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Title: Kids under 13 will soon get supervised access to Google Gemini

Date: Sat, 03 May 2025 16:40:17 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/ai/kids-under-13-wil...

Google Gemini is adding nannying to its chatbot skillset. According to a New
York Times report, Google will make Gemini available to users under 13, so
long as theyΓÇÖre under a parent-managed Google account using Family Link. In
an email sent to parents, Google said that kids will get access to Gemini to
ΓÇ£ask questions, get homework help and make up stories.ΓÇ¥ This expanded
availability will come with guardrails for its new user base, Google
spokesperson Karl Ryan told NYTimes, adding that it would prevent Gemini from
offering up unsafe content to kids.

In the email, Google acknowledged that ΓÇ£Gemini can make mistakesΓÇ¥ and
recommended that parents teach their kids how to fact-check GeminiΓÇÖs
responses. Along with double-checking, Google suggested reminding younger
users that Gemini isnΓÇÖt human and to not enter any sensitive or personal
data into conversations. Even with those measures, the email still warned
that children could ΓÇ£encounter content you donΓÇÖt want to see.ΓÇ¥

With the staggering pace of AI chatbot adoption, concerns about underage
users have been bubbling up to the surface thanks to instances of factually
incorrect or suggestive responses. In a report published last week, Common
Sense Media warned that AI chatbots were ΓÇ£encouraging harmful behaviors,
providing inappropriate content, and potentially exacerbating mental health
conditionsΓÇ¥ for users under 18. Recently, the Wall Street Journal reported
that MetaΓÇÖs AI chatbots were able to engage in sexual conversations with
minors. On top of dodging unsafe conversations, Google said it wonΓÇÖt use
any data from its younger Gemini users to train its AI models. For now,
Google said itΓÇÖs gradually rolling out access to Gemini for supervised
accounts.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/ai/kids-under-13-wil...
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