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The Companion That Never Sleeps: Who Is Responsible When a Child Confides in an AI?

On September 10, 2026, California enacted Senate Bill 1119, known as Adam's Law. It requires AI companion chatbots to have crisis-detection protocols, parental controls, notifications when children disable safety settings and independent safety audits. The law follows a wrongful-death lawsuit filed in August 2025 by the parents of 16-year-old Adam Raine against OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT. The family alleges that the…