Overview
- Meta will let parents disable teens’ private chats with AI characters on Instagram, block specific characters, set daily limits, and view high-level summaries of conversation topics.
- The tools are in development and will begin rolling out early next year in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia.
- Teens will still have access to a restricted Meta AI assistant and a limited set of characters designed around PG-13-style safeguards that avoid self-harm and similar topics.
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said a December update will allow erotic content for verified adults tied to more complete age controls, with a near-term ChatGPT update for more customizable, human-like personalities.
- These shifts follow investigations, lawsuits and reporting that chatbots engaged in sexual exchanges with accounts identifying as minors, including an FTC inquiry and a family lawsuit after the death of 16-year-old Adam Raine.