Are chatbot interactions encouraging rudeness?

Adults need to guide kids’ interactions with AI, and teach the difference between talking to a machine and a human.

Premium users can now type or speak to Spotify to control playback, explore listening history, and learn about music. Managed accounts for kids also go free.

Artificial intelligence, or AI, is rapidly changing the world we live in. And now, it’s reaching kids and teens in ways many parents never expected. Surveys show one in five teens say they, or someone ...

Sen. John Curtis is co-leading a bipartisan bill to implement requirements for AI chatbots before they can go live.

Last year, a survey from Common Sense Media found 72 percent of teens have used an AI companion at least once. Half are regular users. And it’s not just kids. A 2025 Harvard Business Review article ...

Kids became enthralled and attached to the oblong teal robot, referring to it as their best friend. Four years later, Embodied, the company that created Moxie, shut down. Children were distraught as ...