California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a set of bills that impose new obligations on technology companies. The measures target addictive design features in social platforms and require AI providers to meet new duties, with a focus on protecting young users online. The rules add to a growing patchwork of state-level tech regulation in the United States.
OpenAI has announced its support for California Senate Bill 1119, which would establish age-appropriate safety requirements for teenagers using AI systems. The company said the measure aims to protect young users while still allowing them to learn, create, and explore with AI tools. The bill is part of a broader push by California lawmakers to regulate how AI products interact with minors.
WHY IT MATTERS ↘A major lab endorsing state-level age-safety rules effectively accepts compliance costs — age assurance, filtering, audits — that smaller developers will struggle to absorb, raising the bar for consumer-facing AI. It also signals that companies may prefer predictable state or federal standards to a patchwork of stricter local mandates, shaping how teen-facing products get built and deployed.