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Meta Temporarily Bans AI Characters for Teen Users Across Platforms
Meta: In a major move, Meta has announced that it is temporarily suspending the use of "AI characters" for teens on all of its apps, including Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger. This ban applies to users who are teens based on their age or are considered teens by Meta's age-prediction technology.
The popular social media company Meta announced on Friday that it is temporarily suspending the use of its AI characters for teens across all its platforms. The company includes popular social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook. The company has banned the use of AI characters for users who are considered teens based on their birthdays.
Meta clarified that it is a temporary ban. According to the company, teens will no longer be able to use Meta's "custom-built AI characters," which are chatbots with distinct personalities. However, they will still be able to use the standard Meta AI Assistant, but it will be subject to stricter age-based security measures. This rule also applies to users who identify as adults but Meta's age prediction technology suspects they are actually teenagers.
The company stated that it is developing an updated experience that will allow parents to see what their children are interacting with AI chatbots. "In the coming weeks, teens will no longer be able to use AI characters on our apps until the updated experience is ready," Meta said in a blog post. "When we return, parents will have enhanced parental controls to monitor their children's AI experiences."
Meta's move comes as the company faces a major lawsuit in Los Angeles with TikTok and YouTube, alleging that their apps harm children. According to reports, Meta has appealed to a New Mexico judge to exclude certain research related to social media and youth mental health, and references to Mark Zuckerberg's Harvard days, from the trial.
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Not just Meta, but even Meta’s competitors have been taking similar precautions to protect children. OpenAI (ChatGPT) has just introduced an age-prediction tool to protect children from accessing certain content. Character.AI has banned the chatbot from users who are less than 18 years old. It did this after a Florida mom sued and blamed the chatbot for her 14-year-old son’s suicide.
