Rachel Miro

With ChatGPT's support, he hanged himself a year ago.

Now she's suing OpenAI and encouraging state and federal legislation.

The Trump administration has tried unsuccessfully to impose a moratorium on states enacting any kind of AI safety rules.

For NPR News, I'm Rachel Miro.

Researchers tested three voice-activated toys, the Grem, Bondu, and Miko 3, and found all three designed to engineer emotional attachment and collect private data.

Robbie Torney of Common Sense Media says parents need to ask how much they trust the internet-connected companions not to cross developmentally appropriate lines.

A spokesman for one of the California-based manufacturers wrote there, quote, age-appropriate products are designed with parent permission and control at the center.

For NPR News, I'm Rachel Miro.

Researchers tested three voice-activated toys, the Grem, Bondu, and Miko 3, and found all three designed to engineer emotional attachment and collect private data.

Robbie Torney of Common Sense Media says parents need to ask how much they trust the internet-connected companions not to cross developmentally appropriate lines.

A spokesman for one of the California-based manufacturers wrote there, quote, age-appropriate products are designed with parent permission and control at the center.

For NPR News, I'm Rachel Miro.

The unlikely duo says the joint effort, which still needs to gather signatures to qualify for the ballot, promises to deliver the most comprehensive AI youth safety effort in the nation.

Chris Lehane, chief global affairs officer for OpenAI, says there's great appeal for the company to partner with Common Sense Media because it has credibility with voters, lawmakers, and parents in California.

He added the hope is this collaboration will lead to a model other states and possibly the nation will follow.

For NPR News, I'm Rachel Miro in San Francisco.

The ad surveillance economy serves up everything to untold numbers of customers, your retail habits, health concerns, even citizenship status.

But January 1st, Californians can go to a state-run website and demand 500-plus data brokers registered there delete most of the personal information they have on you later this year.

The DeleteX author State Senator Josh Becker says this won't end ad surveillance, but it's a start.

His next concern that Congress might try to override the new law with weaker federal standards.