No be joke o! Starting from January 1, 2026, California go dey the first state wey go regulate how AI chatbots fit yarn with our pikin dem. Na Governor Gavin Newsom sign the law last month to protect minors wey fit get harm from these AI machines.

Senator Steve Padilla na the brain behind this bill wey dem call SB 243. E clear say make this law no just dey talk, but na serious matter as e go fit save many lives dem. E go make sure say chatbot operators sabi wetin dem dey do anytime dey dey talk with pikin or people wey dey have suicidal feelings. If dem fail to do am well, family fit sue dem.

Senator Padilla talk say this tech dey fit help for education and research, but make dem no allow am scatter our pikin dem social life. Na why dem dey bring this law to create proper protection for the youth as AI dey develop further.

Dis new law come as plenty sad stories don show how some pikin don fall victim of unregulated chatbot interaction. For instance, Sewell Setzer, one 14-year-old boy from Florida, don end him life last year after him dey chitchat emotionally with one chatbot wey no fit recognize say e dey distress. Na im mama, Megan Garcia, na im carry this matter come Senator Padilla yans, say finally dem don fit get law wey fit help users wey dey tell chatbot say dem dey feel suicidal.

Another story wey dey pain be Adam Raine, wey also no survive after him chop better AI conversation. This thing don open eye for plenty people who dey plan to hold companies responsible for wetin dem dey do. The Federal Trade Commission don already start to check seven tech companies wey get their AI products to see wetin dey happen.

Experts don talk say emotional chatbots fit cause wahala for pikin dem wey dey suffer from mental health issues. The thing dey fit make dem feel more depressed and start to depend on AI wey fit lead to addictive behavior.

If you dey follow all this tech matter, e sure say as California dey lead for this regulation, other states fit follow suit, especially as dem don dey see how Big Tech no care about the well-being of kids.

Make we dey watch as this new law fit change the way we take see AI interaction with our youth. E go fit be the stepping stone for national standards as we dey see wetin e go evolve into. Just like how e be for Michigan now, we suppose talk am well before any wahala happen.