Requires companies that make AI chatbots available to minors to tell young users they are not talking to a human, limits notifications and engagement features for minors, and bars advertising, profiling, and training on minors' personal data.

Official title: Youth AI Privacy Act

Next stop Senate floor: awaiting a vote

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Senate

Introduced 25-MAR-2026

Referred 25-MAR-2026

Approved by committee 05-AUG-2026

Key points

Requires a disclosure at the start of each session and at least every 30 minutes that the user is talking to AI.
Directs the Federal Trade Commission to bar push notifications, usage rewards, and typing indicators for minors, and to limit how minors' data shapes chatbot responses.
Prohibits chatbot advertising to minors and profiling of minors, and bars using minors' personal data to train AI models.
Lets parents and state attorneys general sue for violations, and authorizes $50,000,000 per fiscal year from 2027 through 2030 for related health research and CDC surveys on chatbot use.

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Policy area

Science, Technology, Communications

Sponsor Edward J. Markey (D-MA) Cosponsors · 0

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