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The news in AI and childhood
The Foundation follows the research, policy, and reporting on how AI is reaching young people, and summarises what matters. Each item links to its sources. A short recap goes out every Wednesday.
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Meta Faces Trial Over Claims Its Platforms Were Designed to Addict Children
18 August 2026
Policy & regulation
Court's public nuisance ruling against social media may reach AI chatbots
14 August 2026
Wellbeing
Teenagers Are Turning to AI Chatbots for Emotional Support
13 August 2026
Wellbeing
Young People Identify the Design Flaw Behind AI's Constant Agreement
12 August 2026
Chatbot safety
When a Chatbot Acts Like a Friend: The Risk of Personified AI for Children
12 August 2026
Research
Adolescents' Interactions with AI-Powered Chatbots: A Scoping Review of Psychosocial and Well-Being Research (2022–2025)
11 August 2026
Research
AI companions may worsen loneliness for vulnerable users — Stanford study
6 August 2026
Chatbot safety
OpenAI Introduces Dedicated Under-18 Safety Tests With Its Latest ChatGPT Model
6 August 2026
Wellbeing
OpenAI partners with the American Psychological Association on youth mental health and AI
6 August 2026
Research
One in five young people now turn to AI for mental health advice
4 August 2026
Policy & regulation
Senate Committee to Weigh Five Bills on Children, Privacy and Artificial Intelligence
4 August 2026
Schools & parenting
An AI Podcast About the Children, and the Questions It Raises
3 August 2026
Policy & regulation
Senate Commerce Committee to Consider Five Bills on Children and AI
31 July 2026
Policy & regulation
Senate Committee Advances Child Online Safety Bills While Delaying Broader AI Rules
30 July 2026
Wellbeing
Why some young people confide in AI chatbots rather than friends or family
29 July 2026
Schools & parenting
Parental choice provided for artificial intelligence tools in schools
29 July 2026
Chatbot safety
Most Children Now Use AI Chatbots, and Many Confide in Them After Distressing Experiences
29 July 2026
Research
Children Turn to AI Chatbots After Online Sexual Harm, Survey Finds
28 July 2026
Chatbot safety
AI Chatbots Still Offer Harmful Mental Health Advice to Minors, Researchers Find
27 July 2026
Research
Lawsuit Alleges Chatbot Gave Dangerous Medical Advice, Raising Questions About AI and Health
25 July 2026
Schools & parenting
Schools Adopt AI Faster Than They Protect Children's Data
24 July 2026
Research
Watchdog Warns of AI Chatbots That Reach Children in Their Loneliest Moments
24 July 2026
Research
On the Reported Risks of Artificial Intelligence to Children's Developing Minds
24 July 2026
Chatbot safety
China Moves to Restrict AI Companion Apps in the Name of Safety
23 July 2026
Research
New Research Finds Most Teenagers Use AI, and Many Turn to It in Distress
23 July 2026
Wellbeing
Artificial Intimacy: Companion Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Risks to Adolescent Mental Health
22 July 2026
Research
Child Mind Institute Launches Research Initiative To Inform Safer AI Systems for Youth
22 July 2026
Research
Harvard Centre Launches Research Initiative on AI and Youth Safety
21 July 2026
Chatbot safety
Meta to Alert Parents When a Teen's AI Chat Signals Self-Harm
21 July 2026
Research
Family says ChatGPT led Alabama woman to her death in new lawsuit
21 July 2026
Wellbeing
The Debate Shifts From Age Limits to Safer Design in Children's Use of AI
16 July 2026
Policy & regulation
Hawaii Enacts AI Laws Setting Guardrails for Chatbots and Deepfakes Affecting Children
16 July 2026
Chatbot safety
Meta to Notify Parents When Teens Discuss Suicide or Self-Harm With Its Chatbot
16 July 2026
Policy & regulation
China Bars Virtual Partners for Minors as AI Companion Rules Take Effect
16 July 2026
Chatbot safety
Google Search AI Poses 'Unacceptable Risk' to Kids, Report Finds
15 July 2026
Wellbeing
Teenagers Turn to AI Chatbots for Emotional Support as Concerns Grow
14 July 2026
Wellbeing
The Trojan Teddy Bear: the promise and peril of childhood in the age of AI
14 July 2026
Schools & parenting
Statutory Safeguarding Guidance Now Treats AI-Generated Nudes of Children as Safeguarding Incidents
13 July 2026
Research
One in Five Young People Now Turn to AI Chatbots for Mental Health Advice
13 July 2026
Chatbot safety
OpenAI Turns Toward Households as Children's Use of ChatGPT Grows
11 July 2026
Schools & parenting
Illinois issues AI guidance to teachers, stressing human relationships in learning
10 July 2026
Research
Parents Underestimate How Much Children Use Generative AI
10 July 2026
Chatbot safety
AI Chatbots Left Out as Governments Move to Ban Teens From Social Media
10 July 2026
Research
Children Report More Online Activity, and More AI Use, Than Parents Realise
10 July 2026
Schools & parenting
Governments Move to Set Limits on Children's Use of AI in Schools
9 July 2026
Policy & regulation
More than 100 organisations press governments to protect children in AI governance
8 July 2026
Wellbeing
New coalition puts children's rights at the centre of the AI age
7 July 2026
Research
Most Teens Are Already Turning to AI Companions, New Research Finds
7 July 2026
Research
“You're Not Crazy”: A Case of New-onset AI-associated Psychosis - Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience
7 July 2026
Research
AI psychosis: a mental health crisis for the 21st century
7 July 2026
Research
Family sues OpenAI after young man's fatal overdose linked to chatbot drug advice
7 July 2026
Chatbot safety
China Sets New Rules for Emotional Companion AI as Two Major Platforms Withdraw Agents
4 July 2026
Wellbeing
Expert Comment: Social media and AI chatbot limits for children — what does the evidence support?
16 June 2026
Policy & regulation
State attorneys general investigate OpenAI over its treatment of minors
13 June 2026
Policy & regulation
Wrongful death lawsuit against OpenAI joins a growing wave of litigation over chatbots and vulnerable users
12 June 2026
Research
UNICEF Examines the Risks as Children Turn to AI Chatbots for Companionship
9 June 2026
Policy & regulation
S.3062 — GUARD Act (bill text)
30 April 2026
Chatbot safety
AI chatbots helped teen test accounts plan violence in hundreds of tests, CNN investigation finds
11 March 2026
Research
Researchers Urge a Precautionary Ban on Children's Use of AI Chatbots
23 February 2026
Chatbot safety
Teens are having disturbing interactions with chatbots. Here's how to lower the risks
29 December 2025
Policy & regulation
Parents of 16-year-old Adam Raine sue OpenAI, claiming ChatGPT advised on his suicide
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