UNICEF

For certain high-risk categories, such as sexually explicit or ‘romantic’ AI chatbots/companions, companies should be required to prevent access by children.

Establish a minimum regulatory baseline for AI chatbots and companions. Across jurisdictions, a common set of regulatory elements is emerging. These include requirements for risk assessment; age-appropriate access controls; transparency about the sys...

AI chatbots and companions should be subject to mandatory pre-deployment testing and reliable post-deployment monitoring by independent, qualified third parties, with results reported to the regulator/oversight body.

Researchers, in coordination with statutory child rights institutions, regulators, and civil society, should establish public, open repositories of safety incidents, research findings and regulatory evaluations to inform policy, enforcement and techn...