally misrepresented itself as a medical professional.

The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously advanced a bill Thursday to ban minors from artificial intelligence companions and prevent AI chatbots from exposing children to sexual or harmful content. The Guidelines for User Age-verification and Responsible Dialogue (GUARD) Act,

A new bill introduced in the Senate Tuesday is aiming to give parents more control over their children’s use of artificial intelligence chatbots.

Age verification would be determined by the AI platform through interaction and other kinds of technology.

Researchers believe AI models designed for warmth may lead to less accurate output. Credit: portishead1 via iStock / Plus Last year, researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute began testing five artificial intelligence chatbots to see if making them friendly changed their responses.

Miami International Airport now has artificial intelligence chatbots meant to provide "support" to passengers.