After a California state senator read alarming news reports in November about “AI companion” bots’ interactions with teens, his legislative director tried talking to one herself. “It was, ‘Hello,’ and ...

A pair of US senators is demanding information from artificial intelligence chatbot companies including Character.AI, nearly six months after a Florida mom sued the startup, claiming it was ...

Recent discoveries in the Google app’s code suggest that a special “Gemini for Kids” mode may be in development. This new ...

Code snippets within the Google app have revealed that the company is working on a version of its Gemini AI model for kids. It looks like this model would help kids with their homework and ...

But there are ways to keep kids safe. Safe Surfin’, a local nonprofit, is using an AI chatbot to help kids report cyber bullying and online predators and has games to teach best practices of ...

That includes homework help. There are a lot of obvious reasons to be worried about kids using AI for their homework. You don't want them to outsource the learning that the homework aims to ...

Generative AI has officially entered the chat and it has ... adding that “policymakers, parents, and their kids deserve to know what your companies are doing to protect users from these known ...