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2025-05-21 14:34:13
Should kids and teens under 18 be allowed to use AI Companion Apps?
"Kids and teens under 18 shouldn’t use AI companion apps, safety group says."
Companion-like artificial intelligence apps pose “unacceptable risks” to children and teenagers, nonprofit media watchdog Common Sense Media said in a report published Wednesday.
The report follows a lawsuit filed last year over the suicide death of a 14-year-old boy whose last conversation was with a chatbot. That lawsuit, brought against the app Character.AI, thrust this new category of conversational apps into the spotlight — along with their potential risks to young people, leading to calls for more safety measures and transparency.
The kinds of conversations detailed in that lawsuit —...
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