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News organizations invest significant time and resources to produce accurate, reliable journalism that keeps our communities informed. It is simply wrong for AI bots to scrape that content, repurpose it, and profit from it without permission or compensation,” said Rep. Gus Bilirakis. “As a proud co-lead of the BOTS Act, I am committed to protecting intellectual property, supporting local journalism, and ensuring that emerging technologies are developed responsibly. This bipartisan legislation establishes commonsense guardrails that encourage innovation while safeguarding the rights of content creators and preserving access to trusted news sources for the American people.”\n\n“The Stealth Bot Prohibition Act is a common-sense solution to an urgent problem plaguing news publishers and other industries across the internet. 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By setting clear rules on data privacy and safety, users will have greater trust in how AI chatbots collect and handle their information. Congress must act quickly to give users — especially children — real protection, and a real remedy when AI chatbots and Big Tech fail to meet these standards.”\n\n“The pace of the AI revolution has been blisteringly fast, and kids and parents are getting burned. Right now, our students are drowning in tech, and predatory ‘social companion chatbots’ are exploiting isolation and loneliness to foster toxic virtual relationships. Relationships are a deeply human endeavor; there is simply no algorithm for real trust or empathy. The People-First Chatbot Act builds on the protections in the GUARD Act and establishes the enforceable guardrails we desperately need. By forcing companies to dismantle manipulative design features, requiring strict safety checks for compulsive usage and banning the harvesting of kids’ private data, this bill draws a clear line in the sand,” said Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT).\n\n“The People-First Chatbot Act is the guardrail this moment demands. AI chatbots are products, not platforms — and like all other products, they should be liable when they hurt people. Through liability, as well as transparency and privacy, Rep. Foushee is setting crucial floors for child safety and consumer protection in the age of AI,” said Meredith Potter, Executive Director, American Security Fund.\n\n“We require a label on imitation crab and on soda that only tastes like fruit, so no one is misled about what they are consuming. Whether the voice answering you is a human or a machine is as important as knowing what is in your drink, and it deserves at least the same honesty. 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