CryptoWorld News reports that a powerful committee in the U.S. Senate is backing legislation requiring OpenAI, Meta Platforms (meta.o), and other AI companies to prevent minors from using AI chatbots, in response to growing public concern over the harm this rapidly spreading technology may cause to children and teenagers. In the ideologically polarized Senate Judiciary Committee, Republicans and Democrats are breaking party lines and unanimously supporting this bill. The bill will require AI companies to maintain strict age verification systems, prohibit use by minors, and ban chatbots from pushing harmful information to minors.