Formal Letter to California State Senate
September 7, 2025
September 07, 2025
The Honorable Senator Angelique V. Ashby
California State Senate, District 8
1021 O Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Re: AB 1064 (LEAD for Kids) — Protect children while preserving parent/clinician‑guided assistive AI
Dear Respected Senator Ashby,
We are Elk Grove‑based inventors, parents, and co‑founders of DLYog Lab Research Services LLC. Our patent‑pending project, AI4Echolalia™, is a parent‑facing assistive tool helping families support children with echolalia between scarce speech‑therapy sessions. It is not a child "companion chatbot"; it coaches parents with clinician and educator oversight. We also built IEP CoPilot, which helps educators and families draft clearer IEPs using open‑source Llama. Both solutions are in private preview and not yet public as we complete filings and safety validations.
We strongly support protecting children online. However, as drafted, AB 1064 risks sweeping in parent/clinician‑mediated assistive tools and chilling open‑source innovation for social good. Targeted refinements can safeguard kids while preserving access to needed tools:
Parent/Clinician‑Mediated Carve‑out: clarify these tools are not "companion chatbots"
Open‑Source Safe Harbor: avoid liability for non‑deploying model providers/inventors
De‑identified Data Allowance: permit use of de‑identified minors' data for research
Precise Definitions: exclude non-chatbot, non-therapeutic tools
Without these refinements, current law may prevent us ever bringing our research to market, denying families helpful tools. With adjustments, California can protect kids from risky systems and empower families like ours. We would welcome the chance to brief your office on these issues.
Respectfully,
Mousumi and Tarun Chawdhury
On Behalf of DLYog Lab Research Services LLC
Founders
Mousumi and Tarun Chawdhury
On Behalf of DLYog Lab Research Services LLC
Founders
Elk Grove, CA
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