SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — A plan on Gov. JB Pritzker's desk could empower schools to punish students for using artificial intelligence to bully other kids.
The bill would ban students from using a digital replica to bully one of their peers, or asking an AI algorithm to create explicit images of other students. These changes would take effect at the start of the 2026-2027 school year.
"This has been an issue that continues to arise with the development of AI and so this bill will hopefully take care of that in terms of bullying," said Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel (D-Crest Hill).
House Bill 3851 passed unanimously out of the Illinois Senate and House this spring. Democrats and Republicans said AI has played a role in the rise of bullying, mental health and anxiety problems for minors.
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