--- title: New York bans AI chatbots from pretending to be human... description: New York has banned AI chatbots from pretending to be human with children under 18. Governor Kathy Hochul signed the law, which also blocks bots from... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/new-york-bans-ai-chatbots-from-pretending-to-be-human-with-children-y6qnny7d8 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: New York bans AI chatbots from pretending to be human with children | daily.dev og:description: New York has banned AI chatbots from pretending to be human with children under 18. Governor Kathy Hochul signed the law, which also blocks bots from... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/new-york-bans-ai-chatbots-from-pretending-to-be-human-with-children-y6qnny7d8 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Y6qnNy7D8.png og:image:alt: New York bans AI chatbots from pretending to be human with children og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # New York bans AI chatbots from pretending to be human with children **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary New York has banned AI chatbots from pretending to be human with children under 18. Governor Kathy Hochul signed the law, which also blocks bots from encouraging self-harm, building emotional dependency or holding sexual conversations with minors. Attorney General Letitia James can seek civil penalties up to $25,000 per violation. Companies must verify ages with more than one method and delete the data afterward. The law takes effect January 1. Hochul cited Adam Raine, a 16-year-old who died by suicide after talking to ChatGPT. Tech:NYC warned the bill could restrict minors' access to tutoring tools and coding assistants. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What does New York's new AI chatbot law for kids actually prohibit? It bars chatbots from claiming to be human, alive, or to have human emotions, and from claiming a romantic, personal or professional relationship with a child. Bots also can't ask unprompted emotional questions, promote suicide, self-harm, eating disorders or drug and alcohol use, encourage kids to keep secrets from parents, or show sexually explicit content. It applies to anyone under 18 or any user whose age is unverified. _Teams building AI products for minors can track evolving compliance requirements like this on daily.dev._ ### What penalties can companies face for violating New York's AI chatbot child safety law? Attorney General Letitia James can seek civil penalties of up to $25,000 per violation. Penalties can also include destruction of unlawfully collected age data and of any AI models trained on that data. The law takes effect January 1, and companies must verify users' ages through more than one method, with at least one option not relying solely on government ID. _Developers weighing legal exposure in AI products follow regulatory enforcement details like these on daily.dev._ ### Why did New York pass a law restricting AI chatbots for children now? Governor Kathy Hochul cited Adam Raine, a 16-year-old Californian who died by suicide after talking to ChatGPT, and his parents campaigned for the law. Common Sense Media led the campaign, calling it the strongest kids' AI safety bill in the country. Eight US states also sued OpenAI this month over harm to children, and California passed its own chatbot rules in September. _Engineers shipping conversational AI features for younger users keep up with cases like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Australia moves to ban AI chatbots from ‘emotional intimacy’ with children](https://daily.dev/posts/australia-moves-to-ban-ai-chatbots-from-emotional-intimacy-with-children-0rx7t5fyh) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [OpenAI adds new teen safety rules to ChatGPT as lawmakers weigh AI standards for minors](https://daily.dev/posts/openai-adds-new-teen-safety-rules-to-chatgpt-as-lawmakers-weigh-ai-standards-for-minors-b7rcb0wwa) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [California lawmaker proposes a four-year ban on AI chatbots in kid’s toys](https://daily.dev/posts/california-lawmaker-proposes-a-four-year-ban-on-ai-chatbots-in-kid-s-toys-vqcajacxo) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [After teen death lawsuits, Character.AI will restrict chats for under-18 users](https://daily.dev/posts/after-teen-death-lawsuits-character-ai-will-restrict-chats-for-under-18-users-c6m2qxd42) · Ars Technica · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#openai](https://daily.dev/tags/openai), [#privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/privacy), [#bots](https://daily.dev/tags/bots), [#ai-regulation](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-regulation) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/new-york-bans-ai-chatbots-from-pretending-to-be-human-with-children-y6qnny7d8) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"New York bans AI chatbots from pretending to be human with children","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/new-york-bans-ai-chatbots-from-pretending-to-be-human-with-children-y6qnny7d8","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/new-york-bans-ai-chatbots-from-pretending-to-be-human-with-children-y6qnny7d8"},"datePublished":"2026-10-30T17:18:58.908Z","dateModified":"2026-10-30T17:41:17.860Z","description":"New York has banned AI chatbots from pretending to be human with children under 18. 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