Congress wants to ban AI companies from selling your health data
A new bipartisan bill aims to prevent AI companies and data brokers from selling Americans' sensitive health and location data. The legislation specifically targets information shared with AI chatbots, which currently lacks comprehensive federal protection.
Why it matters
As AI companies increasingly integrate health data, this bill seeks to establish legal guardrails for user privacy in the absence of broader federal regulations.
A new proposal would ban the sale of Americans’ health and location information to data brokers — including information people reveal to an AI chatbot like ChatGPT or Claude.
The article reports on a bipartisan legislative effort, presenting the goals of the bill and the context of AI data usage neutrally.
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