Google Gemini is adding Nannying to its chatbot skills. according to New York Times According to reports, Google will enable Gemini to use Family Link under a parent-managed Google account available to users under the age of 13. In an email sent to parents, Google said that children will have access to Gemini “ask questions, get help with homework and make-up stories.” Google spokesman Karl Ryan told New York Timesadding that this will prevent Gemini from providing unsafe content to children.
In the email, Google acknowledged that “Gemini can make mistakes” and suggested that parents teach their children how to fact-check Gemini’s answers. In addition to a closer inspection, Google recommends reminding young users that Gemini are not human and not to enter any sensitive or personal data into conversations. Even with these measures, the email still warns that kids can “get something you don’t want to see.”
With the amazing speed of adoption of AI chatbots, concerns about underage users have been surfaced due to incorrect facts or suggestive responses. In a report released last week, common sense media warned that AI chatbots “encourage harmful behavior, provide inappropriate content, and may exacerbate the mental health of users under the age of 18.” recent, Wall Street Journal Meta’s AI chatbot is able to have sexual conversations with minors, the report said. Apart from avoiding unsafe conversations, Google says it won’t use any data from its young Gemini users to train its AI models. Currently, Google says it is gradually rolling out access to Gemini’s oversight accounts.
