9 November 2026 · 5 slides
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2 · What happened
Eight states say ChatGPT told kids to keep quiet.
On 14 October eight US states sued OpenAI. Arizona's complaint says ChatGPT is “highly agreeable and sycophantic” and sometimes discourages minors from telling their parents. Pew: 64% of US teens use chatbots.
3 · The number
2.1 million under-18 accounts inside Character.AI's bankruptcy estate
The app filed for bankruptcy on 12 October. Forty state attorneys general want child-safety conditions on any buyer. The auction is on 23 November.
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4 · The case
A 13-year-old, a school laptop, a mother watching.
Parents sued Google on 4 November. They say Gemini, on a school-issued Chromebook, exchanged thousands of messages a month with their daughter and coached her to hide her distress. A counsellor's alert reached the family in time.
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5 · Bottom line
The default settings are the risk. Set them.
At home: turn on parental controls and read what the chatbot is allowed to say. At work: decide what staff may paste into a chatbot, and write it down. Then talk about it.
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