California Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday signed the nation’s first law regulating artificial intelligence chatbots, defying White House calls for a hands-off approach. The measure requires chatbot…

While experts applaud the new law, a first in the US, for bringing in transparency, it is 'light touch regulation'.

Newsom, who has four children under 18, said California has a responsibility to protect kids and teens who turn to AI chatbots.