Advocates say artificial-intelligence chatbots such as Grok need to be reined in, especially with how they interact with children.

The federal government is facing calls to incorporate the regulation of AI chatbots in its coming online safety bill, including measures to stop them from giving children advice on suicide.

Advocates for greater safeguards online say Ottawa should legislate to make tech giants stop artificial-intelligence chatbots from posing as real people and giving harmful advice, including to vulnerable adults.

The government plans to reintroduce its online safety bill in the first few months of next year. A previous Liberal online harms bill failed to become law before the last election.

Academic experts and advocates for online safety say the new bill must take

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