After ‘tense negotiations’ with OpenAI, California enacts law named for teen who consulted ChatGPT before suicide. It could become a national standard
In 2025, a California teenager named Adam Raine took his life after ChatGPT allegedly coached him on how to do it. The tragic event inspired “Adam’s Law,” which California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law on Thursday. The law requires AI chatbot companies to adopt safeguards to protect users—especially children—from harmful content and manipulative interactions,…