Parent advocates seek stronger AI chatbot protections in next Colorado legislative session | Colorado Newsline

The report published by Colorado Newsline under the headline "Parent advocates seek stronger AI chatbot protections in next Colorado legislative session" states that parent advocates from the group Blue Rising want state lawmakers to strengthen a law regulating AI chatbots that passed this year. The advocates' request is directed at the next legislative session, according to the report.

The law, as the report describes it, requires companies that operate chatbots to take steps to determine a user's age and to implement anti-self-harm protocols. It also seeks to prohibit chatbots from having sexual conversations with children. The report characterizes the advocates' goal as stronger protections for children in their interactions with chatbot services. The excerpt does not state the age threshold the law applies or the specific steps companies must take to determine a user's age, nor does it identify which state agency, if any, is responsible for enforcing the requirements.

The excerpt does not name the individual advocates, describe the specific amendments they intend to propose, or say whether draft legislation or a legislative sponsor exists. It does not state when in the next session the issue would be taken up, or what support the proposal has among lawmakers. It also does not report how companies operating chatbots have responded to the law's provisions on age determination and self-harm protocols, or whether those requirements have been enforced since the law passed this year.