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This week on 60 Minutes, correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi reported on the growing concerns surrounding Character AI, an app and website that allows users to interact with AI-generated chatbots, some of ...

A child advocacy group is urging parents not to buy artificial intelligence toys for their children this holiday season. A growing number of action figures, dolls and stuffed animals are embedded with ...

Experts say chatbots can support learning and creativity, but relying on them for emotional support or advice can pose risks for teens’ mental health and development. Warning signs of problematic AI ...

Big tech companies and upcoming startups want to use generative AI to build software and hardware for kids. A lot of those experiences are limited to text or voice, and kids might not find that ...

KCCI EIGHT NEWS AT SIX. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS HERE TO STAY WITH ANY ENHANCEMENT IN TECHNOLOGY, THOUGH, THERE’S A BENEFIT AS WELL AS A COST. AND COMMUNITIES IN CENTRAL IOWA ARE PREPARING YOUNG ...

Three voice-activated, AI-powered toys tested by Common Sense Media researchers raised concerns that they were designed to engineer emotional attachment with young children and collect private data, ...