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Meta halts teens' access to AI characters globally
Meta will disable teen access to AI characters worldwide to develop a safer version with parental controls and age-appropriate responses amid legal scrutiny.
- Meta Platforms Inc. announced it is pausing teens' access to AI characters globally across all its apps starting in the coming weeks.
- After hearing from parents and guardians wanting more control, Meta Platforms Inc. said it will develop teen-specific AI characters with built-in parental controls.
- Meta will block accounts listing teen birthdays or flagged by age-prediction technology, but teens can still use Meta Platforms Inc.'s AI assistant with new characters focusing on education, sport, hobbies.
- With trials imminent, Meta's pause on teen AI characters comes days before a New Mexico case alleging Meta's failure to protect kids and a Los Angeles case over app harms, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg expected to testify.
- The company had planned to roll out blocking controls early this year but is disabling AI characters for teens while updating to a newer iteration.
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The company promises to replace the current characters with specially created versions for minors.
Teenagers will still be able to access Meta's IA assistant, but not the characters, announced the company behind Facebook and Instagram.
·Montreal, Canada
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Meta is stopping teenagers’ access to artificial intelligence characters, at least temporarily, the company said in a blog post on Friday. Meta Platforms Inc., owner of Instagram and WhatsApp, said that from the “next weeks”, teens will no longer be able to access AI characters “until the updated experience is ready.” This applies to anyone who has given Meta a birthday that makes him a minor, as well as to “people who claim to be adults but who…
·Washington, United States
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