... California's SB 243 took effect this year. The definition is broader than the word "companion" sounds, and most of what it asks for is stuff a decent builder would want to ship anyway. If you're building anything where a person talks to your AI about their life a journaling tool, a coaching app, a "supportive" assistant, a character there's a law worth reading this month, and it's probably not the one you think ... ... California statute called SB

... just take whichever single path scored best and ignore the other? multiple independent paths converging on the same memory feels like a stronger relevance signal than distance alone would capture Comment from benyamin chenkirov(@benyamin_chenkirov): I think SB v2 supposed to do exactly what you are doing here : ask us and let us to choose how deep and how far we want to go ! Comment from Rahil Pirani(@rahilpirani): @john__milton  That's the current default ...

... Currently reading about the move of California: The state has become the first U.S. state to regulate AI companion chatbots . Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 243, a new law requiring companies like OpenAI, Meta, Character AI, and Replika to implement safety protocols protecting children and vulnerable users. Do you think this is the right move? + Should AI companion chatbots be regulated differently for adults and minors? The idea behind it seems generous, but I m not sure how effective ...