{"id":187192,"date":"2026-02-13T15:31:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T20:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/13\/oregon-looks-to-regulate-ai-chatbots\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T15:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T20:40:11","slug":"oregon-looks-to-regulate-ai-chatbots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/13\/oregon-looks-to-regulate-ai-chatbots\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon looks to regulate AI chatbots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opb.org\/article\/2026\/02\/13\/oregon-artificial-intelligence-ai-regulation\/\">Oregon looks to regulate AI chatbots<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opb.org\/article\/2026\/02\/13\/oregon-artificial-intelligence-ai-regulation\/\">https:\/\/www.opb.org\/article\/2026\/02\/13\/oregon-artificial-intelligence-ai-regulation\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-13 15:31:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.opb.org\">www.opb.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Certainly! Here are the key points summarized in an unordered list:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Oregon lawmakers, led by Sen. Lisa Reynolds, are advancing Senate Bill 1546 to regulate artificial intelligence chatbots, in response to concerns over their effects on youth.<br \/>\n&#8211; The bill aims to address the increasing use of AI companions among teens, highlighting parents&#8217; struggles to manage their children\u2019s electronic use.<br \/>\n&#8211; Legislation proposes AI programs, such as ChatGPT, to more regularly remind users they are interacting with a machine, not a human.<br \/>\n&#8211; The Oregon bill introduces additional guardrails for youth access to AI, including discouraging extended interactions and the non-display of sexually explicit content.<br \/>\n&#8211; Beyond youth access, the bill intends to protect individuals expressing suicidal tendencies by requiring AI platforms to detect signs of suicidal ideation, self-harm, or related thoughts.<br \/>\n&#8211; The legislation mandates that AI systems refer such users to suicide hotlines and crisis resources, interrupting the conversation to provide immediate help.<br \/>\n&#8211; The bill aligns with similar laws passed in California and proposals in New York and Washington State, emphasizing a broader legislative response to AI&#8217;s impact.<br \/>\n&#8211; Despite potential legal challenges due to a federal executive order limiting state regulation of AI services, Reynolds remains focused on addressing AI&#8217;s unregulated use.<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oregon looks to regulate AI chatbots https:\/\/www.opb.org\/article\/2026\/02\/13\/oregon-artificial-intelligence-ai-regulation\/ Publish Date: 2026-02-13 15:31:00 Source Domain: www.opb.org Certainly!&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":187193,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/opb-opb-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com\/resizer\/v2\/CN43NGLTOBD4VBPBYMJ4WEGMCI.jpg?auth=a0282f6473d70589970444c354eb8684d86694ee659529dcecd1484609c03983&width=1200&height=675&smart=true","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-187192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187192"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187192"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":187194,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187192\/revisions\/187194"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}