Australia bans AI emotional intimacy with children
Australia is banning AI chatbots from building emotional intimacy with children, according to a news report. The headline suggests chatbot makers may still look for ways to keep their products running with young users. The move adds to growing worry about how kids form close bonds with AI companions.
Quick glossaryAustralia, emotional intimacy, chatbot
- Australia
- A large country in the southern hemisphere that runs its own laws, separate from India's.
- emotional intimacy
- A deep sense of closeness and trust between people, which can build up over time through talking and sharing feelings.
- chatbot
- A computer program you talk to by typing or speaking, which replies in a way that feels like a conversation.
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