Definitions:
"state, province, or country": any public body larger than a single city, including multi-national bodies like the WHO, including agencies part of larger entities whose health-related statements can be considered the official stance of the larger entity (US CDC, ministries of health, health departments, etc.)
"AI companions": any specific application or website which offers, as its primary feature, companionship/friendship/dating with an artificial entity OR reference to this entire category of products. (Example: Replika, Digi)
"Public health warning": any form of media (press releases, interviews, blog posts, etc.) which highlight real or imagined negative aspects of AI companions and counsel against their usage.
"Laws": any form of statutory legislation or rulemaking which is ultimately successful
https://archive.md/dDELt - An American teen took his own life after an extended relationship with a character.ai bot
Great question - I've curated it on https://theaidigest.org/timeline, would love to add more good questions on these kind of societal effects of AI
"any public body larger than a single city"
So DC doesn't count? Hamburg, Vienna, Moscow, Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore? Does Bremen count because the state consists of two separate cities instead of just one?