Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego), joined by Megan Garcia, the mother of Sewell Setzer – the Florida teen that took his life after forming a parasocial relationship with a chatbot, and other advocates will hold a press conference on Tuesday discussing Senate Bill 243 before it is heard in Senate Judiciary Committee. SB 243 would require chat bot operators to implement critical safeguards to protect users from the addictive, isolating, and influential aspects of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots.