VIRGINIA, Va. (WWBT) - According to Virginia Mercury, as more Virginians turn to artificial intelligence for simple tasks or even companionship, lawmakers are exploring policy ideas to address how AI chatbots are influencing residents’ health and well-being, as well as their privacy and security.

But policymakers face a complex web of obstacles in crafting regulations, given the challenges of the technology and broader legal, political and social environments.

Chatbots have proven both helpful and risky for users.

“It’s the very versatility and accessibility of these AI chatbots that make them both a really exciting technology, a very usable technology, but also present some very real risks to users,” said Kira Allmann, chief policy analyst for the Joint Commission on Technology and Sci

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