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Common Sense Media Calls ChatGPT for Teens an 'Unacceptable Risk'
The nonprofit that parents trust for app ratings has told families to keep ChatGPT's teen version away from under-18s. OpenAI launched the product in August, billing it as a safer learning tool. The verdict lands as ChatGPT crosses one billion users.
Meta Took Days to Remove Ads That Used AI to Create Fake Sexual Images of Real Children
An investigation found 332 ads on Facebook and Instagram this year promoting apps that digitally strip or sexually alter photos of real minors, including images taken from children's public social media profiles.
ChatGPT Is Now Subject to the EU's Toughest Platform Rules
The European Commission has classified ChatGPT as a Very Large Online Search Engine, putting OpenAI under the same strict rules that govern the biggest social media platforms in Europe.
Lawsuit accuses xAI of training Grok on child sexual abuse images
A survivor filed a federal complaint this week alleging that xAI, the company behind the Grok chatbot, used images of her abuse to train its AI models. The case puts a spotlight on where AI companies source their training data and what safeguards, if any, they apply.
When a Child's Robot Friend Goes Dark
Moxie the therapy robot promised to help neurodivergent kids practice social skills around the clock. Then the company behind it shut down. What happens to the children left behind?
Woman says her stepfather used Grok to turn her childhood photo into explicit images
A new plaintiff has joined a lawsuit against Elon Musk's AI company xAI, alleging the chatbot Grok was used to generate thousands of explicit images of her from a single photo taken when she was 11.
UK Children Are Reporting Explicit Deepfakes of Themselves at Record Rates
A service that helps young people remove intimate images from the internet says digitally faked content, including AI-generated nudity, is rising sharply. Experts warn the tools making it possible are only getting easier to find.
New Mexico court orders Meta to pay $942 million total over child safety failures
A judge found Meta's platforms created a 'public nuisance' for young users and ordered sweeping changes, including nighttime notification blackouts and a monthly screen-time cap for under-18s.
Meta Approved and Ran Ads Showing AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Images for Nine Months
More than 50 paid advertisements containing child sexual abuse material ran across Facebook, Instagram and Threads. Some reached thousands of accounts in Europe and the United States before researchers forced Meta's hand.
Pennsylvania Private School Asks Court to Drop AI Nude Lawsuit, Says It Did Report the Harm
Lancaster Country Day School told a judge this week that victims' claims are false on two key points. The school says it did alert law enforcement, and that the tip it received never named any specific girls.
TikTok Under UK Investigation for Failing to Protect Children Online
Britain's media regulator has opened a formal probe into whether TikTok's age checks are good enough to stop children seeing content about self-harm, suicide and pornography.
EU Tells Meta: Kill Infinite Scroll and Autoplay or Face Billion-Dollar Fines
European regulators say Facebook and Instagram were designed to keep you stuck, and they want it stopped.