On May 4, the New York Times reported thatGoogleThe company plans to begin next week allowing children under 13 to use its Gemini chatbots, these child users must have a Google account managed by a parent.
Parents of children who have access to Gemini will need to use Google's Family Link service, which allows families to opt-in to Google services for their children. A Google spokeswoman said that Gemini has special safeguards for young users and that the company does not use data from children to train its artificial intelligence systems.
Currently, chatbot makers are trying to appeal to a younger user base as competition in the AI space intensifies. However, current chatbots still have a number of performance issues and can even be potentially harmful.1AI notes that late last year, UNESCO called on governments to regulate the use of generative AI in education, which includes setting age limits for users and strengthening safeguards for data protection and user privacy.