Meta is temporarily blocking teenagers from accessing all of its AI characters. The pause, which impacts Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp, is set to come into effect in “the coming weeks,” though the company didn’t give a firm date. Meta is by no means the first major AI platform to make these types of restrictions on teen use. Character.ai enforced comparable restrictions in November last year, blocking teens from engaging in open-ended conversations with characters. Meanwhile, OpenAI’s ChatGPT rolled out tools earlier this week to detect teens’ real ages and stop them from accessing inappropriate content, after teasing improved child safety features in September. Do you think that AI is an enslavement to humanity aand that is why they are trying to protect the children ?

