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Cyber experts concerned about unregulated AI chatbots linked to a series of mass tragedies in the US are pushing for them to be included in Australia's under-16 social media ban.

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Cybersecurity experts and child safety advocates are leveraging international incidents to advocate for the inclusion of generative AI chatbots within Australia's impending age-minimum legislation for social media. The proposal addresses risks associated with unregulated AI interactions that have been linked to severe psychological harms and offline tragedies, highlighting a gap in current governance for frontier consumer AI. This development reflects a critical move in Australian policy to categorize highly capable AI systems as high-risk digital environments requiring strict age-gating and safety guardrails.

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