{"id":20831,"date":"2025-10-17T10:52:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T10:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scannn.com\/empowering-parents-protecting-teens-metas-approach-to-ai-safety\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T10:52:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T10:52:51","slug":"empowering-parents-protecting-teens-metas-approach-to-ai-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scannn.com\/lv\/empowering-parents-protecting-teens-metas-approach-to-ai-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Empowering Parents, Protecting Teens: Meta\u2019s Approach to AI Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/about.fb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Approach-to-AI-Safety_Thumbnail.jpg?fit=890%2C501\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Today, we\u2019re sharing our vision for supporting parents as they help their teens navigate AI, including announcing new controls that let parents see \u2013 and manage \u2013 how their teens are interacting with AI characters. Every day, teens use our platforms to stay in touch with friends and explore their interests, and AI can unlock even more of these opportunities, empowering them to learn new skills, like coding or graphic design, or helping them with tricky subjects after school.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We recognize parents already have a lot on their plates when it comes to navigating the internet safely with their teens, and we\u2019re committed to providing them with helpful tools and resources that make things simpler for them, especially as they think about new technology like AI.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We\u2019ve already introduced age-appropriate protections into our AI features, like designing our AIs to give teens responses guided by PG-13 movie ratings, but we want to do even more to give parents oversight of their teen\u2019s AI experiences.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>New Ways for Parents to Shape Their Teens\u2019 Interactions With AI<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In addition to the automatic safeguards already provided by Teen Accounts, we\u2019re introducing new supervision tools for parents to help them make informed decisions about the AI characters their teens chat with. Here are the updates we plan to make:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Parents can choose to turn off their teen\u2019s access to one-on-one chats with AI characters entirely. Meta\u2019s AI assistant will remain available to offer helpful information and educational opportunities, with default, age-appropriate protections in place to help keep teens safe.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Parents will be able to block specific AI characters if they don\u2019t want to turn off access to AI characters altogether.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Parents will get insights into the topics their teens are chatting about with AI characters \u2013 and Meta\u2019s AI assistant \u2013 so they can have thoughtful conversations with their teens about AI interactions.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"gallery-44932,44933-1-slideshow\" class=\"jetpack-slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow jetpack-slideshow-black\" data-trans=\"fade\" data-autostart=\"1\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/about.fb.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/01_-AI-Parental-Controls__Carousel-01.jpg?fit=1920%2C1672&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;44932&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;01_ AI Parental Controls__Carousel 01&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Phone screen showing UI for controlling a teen\\u0027s AI chat permissions&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;These images are illustrative only as we continue to refine the user experience.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/about.fb.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/01_-AI-Parental-Controls__Carousel-02.jpg?fit=1920%2C1672&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;44933&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;01_ AI Parental Controls__Carousel 02&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Phone screen showing the ability to block an AI from your teen&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;These images are illustrative only as we continue to refine the user experience.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}]\">\n    <\/div>\n<p>    if (typeof jetpackSlideshowSettings === &#8216;undefined&#8217;) {<br \/>\n        window.jetpackSlideshowSettings = {<br \/>\n            spinner: &#8216;https:\/\/about.fb.com\/wp-content\/mu-plugins\/jetpack\/modules\/shortcodes\/img\/slideshow-loader.gif&#8217;,<br \/>\n            speed: &#8216;4000&#8217;,<br \/>\n            label_prev: &#8216;Previous Slide&#8217;,<br \/>\n            label_stop: &#8216;Pause Slideshow&#8217;,<br \/>\n            label_next: &#8216;Next Slide&#8217;<br \/>\n        };<br \/>\n    }<\/p>\n<p>    jQuery(document).ready(function($) {<br \/>\n        $(&#8216;.jetpack-slideshow-noscript&#8217;).remove();<br \/>\n        var container = $(&#8216;#gallery-44932,44933-1-slideshow&#8217;);<br \/>\n        if (!container.data(&#8216;processed&#8217;)) {<br \/>\n            var slideshow = new JetpackSlideshow(<br \/>\n                container,<br \/>\n                container.data(&#8216;trans&#8217;),<br \/>\n                container.data(&#8216;autostart&#8217;)<br \/>\n            );<br \/>\n            slideshow.images = container.data(&#8216;gallery&#8217;);<br \/>\n            slideshow.init();<br \/>\n            container.data(&#8216;processed&#8217;, true);<br \/>\n        }<br \/>\n    });<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Technology will never replace the value of critical thinking, real-life connections, and human interaction \u2013 and that&#8217;s not our aim. We believe AI can complement traditional learning methods and exploration in a way that feels supportive, all with the proper age-appropriate guardrails in place.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Existing Protections for Teens Using AI<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In talking to parents, we consistently hear that their concerns about their teens\u2019 technology use fall into three categories: who they\u2019re interacting with, what type of content they\u2019re seeing, and whether their time is well-spent.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We built Teen Accounts with these concerns in mind and have applied a similar framework to teen protections across their AI interactions, which we\u2019ll continue to iterate on. As we announced earlier this week, we <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/about.fb.com\/news\/2025\/10\/instagram-teen-accounts-pg-13-ratings\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">updated AI experiences for teens to be guided by PG-13 ratings<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, meaning AIs should not give age-inappropriate responses that would feel out of place in a PG-13 movie. We\u2019ve already started rolling these changes out in English in the US, UK, Canada, Australia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Additional protections include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">AI characters are designed to not engage in age-inappropriate discussions about self-harm, suicide, or disordered eating with teens, or conversations that encourage, promote, or enable these topics. Our AIs are designed to respond safely to these topics and direct teens, when appropriate, to expert resources or support.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Teens can only interact with a limited group of AI characters, focused on age-appropriate topics like education, sports, and hobbies \u2013 not romance or other inappropriate content.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Parents can see if their teens are chatting with AI characters and set time limits on app use, to as little as 15 minutes per day overall. This includes time spent talking to AIs.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We know teens may try to get around these protections, so we&#8217;re also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/about.fb.com\/news\/2025\/04\/meta-parents-new-technology-enroll-teens-teen-accounts\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">using AI technology<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to place those we suspect are teens into these protections, even if they tell us they&#8217;re adults.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>What Parents Can Expect Next<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">AI is evolving rapidly, which means we are going to need to constantly adapt and strengthen our protections for teens, while listening and responding to concerns parents have about this new technology. We hope today\u2019s updates bring parents some peace of mind that their teens can make the most of all the benefits AI offers, with the right guardrails and oversight in place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We\u2019re building these new parental supervision controls now and you\u2019ll start to see these changes, beginning with Instagram, early next year. As with our Teen Accounts protections, we\u2019ll plan to roll out first in English, to the US, UK, Canada and Australia. Making updates that affect billions of users across Meta platforms is something we have to do with care, and we\u2019ll have more to share soon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/about.fb.com\/news\/2025\/10\/teen-ai-safety-approach\/\">Empowering Parents, Protecting Teens: Meta&#8217;s Approach to AI Safety<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/about.fb.com\">Meta Newsroom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/about.fb.com\/news\/2025\/10\/teen-ai-safety-approach\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, we\u2019re sharing our vision for supporting parents as they help their teens navigate AI, including announcing new controls that let parents see \u2013 and manage \u2013 how their teens are interacting with AI characters. 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