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Committee OKs online-safety bill amid questions on AI chatbots, employment screening and regulatory sandboxes
Summary
The General Law Committee voted to send SB5 to the floor after debating whistleblower protections, a proposed regulatory sandbox, chatbot safeguards to protect children, disclosure rules for automated employment decisions and digital watermarking for AI-generated content.
The General Law Committee voted to send SB5, a multi-section online-safety bill, to the floor after a broad discussion about how to regulate AI-driven services, companion chatbots and automated decision-making systems.
Sponsor described the bill as the caucus’s online-safety priority: it would require clearer disclosures for subscriptions, add whistleblower protections tied to definitions of "catastrophic risk," direct state agencies to develop a regulatory…
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