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We are not banning calculators or tutors. We are saying that a product designed to simulate friendship, intimacy, and therapeutic dependency with a child — and which has demonstrably pushed sexually explicit content and self-harm encouragement at minors — should not be marketed to minors at all, and that adults using these systems should at least be confirmed adults. Every other regulated product that engages a child's psychology this intensely, from alcohol to gambling to tobacco, carries an age gate; pretending AI companions are different because they're typed instead of poured is a category error. A $100,000 penalty and a clear disclosure that the bot is not a human, not a therapist, and not a doctor is the bare minimum duty of care.