Google Reportedly Involved in Shaping State AI Chatbot Rules While Seeking Exemptions
NPR News reports that as U.S. states move to regulate AI chatbots, some tech companies, including Google, are working to influence safety legislation in ways that could exempt certain of their products.
According to a report by NPR News, technology companies including Google are participating in efforts to draft state-level safety regulations for artificial intelligence chatbots, even as they push for provisions that would exclude some of their own products from the rules.
The report describes a broader trend in which state lawmakers, responding to growing public concern about the safety of AI chatbots, are drafting legislation aimed at setting standards for how these tools operate. NPR reports that tech companies have sought a role in shaping this legislative language.
NPR states that this involvement has, in some cases, resulted in draft rules that carve out exemptions for specific categories of chatbot products, according to the report.
The report frames this dynamic as part of a wider pattern in which the technology industry seeks to influence emerging AI regulation at the state level, at a time when there is no comprehensive federal framework governing chatbot safety in the United States.
NPR's report does not specify further details about the exact legislative language, timeline, or which states are involved, based on the excerpt available.
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