119-HR5360

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House Senate President

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 5360

1. Short title
2. AI chatbots and minors

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the "AI Warnings And Resources for Education Act" or the "AWARE Act".

2. AI chatbots and minors

(a) Educational resources - Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission, in consultation with relevant Federal agencies, shall develop and make available to the public educational resources for parents, educators, and minors with respect to the safe and responsible use of AI chatbots by minors.

(b) Contents - The educational resources developed and made available under subsection (a) shall include resources on—

(1) - how to identify safe and unsafe AI chatbot use;

(2) - privacy and data collection practices; and

(3) - best practices for parents supervising the use of AI chatbots by minors.

(c) Youville - The Commission shall model the educational resources developed and made available under subsection (a) on the Youville program of the Commission.

(d) Definitions - In this section:

(1) Artificial intelligence - The term artificial intelligence has the meaning given such term in section 5002 of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9401).

(2) AI chatbot - The term AI chatbot means an artificial intelligence system, marketed to and available for use by consumers, that engages in interactive, natural-language communication with a user and generates or selects content in response to user inputs (including text, voice, or other inputs) using a conversational context.

(3) Commission - The term Commission means the Federal Trade Commission.

(4) Minor - The term minor means an individual under the age of 18 years.

(5) Parent - The term parent includes a legal guardian of a minor.