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Blake Moore

U.S. representative from Utah

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Parents and policymakers alike need to ground our children’s development in real-world interactions rather than push them further into the unaccountable black hole of frontier technology.

Blake Moore

U.S. representative from Utah

In an April 2026 statement introducing the bipartisan GUARD Act, which would ban AI companion chatbots for minors, Moore said parents and policymakers need to ground children's development in real-world interactions rather than push them further into the unaccountable black hole of frontier technology.

U.S. Representative for UtahApril 30, 2026Congressman Blake Moore Introduces Bipartisan Bill Protecting Children from AI Companion Chatbots

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Rep. Moore said. "The GUARD Act is a critical step to draw lines in the sand with Big Tech and ensure that minors are protected from chatbots that mimic romantic and social companionship. Parents and policymakers alike need to ground our children’s development in real-world interactions rather than push them further into the unaccountable black hole of frontier technology.” “People under the age of 18 should not be able to interact with AI chatbots. These chatbots continue to put the lives and mental health of children at risk, and it is critical for Congress to act immediately,” Rep. Foushee said.

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  • The phrase 'frontier technology' is broad; the immediately preceding sentence narrows the referent to chatbots that mimic romantic and social companionship.
  • The statement does not address catastrophic or existential AI risk.

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We’re not trying to say we shouldn’t be able to create good, strong, broad, generative power and what powers AI,

Blake Moore

U.S. representative from Utah

In a May 2026 radio interview, Moore said he is not arguing against creating good, strong, broad generative power and what powers AI, and said his concern is the applications that come out of it.

U.S. Representative for UtahPublished May 4, 2026 · date of remarks not establishedFor The People

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Moore said getting AI right, both in data center location debates and its real world application, is a matter of national security and cultural importance, saying we need to get reasonable guardrails in place quickly. “We’re not trying to say we shouldn’t be able to create good, strong, broad, generative power and what powers AI,” Moore added. “We want to lead the arms race in that. But we don’t want to do is allow the applications that are offshoots from that computer, that generative power. “We don’t want those to become major social ills.

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  • The event date is unknown, so the May 4 publication date alone does not prove the remark was spoken after the April 30 statement.

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