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Lawmakers Seek to Halt AI Marriages as People Love Chatbots

Lawmakers Seek to Halt AI Marriages as People Love Chatbots
People Are Falling In Love With Chatbots, These Lawmakers Want To Stop AI Marriages · timesnownews.com

Some grown-ups are falling in love with chatbots, which are computer programs that can talk to people.

These chatbots can be very friendly, and people treat them like special friends.

This has started a big argument about whether it is okay.

The argument is happening in the United States right now.

It already happened in China a little before.

Lawmakers are people who write the rules for a country.

Many of these lawmakers want to make a new rule.

The rule would say that computers cannot be treated like people.

If a computer is not a person, then a person cannot marry it.

That is why they are making this rule, to stop people from marrying chatbots.

Key facts

Report source
Wired
Legislative target
Preventing AI tools from gaining legal personhood
Legal personhood
Status deemed necessary for legal marriage
Goal
Stop human and AI marriages
Location
United States, across many states
Preceding debate
China
Context
People are forming romantic relationships with AI chatbots

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