Senate Judiciary advances bill that would bar minors from interacting with AI companions
2026-05-04T08:51:56Z•4b28444159ef1f352727a964461c309165fe06ca2de73372f0e9889cf7f956f2
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Multiple security and policy developments: the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the GUARD Act to bar minors from interacting with AI companions, require disclosure that companions are not human and lack credentials, and criminalize AI solicitation/creation of sexual content involving children. CISA ordered federal agencies to urgently patch a critical cPanel vulnerability (CVE-2026-41940) which Rapid7 says can give attackers full control of the host and hosted sites. Two incident responders who conducted covert ransomware attacks were sentenced to four years in prison. The U.K. cyber-
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