Meta is giving parents more control over their teen’s use of AI on Instagram

Meta’s AI is practically everywhere on its platforms. It can be useful at times, and the company is encouraging users to interact with its AI chatbot more frequently. That includes teens and can sometimes backfire. For instance, a recent report suggests that minors are engaging in romantic conversations with the chatbot. Meta has seemingly found a solution to that.

On Friday, Adam Mosseri, the chief AI officer, announced new parental controls for the AI chatbot. The new parental control features will roll out early next year and will provide grown-ups with various tools. For instance, parents can block access to specific characters or completely block their kids’ access to Meta AI.

Additionally, parents will receive summaries of the topics their kids discuss with the chatbot. However, Adam Mosseri didn’t go into details on how this would work, but Meta will have more to share soon.

Meta isn’t shifting the whole responsibility to parents. Adam Mosseri says the chatbot will remain available to teens with helpful information with age-appropriate protections in place.

The new changes and features will be introduced only on Instagram, with plans to expand them to other platforms. Parental control will be available only to English-speaking users in the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia.

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