New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin is leading a bipartisan coalition of 42 attorneys general in sending a letter to 13 tech companies, demanding that they implement safeguards for their AI chatbots to prevent harmful interactions such as sexually explicit conversations with children, encouraging self-harm, and spurring violence, following reports of serious incidents including deaths and self-harm.
In-house legal teams should review vendor agreements with AI developers and customer-facing terms of service for chatbot services, as well as any data processing agreements involving conversational AI. Key clauses to examine include AI safety representations, content moderation policies, child protection measures, user harm prevention provisions, and incident reporting requirements. Specific changes may be needed to mandate real-time monitoring for harmful interactions, implement age verification and explicit content filters, establish emergency response protocols for self-harm indicators, require regular third-party safety audits, and include termination rights for failure to meet safety standards. Data processing addendums should also address the handling of sensitive conversational data, particularly involving minors.
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Anthropic, Apple, Chai AI, Character Technologies, Google, Luka, Meta, Microsoft, Nomi AI, OpenAI, Perplexity AI, Replika, and xAI
Also known as: Anthropic, Apple, Chai AI, Character.AI, Google, Luka, Meta, Microsoft, Nomi AI, OpenAI, Perplexity AI, Replika, xAI
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TechnologyOfficial Press Release
https://www.njoag.gov/ag-platkin-leads-bipartisan-coalition-demanding-that-tech-companies-put-a-stop-to-harmful-ai-chatbots/
2025 1210 AI Multistate Letter
http://www.njoag.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2025-1210_AI-Multistate-Letter.pdf
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"Anthropic, Apple, Chai AI, Character Technologies, Google, Luka, Meta, Microsoft, Nomi AI, OpenAI, Perplexity AI, Replika, and xAI"
"following reports of chatbots having sexually explicit conversations with children, encouraging self-harm, spurring violence, and more"
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