After a watchdog found ChatGPT's teen safety features mostly failed, who should be most responsible for keeping kids safe on AI chatbots?
A Common Sense Media study found most safeguards in 'ChatGPT for Teens' did not work, including that the chatbot talked to teens like a friend and failed to alert parents when users discussed self-harm or suicide.
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Kids are abused more often by parents than by anyone else. After that parent trusted institutions such as religion and schools. I doubt AI would even make the list of top 50 dangers. This is like worrying about the dangers of shark attacks I've been on the internet since 1984 and remember the wave of panic in the 90s when kids first started getting online then another in the early 2000s around the web. I guess it's just time for another
Everyone has an interest in protecting children, first the parents, then the greater society (government), and in some ways the companies. But companies are first and foremost responsible to their shareholders; that is why governments must set firm regulatory frameworks to ensure that returns to shareholders are consistent with the broader interests of the polity.
Like with social media, we'll need guardrails on multiple fronts, including regulation (hopefully thoughtful and not overly restrictive), safety features from the companies, and parental controls. Ideally, though, the companies will find effective ways to stop it at the source.