At least 15 states have enacted laws regulating AI chatbots, 10 of them in 2026, after the deaths of young users, including a 13-year-old who died by suicide within a year of starting to use chatbots.

NPR reports that tech companies, including Google, are helping draft some of these bills, and that several contain language exempting the most popular chatbots. If you or someone you know is struggling, call or text 988 in the U.S.