Youth advocacy groups are stepping up protective legal measures as artificial intelligence chatbots become more and more popular among users looking for online companionship. This is due to concerns that children may develop unhealthy and harmful interactions with these human-like inventions.
Chatbot applications such as Character and Replika. AI is a part of the rapidly expanding generative AI companion business, which allows customers to personalize their virtual partners with complex personalities that interact and mimic intimate relationships.
According to developers, AI companions can enhance users’ social experiences in a secure environment and fight loneliness.
Nonetheless, a number of advocacy organizations have filed lawsuits against developers and are pushing for more stringent regulations, alleging that chatbots have encouraged kids to harm both themselves and other people.
Families are being represented in two cases against chatbot startup Character by Matthew Bergman, creator of the Social Media Victims Law Center (SMVLC). AI.
