Bill > S4199

This bill, titled the "Youth AI Privacy Act," aims to protect minors from potential harms associated with artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots by requiring entities that make these chatbots available to individuals under 18 to implement specific safe design features. Key provisions include mandating clear disclosures that users are not interacting with a human and that content is AI-generated, with these disclosures repeated regularly and in age-appropriate language. The bill also restricts how companies can use a minor's personal data, prohibiting its use for profiling or training AI models, and limiting its processing for generating outputs to only what's collected within the current session and within a timeframe set by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Furthermore, it prohibits features that encourage compulsive use, such as rewards for time spent or unprompted AI responses, and bans advertising or promotions within AI chatbots directed at minors, especially if there's a financial connection. The FTC is tasked with creating regulations to enforce these provisions, and the bill also includes whistleblower protections, authorizes research on the health effects of AI chatbots on minors, and requires federal health surveys to include questions about AI chatbot usage. Enforcement will be handled by the FTC and state attorneys general, and parents or legal guardians will have the right to sue for violations.

Transportation and Infrastructure

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4199/all-info