People Are 'Marrying' Chatbots. These Lawmakers Want to Stop Them
Human-AI marriages are not currently recognized by US law.
Some Republican state policymakers are drafting legislation to keep it that way.
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Chatbot
A Chatbot is a software application designed to simulate human-like conversations with users, either through text dialogues or voice interfaces, historically powered by rule-based patterns and now by Large Language Models.
ARR
ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue) is a key metric for subscription-based businesses representing the predictable recurring revenue generated by active customers over a year.
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