Why This AI Company Just Stopped Minors From Using Its Chatbots
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Australian Regulator Takes Aim at Chatbots
Australia is rapidly developing a reputation for being the fastest e-regulator in the world. Not content with her world-leading legislation prohibiting under-16s from having social media accounts—taking effect on December 15—the e-Safety Commissioner has turned her sights to chatbots. On September 9, the Commissioner registered six new industry-drafted codes under Australia’s Online Safety Act aiming to “better protect children” from “a rang…
Under-18 chatbot ban, OpenAI's cynical transparency and more researcher access
Hello and welcome to Everything in Moderation's Week in Review, your need-to-know news and analysis about platform policy, content moderation and internet regulation. It's written by me, Ben Whitelaw and supported by members like you.Week in Review isn’t an AI safety newsletter but this week, it might as well be. From OpenAI’s push for transparency to Character.ai’s under-18 ban and a former insider’s explosive op-ed, the debate about what “safe…
On October 29, Character.AI, an AI assistant platform for users, issued a statement saying that in order to "protect the safety of teenage users," it will prohibit minors from using its chatbot.
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