Toys: companion chatbots

The law bars the commercial distribution of physical children's toys incorporating AI designed for adaptive, human-like social interaction. The ban lasts through December 31, 2030.

What the law does ​

• Prohibits making, selling, exchanging, offering to retailers, or holding for sale a toy that includes a companion chatbot.
• Defines covered toys as physical products designed, marketed, or made for play by children under 16.
• Applies the existing civil-liability framework for companion-chatbot violations to violations of the toy ban.

Who it affects ​

• Toy manufacturers, sellers, retailers, and distributors.
• Companies making children's toys with AI that can sustain human-like social relationships.

Context ​

The prohibition repeals on January 1, 2031.