OpenAI Backs California Companion Chatbot Bill

A post by @MTSlive states that OpenAI is backing California's companion chatbot bill. The post identifies the measure as SB 1119 from Senator Padilla and notes that it was amended in August. Journalist Taylor Lorenz, described in the packet as a technology and online culture writer formerly at the Washington Post and New York Times and now independent, retweeted the message. The post presents the information as an explanation of the situation around the legislation.