{"id":211238,"date":"2026-05-08T21:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T01:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/pa-department-of-state-cites-18-ai-chatbot-complaints-since-launching-ai-task-force\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T00:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T04:30:09","slug":"pa-department-of-state-cites-18-ai-chatbot-complaints-since-launching-ai-task-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/pa-department-of-state-cites-18-ai-chatbot-complaints-since-launching-ai-task-force\/","title":{"rendered":"PA Department of State cites 18 AI chatbot complaints since launching AI Task Force"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/local21news.com\/news\/local\/pa-department-of-state-secretary-al-schmidt-receives-18-ai-chatbot-complaints-since-gov-josh-shapiro-ordered-creation-of-ai-task-force-characterai\">PA Department of State cites 18 AI chatbot complaints since launching AI Task Force<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/local21news.com\/news\/local\/pa-department-of-state-secretary-al-schmidt-receives-18-ai-chatbot-complaints-since-gov-josh-shapiro-ordered-creation-of-ai-task-force-characterai\">https:\/\/local21news.com\/news\/local\/pa-department-of-state-secretary-al-schmidt-receives-18-ai-chatbot-complaints-since-gov-josh-shapiro-ordered-creation-of-ai-task-force-characterai<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-08 21:25:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"local21news.com\">local21news.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are the key points from the article:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Pennsylvania has formed a new Artificial Intelligence Task Force, assembled by Secretary of State Al Schmidt.<br \/>\n&#8211; The Department of State has received 18 complaints since the Task Force was established.<br \/>\n&#8211; The Task Force is focused on holding AI chatbot developers accountable and enforcing compliance with state laws to protect the health and safety of Pennsylvanians.<br \/>\n&#8211; A lawsuit was filed against the AI company Character.AI for impersonating doctors and violating the Medical Practice Act.<br \/>\n&#8211; Governor Josh Shapiro emphasized the need to safeguard children from dangerous AI trends.<br \/>\n&#8211; Secretary Schmidt highlighted the fast-changing nature of AI technology and the Department of State&#8217;s commitment to staying ahead of these challenges.<br \/>\n&#8211; Character Technologies Inc. defended its AI chatbots, stating they are fictional and intended for entertainment with appropriate disclaimers.<br \/>\n&#8211; Pennsylvanians are encouraged to report unlawful behavior or complaints about AI chatbots via the state&#8217;s website.<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PA Department of State cites 18 AI chatbot complaints since launching AI Task Force https:\/\/local21news.com\/news\/local\/pa-department-of-state-secretary-al-schmidt-receives-18-ai-chatbot-complaints-since-gov-josh-shapiro-ordered-creation-of-ai-task-force-characterai&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":211239,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/local21news.com\/resources\/media2\/16x9\/1448\/1320\/352x1\/90\/ca15d241-223f-43f4-be3f-0cd32e4acac4-2850146b931a46d5b0227cc54558148f.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-211238","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\/211238"}],"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=211238"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211240,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211238\/revisions\/211240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}