OpenAI teams up with kids’ safety group on California ballot measure
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The compromise — first reported by POLITICO — came after the ChatGPT maker and advocacy group Common Sense Media had filed competing ballot initiatives aiming to restrict kids’ interactions with AI.
The deal avoids what could have been a multimillion-dollar battle in this year’s election, and the two sides see the new proposal as offering a path to a potential national standard for regulating how youth use the technology.
“We hope to not just take this to California but well beyond,” said Chris Lehane, OpenAI’s global affairs chief and a Democratic political veteran, during a joint press conference with Common Sense Media.
The new proposal includes requirements for AI companies to determine a user's age and implement safeguards for young people using their products, as well as limiting the sale of young people’s data, among other provisions.
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