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793 Group Pushing Age Verification Requirements For AI Sneakily Backed By OpenAI

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 04/02/2026 07:00 EDT

Group Pushing Age Verification Requirements For AI Sneakily Backed By OpenAI

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: OpenAI hasn't been shy about spending money lobbying for favorable laws and regulations. But when it comes to its involvement with child safety advocacy groups, the company has apparently decided it's best to stay in the shadows -- even if it means hiding from the people actually pushing for policy changes. According to a report from the San Francisco Standard, a number of people involved in the California-based Parents and Kids Safe AI Coalition were blinds

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