{"id":206029,"date":"2026-04-26T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/26\/colorado-lawmakers-weigh-youth-chatbot-protections-age-attestation\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T08:45:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T12:45:12","slug":"colorado-lawmakers-weigh-youth-chatbot-protections-age-attestation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/26\/colorado-lawmakers-weigh-youth-chatbot-protections-age-attestation\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado lawmakers weigh youth chatbot protections, age attestation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2026\/04\/26\/chatbot-regulations-ai-suicide-age-verification-colorado\/\">Colorado lawmakers weigh youth chatbot protections, age attestation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2026\/04\/26\/chatbot-regulations-ai-suicide-age-verification-colorado\/\">https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2026\/04\/26\/chatbot-regulations-ai-suicide-age-verification-colorado\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-04-26 08:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.denverpost.com\">www.denverpost.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Colorado lawmakers are focusing on creating more online protections for young people through two key bills, Senate Bill 51 and House Bill 1263, while balancing privacy and freedom concerns.<\/li>\n<li>Senate Bill 51 would require users to attest their age when setting up a device, aiming at restricting access to age-restricted apps without compromising privacy.<\/li>\n<li>House Bill 1263 aims to regulate chatbots, with provisions to ensure users are informed they are interacting with AI and to restrict sexually explicit content and emotional dependence among children.<\/li>\n<li>Critics argue the measures do not go far enough and have voiced particular concerns about the chatbot bill&#8217;s lenient approach towards tech companies.<\/li>\n<li>Both bills have passed their respective chambers but require final approval before reaching Gov. Jared Polis, whose stance on tech regulation is crucial.<\/li>\n<li>Supporters argue the bills represent a good starting point and could lead to more stringent measures with a new governor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado lawmakers weigh youth chatbot protections, age attestation https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2026\/04\/26\/chatbot-regulations-ai-suicide-age-verification-colorado\/ Publish Date: 2026-04-26 08:00:00 Source Domain:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":206030,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/TDP-L-COLEGAO1_2403x.jpg?w=1024&h=710","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-206029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206029"}],"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=206029"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206031,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206029\/revisions\/206031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}