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Nathan Calvin
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California Regulates A.I. Companions + OpenAI Investigates Its Critics + The Hard Fork Review of Slop
Kevin RooseCasey NewtonNathan Calvin
California’s SB 243 turns AI-companion safety into a public-health reporting regime broad enough to cover ChatGPT, with data published beginning in 2027.OpenAI’s planned relaxation of mental-health restrictions and return of GPT-4o traits expose the commercial tension between safety and engagement.Liability, device-level age assurance, and frontier-model transparency could reshape platform obligations, while the Encode subpoena leaves institutional trust unresolved.