Meta is adding even more parental controls to its platform by letting parents stop their children from speaking to AI chatbots. This comes after an aggressive push to introduce AI chatbots and characters across the Meta ecosystem.
In a recent blog post , Instagram lead Adam Mosseri and Meta AI lead Alexandr Wang discussed the changes to AI characters and chatbots for teens. Parents will be able to use new safeguards to protect their kids from interacting with AI characters.
As per the update, parents can choose to turn off access for teens accessing one-on-one chats with AI characters. The company claims its AI assistant will remain available to offer “helpful information” and “educational opportunities” with default protections in place to keep teens safe. Parents will also be able to b