Google is planning to introduce its artificial intelligence Gemini Artificial Intelligence for children under the age of 13 who are managed by Google’s accounts because technology companies compete to attract young users AI products.
“Gemini will soon be available for your child,” the company said in an eight-year-old e-mail this week. “This means that your child will be able to use Gemini” to ask questions, get help with homework and create stories.
Chatbot will be available to children whose parents use Family legacyGoogle, which allows families to set up gmail and decide to services like YouTube for your child. To register for a children’s account, the parents of the technical company provide personal data such as their child’s name and date of birth.
Gemini has a specific railing for younger users To prevent Chatbot to produce some dangerous content, Karl Ryan, a Google spokesman, said. When a child with a family reference uses Gemini, he added, the company does not use this data to train its AI
Gemini for children could speed up the use of cottages between a vulnerable population, because schools, universities, companies and others face the effects of popular generative technologies AI. These systems that are trained on a huge amount of data can produce human text and realistic looking pictures and videos.
Google and other AI Chatbot developers are locked in wild competition to capture young users. Recently President Trump invited schools to accept tools for teaching and learning. Millions of teenagers already use chatbots such as study aids, writing coaches and virtual companions. Children’s groups warn that chatbots can pose serious risks for the safety of children. Boti also sometimes invented things.
UNICEF, the United Nations and other groups of children noted that AI systems could confuse, misinform and manipulate Small children who may have trouble understanding that chatbots are not people.
“Generative AI has created dangerous content,” said the UNICEF Global Research Office in the AI risks and opportunities for children.
This week, Google acknowledged some risks in its e -mail families and pointed out parents that “Gemini could do mistakes” and suggest that “they help your child think critically” about the chatbot.
E-mail also recommended parents to teach their child to control Gemini answers. And the company suggested reminding their parents that “Gemini is not a person” and “not to represent sensitive or personal information in Gemini”.
Despite the company’s efforts to filter inappropriate material, E -mail added, children “They may encounter content you don’t want to see.”
E -mail Google warned parents this week about the risks of Gemini for children.
Over the years, technical giants have developed a range of products, functions and guarantees for adolescents and children. In 2015, Google Introduced Youtube’s ChildrenA separate video application for children, which is popular among families with toddlers.
Further efforts to attract children online were worried about government officials and advocates of children. In 2021 Meta stopped plans to introduce Instagram Kids Service – version of its Instagram application designed for those under 13 years – after the General Prosecutors sent several dozens of states letter The company said that the company “historically failed to protect the well -being of children on its platforms”.
Some prominent technology companies – including Google, Amazon and Microsoft -So they paid fines for multimillions of dollars to settle government complaints that they had violated the privacy law for children. This federal law requires online children’s online services to obtain parents permit before collecting personal data, such as home address or selfie, from child to 13 years.
According to the introduction of Gemini, children with Google family accounts should initially have access to chatbot separately. However, the company said it would be alerted by parents and that parents could then manage the setting of their child’s chat, “including off access”.
“Your child will soon have access to Gemini applications,” he told the company to parents. “We will also let you know when your child first approaches Gemini.”
Mr. Ryan, a spokesman for Google, said that Gemini has complied with the Federal Personal Data Protection Act for young users.
