Mr. Reuban Murray:

Under the EU AI Act, there are now competent bodies aimed at addressing these issues and providing regulations on certain things. For example, AI in recruitment is something that is high risk so it needs high regulation. We should be considering AI chatbots designed to provide support or engage with young people in that way. Chatbots specifically designed to interact with young people need to be consider high risk and regulated as such and we have the framework under the EU AI Act to do that. What we need to see is a regulation piece where chatbots are being designed for young people to use. Specifically, there are some cases where chatbots are being used as AI mental health tools for young people. That is something that is increasing in other countries. We need to have a serious conversation about what rules we have. This comes to the Senator's point earlier around what do we do in the case of companies that are not adhering to best practice or regulation. By the time we are looking at punishing companies, the harm is already done. We need to look at how we proactively make sure that the compliance is there beforehand.