Governor Gavin Newsom signed 13 bills into law on September 10 in Marin County, establishing what his office describes as the strongest child safety regulations for AI companion chatbots and social media platforms in the United States. The package creates new requirements for chatbot operators to assess risks to minors, bans social media platforms from serving addictive features to users under 16, expands criminal sanctions for AI-generated child sexual abuse material, and prohibits the manufacture