# New York law restricts AI chatbot interactions with minors

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/new-york-governor-signs-ai-chatbot-child-safety-law/
- Published: 2026-10-28T16:33:01+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-28T16:53:50+00:00
- Original publisher: Engadget
- Original article: https://www.engadget.com/2299823/new-york-governor-signs-ai-chatbot-child-safety-law/
- Topics: AI, Technology

## Key points

- New York has set limits on chatbots used by minors.
- Violations can bring penalties of up to $25,000 each.
- A separate law adds safeguards for connected baby monitors.

## Summary

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed a law restricting how AI chatbots interact with children and teenagers. It requires companies to check users’ ages and limits chatbot behaviour for users under 18, or whose adult status has not been confirmed, aiming to reduce risks to children’s safety and wellbeing.

Chatbots must not present themselves as human or claim personal relationships with minors, solicit emotional disclosures unprompted, or encourage self-harm, substance use, secrecy or isolation. Companies must offer an age-check method that does not rely solely on government ID and delete age information after use; violations can incur civil penalties of up to $25,000 each. The law takes effect in six months. Hochul also signed a separate measure requiring internet-connected baby monitors sold in New York to prevent unauthorised access and carry security warnings; it takes effect in 90 days.

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