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'Fair to be concerned:' What parents should look out for as kids turn to AI for friendship

WASHINGTON (7News) — Increasingly, teenagers are turning to AI companions for friendship. We went from worrying about teens using AI to cheat in school, to 31% of the teenagers surveyed by Common ...
TechCrunch

Leaked Meta AI rules show chatbots were allowed to have romantic chats with kids

As concerns over the emotional pull of general-purpose LLM chatbots like ChatGPT grow by the day, Meta appears to be letting its chatbot personas engage in flirtatious exchanges with children, ...
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Oregon lawmakers among the first to pass protections for kids using chatbots

We talk with one of the bill’s sponsors, Oregon Sen. Lisa Reynolds (D - Portland). And we hear from Kristin Bride, the executive director of the Carson J. Bride Effect, which she founded to protect ...
The Conversation

There is little evidence AI chatbots are ‘bullying kids’ – but this doesn’t mean these tools are safe

Over the weekend, Education Minister Jason Clare sounded the alarm about “AI chatbots bullying kids”. As he told reporters in a press conference to launch a new anti-bullying review, AI chatbots are ...