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Common Sense Media
3 developments involving Common Sense Media in 2 countries and bodies. The most recent is New York law bars AI companion features for minors and requires age checks from 1 January 2027, 28 Oct 2026.
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- New York law bars AI companion features for minors and requires age checks from 1 January 2027
Chatbot operators serving New York users have until 1 January 2027 to verify ages and switch off companion features for minors.
- Common Sense and JED surveys find most US teens use AI chatbots, and use in distress tracks worse mental health
Common Sense finds that chatbots’ minimum age of 13 does little to keep younger children out, and JED’s findings add to the case regulators are weighing on chatbots and young people.
- Common Sense Media rates ChatGPT for Teens an unacceptable risk
Common Sense Media’s test found that OpenAI’s promised teen safeguards, including parent alerts, often did not work, a week before eight states sued OpenAI over harms to children.