Asked the Ohio General Assembly to pass a law holding tech companies criminally and civilly accountable when their Artificial Intelligence encourages, assists, or instructs anyone to harm or kill themselves or others, giving the Attorney General and county prosecutors clear legal tools.

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Office of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine — 2026 State of the State Address (as prepared)https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/OHIOGOVERNOR/2026/03/10/file_attachments/3579165/Final%20As%20Prepared%20Governor%20Mike%20DeWine%202026%20State%20of%20the%20State%20Address.pdf ↗
“Hold tech companies accountable for allowing their Artificial Intelligence to encourage, assist, endorse, or instruct anyone -- much less a child -- to kill themselves, harm themselves, harm others, or kill others. Ohio law needs real consequences. The Ohio Attorney General and County Prosecutors must have clear legal tools to hold these tech companies criminally and civilly accountable.”
The Statehouse News Bureauhttps://www.statenews.org/government-politics/2026-03-10/dewine-calls-for-ohio-laws-on-ai-seat-belts-in-final-state-of-the-state-speech ↗
“He mentioned three of them: to make it illegal to possess, create, or distribute child porn; to hold tech companies accountable for AI encouraging kids to hurt or kill themselves or others; and to require cell phone and tech companies to automatically implement parental control features.”