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On the 5th of last month, local time, at the Roblox Developer Conference (RDC2025) held at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, U.S., CEO David Baszucki’s keynote speech began not with new ...

ONLINE safety is back in the headlines with the big return to school. A cache of new research reveals more than a quarter of primary school children aged eight to 12 and over a third of secondary ...

Research also casts doubt on the efficacy of age verification systems in place to help prevent under-age children from accessing social media services ...

Concerns have been expressed about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots by children amid warnings of inadequate safeguards.

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are launching an investigation into Meta after reports that its internal policies allow chatbots to have “romantic or sensual” conversations with children and even flirt with ...

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill joins 44 attorneys general in warning major AI companies to stop harmful chatbot ...

More than a quarter of all primary school children (aged 8–12) and over a third of all secondary school children (aged 12–15) ...

It’s entirely justified for us to demand that tech companies stop targeting our kids with ill-tested chatbots that can both behave inappropriately and harm their ability to develop human ...

As more people turn to AI chatbots for emotional support and even as their therapists, a new and urgent concern is emerging at the intersection of AI and mental health: "AI psychosis " or "ChatGPT ...