Have the AI warnings changed how your child will use chatbots? Photograph: Stefania Pelfini la Waziya/Getty Images View image in fullscreen Have the AI warnings changed how your child will use chatbots? Photograph: Stefania Pelfini la Waziya/Getty Images AI (artificial intelligence) Parents and carers: how has your view on your children’s use of social media or AI changed? Is the scrutiny tech firms are facing making you rethink your children’s relationship with technology? Let us know
Prefer the Guardian on Google AI and social media companies have drawn intense scrutiny in recent months for some of the ways the technology they’re building operates, especially when it comes to their younger users.
Parents and regulators have accused companies like Meta of designing products that are addictive to younger users. AI developer OpenAI is facing dozens of lawsuits that allege its ChatGPT bot lacks safety guardrails. Now, in the last few weeks, employees of the biggest AI firms say the companies are more focused on competing with each other than building their AI models safely.
The companies have vigorously denied the claims, and introduced additional safety measures such as parent-linked teen accounts.
We would like to speak to parents and carers about whether the scrutiny tech companies are facing is making you rethink your children’s relationship with technology.
Has your perspective on your children’s future or current use of social media or AI changed as more and more questions arise about whether tech companies operate in the best interest of their users?
Did you plan to or already let your children use social media or AI chatbots? If so, how did you manage their use of these platforms? Do you feel youth are being educated enough on how to use these tools? And what are you doing to guide them through this new world?
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