Meta Platforms Inc. (META) said Friday it is temporarily restricting teens around the world from accessing AI characters across its family of apps.
The company said that after hearing feedback from parents about wanting more data on their teen’s interaction data with AI characters, it started building a new version to fulfill those requests.
Once ready, the new version of Meta’s AI characters will include additional parental controls.
Teens will still be able to access helpful information and educational opportunities through Meta’s AI assistant, with default, age-appropriate protections in place, the company said.
“Starting in the coming weeks, teens will no longer be able to access AI characters across our apps until the updated experience is ready. This will apply to anyone who has given us a teen birthday, as well as people who claim to be adults but who we suspect are teens based on our age prediction technology,” the company said in an updated blog post.