United States of America: Senate Judiciary Committee's investigation into Character.AI over alleged child safety risks arising from use of Artificial Intelligence
Progress
Current status
under deliberation
18 Sep 2025 under deliberation
Scope
Implementers
United States of America
Policy Area
Consumer protection
Policy Instrument
Quality of Service requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
ML and AI development
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
Senate Committee on the Judiciary opened investigation into Character.AI over alleged child safety risks arising from use of Artificial Intelligence
On 18 September 2025, the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism opened an investigation into Character.AI over the risks of AI chatbot products used by children. The inquiry cited evidence that more than seventy perce…
SourceEvent type
investigation
Action type
announcement
Government branch
legislature
Government body
parliament