WASHINGTON, D.C. – In case you missed it, as artificial intelligence developments continue to advance and concerns with the technology grow, Fox News published an article highlighting Senator Rick Scott’s newly introduced Artificial Intelligence Shield for Kids (ASK) Act. Senator Scott’s legislation would prevent children from accessing artificial intelligence features on social media sites without the consent of a parent or guardian. Additionally, the bill requires the Federal Communications Commission, in consultation with the Federal Trade Commission, to issue rules prohibiting social media companies from charging a fee or mandating a paid subscription, as Snapchat has recently done, before allowing parents or kids to remove artificial intelligence features from products used by minors.

Reporting for Fox News, Liz Elkind writes, “Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., is hoping to give parents more control over their kids’ access to AI chatbots as Congress starts to wrestle with how to put guardrails around rapidly advancing artificial intelligence systems...

[He’s] already winning support for the bill from Senate colleagues as well as American parents.

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‘Part of government's responsibility is to keep people safe. And I think this is the basic premise of what government ought to be doing, is keeping kids safe,’ he said.

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‘I think about how my wife and I raised our daughters, you know, we signed off if they were gonna go to a school trip. If they were going to stay all night, we made sure we knew the family. We tried to make sure they're around people that put them in a situation that kept them safe. And I think every parent probably thinks that way,’ the senator said. ‘So I think we've got to do the same thing with regard to technology,’ he said. ‘I don't think that our children ought to be subjected to AI technology without parental consent.’

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He added that he expects the legislation to move forward in committee, which would set it up for an eventual Senate floor vote.”

Read the full story on Fox News HERE.

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