Ban AI companion chatbots for minors, require chatbots to disclose their non-human status, and create criminal penalties for companies that let minors access harmful AI companions.

Valerie P. Foushee · North Carolina · Democratic

policy impact 0.84 specificity 0.96 extraction confidence 98%

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introduced bipartisan legislation to protect children from AI companion chatbots. The Guidelines for User Age Verification and Responsible Dialogue (GUARD) Act bans AI companion chatbots for minors, requires AI chatbots to disclose their non-human status to users of the platform, and establishes new criminal penalties for companies that allow minors to access AI companions that solicit or ...

Foushee proposed major restrictions on AI companion chatbots for minors, including bans, disclosure rules, and penalties.

Press Releases | News | U.S. Congresswoman Valerie Foushee
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The GUARD Act would require artificial intelligence chatbots to implement age verification measures and make certain disclosures, and would impose criminal prohibitions and covered entity obligations aimed at preventing minors from accessing harmful AI companions.

Introduces legislation to require age verification, disclosures, and penalties related to harmful AI chatbots accessed by minors.

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Evidence

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The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee advanced a bipartisan AI package that included Foushee’s Protecting Consumers From Deceptive AI Act and Foushee-led provisions on generative AI labeling, frontier AI safety, and independent testing and evaluation.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Foushee’s AI-related package moved through committee, showing concrete progress but not final enactment.

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Press Releases | News | U.S. Congresswoman Valerie Foushee
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Foushee and Blake Moore introduced the GUARD Act, which bans AI companion chatbots for minors, requires platforms to disclose that users are interacting with AI, and creates criminal penalties for companies that allow minors to access harmful AI companions.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): This is direct legislative action on the exact policy promise, but it is an introduction rather than enacted law.

partial same_term A for effort

Press Releases | News | U.S. Congresswoman Valerie Foushee
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Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): never. same_term A for effort

Foushee introduced the GUARD Act and related AI-labeling provisions that match the promise, which is a concrete legislative attempt, but the evidence only shows introduction and committee movement, not enactment of the ban, disclosure mandate, or criminal penalties. Under the adjudication rule, a serious but unsuccessful attempt counts as never delivered, with effort credit.

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