These AI systems are already endangering public health — offering false assurances, bad advice and fake credentials — while ...

If Gov. JB Pritzker signs this bill into law, Illinois will become the first state in the country to explicitly regulate AI therapy chatbots.

Interactive robots should not just be passive companions, but active partners–like therapy horses who respond to human emotion–say University of Bristol researchers. Equine-assisted ...

The bill would make the practice unlawful under the state Consumer Fraud Act. Violators would face fines of up to $10,000 for a first offense, and up to $20,000 per subsequent offense.