FTC Starts Investigating AI Firms Over Their Chatbot Companions For Teens

2025-09-16 11:03:11

(MENAFN- Investor Brand Network) The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has opened an investigation into several major tech companies, focusing on how their AI chatbots may affect children and teens who use them as companions.

As chatbot creators are prevailed upon to clean up their act, other firms like Thumzup Media Corp. (NASDAQ: TZUP) will avoid the bad press of chatbots soiling the...

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