United States of America: Attorney General of Kentucky's lawsuit against Character Technologies over alleged child safety violations on AI chatbot platform (No. 26-CI-00029)

Progress

Current status
under deliberation
08 Jan 2026 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
United States of America
Policy Area
Consumer protection
Policy Instrument
User/subject right
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body
Implementation Level
subnational

Timeline of events

08 Jan 2026
under deliberation

Attorney General of Kentucky filed lawsuit against Character Technologies, Inc. over alleged child safety violations on AI chatbot platform

On 8 January 2026, the Attorney General of Kentucky filed a lawsuit against Character Technologies, Inc. over alleged child safety violations on its Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot platform, Character AI. The complaint alleged violations of Ken…

Source
Event type public lawsuit
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body other regulatory body