OpenAI, the AI ​​market leader and developer of ChatGPT, announced last week that it will implement parental controls to supervise children and adolescents’ use of the platform.

This is a reaction to growing social and legal concern “about the potential adverse effects of chatbots on adolescents’ mental health, especially following the recent complaint filed by the parents of a 16-year-old boy who took his own life in California, who hold the GPT-4 model responsible.”

OpenAI issued a statement from its San Francisco headquarters, describing the move as a first step in strengthening its approach, “guided by experts, with the goal of making ChatGPT as useful as possible.”

The new parental control features will go into effect next month and “will allow parents to link their accounts with their children’s accounts, in order to monitor the content of interactions and receive alerts if signs of emotional instability are detected in minors.”

These features involve various mechanisms aimed at improving safety during ChatGPT use by minors, such as the ability for parents to “access their children’s conversation history with the system, as well as sending automatic notifications when artificial intelligence identifies signs of an emotional state that may require intervention.”

The company has been working to detect warning signs and potential emotional dependence of users on AI-based assistants, which could pose a risk to young people’s emotional and social development.

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The network presents useful content in all fields of knowledge. Google continues to work on new functions to protect children and adolescents from inappropriate content while browsing the Internet.

Parental controls are part of these advances that help control not only the sites that minors consult, but also help improve the use of the network by establishing navigation schedules, blocking notifications during study hours, among others.

Online supervision and security tools for minors are part of the company’s commitment, according to Priscila Couto, Program Leader, Trust and Security for Google Latin America.

The safety of children and adolescents on the Internet is a priority for Google

These tools, such as SafeSearch, are, among others, “to promote respect among minors, empower them to explore and learn, and protect them in the digital world.”

Google has launched a new Family Link design, which facilitates supervision and administration by parents regarding the accounts and devices that children and adolescents manage.

Parents or guardians can see a summary of the use by application, manage a browsing time limit, as well as schedule breaks or approve downloads, in addition to blocking websites that they consider suspicious, harmful, or openly containing adult content.

Parent administrators can restrict malicious applications

Google also offers the new function called School Time “that will help children stay focused during school hours. It allows administrators to limit phone use, silence notifications and restrict applications based on different needs.”

On the other hand, with the Be Awesome on the Internet program, the goal is to provide children with tools that allow them to acquire the necessary skills “to preserve their security and act intelligently in the online world.”

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The Australian government will study a bill to regulate access by minors to social media such as Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, X and YouTube, as a measure to protect the health of children and adolescents.

The proposal contemplates an age limit, starting at 16 years of age, for access by minors to social media. Although no sanctions are contemplated, platforms will have to ensure compliance with this requirement.

According to the country’s Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, an announcement was made last September of a possible regulation to limit access by minors to social networks. “Now, the age proposed by the Government is 16 years old; that decision was made on Monday in the Council of Ministers,” the official recently indicated at a press conference in Canberra.

It is estimated that this bill will be brought to Parliament in the next few weeks and will come into force 12 months after its approval. It should be stressed that this law “will not exclude minors under 16 years of age who already have accounts on social networks or those who have parental consent.”

The entity that will be in charge of “publishing regulations so that digital platforms and social networks establish reasonable measures to restrict access to minors” will be the Australian Electronic Safety Commission.

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Extortion through the illicit obtaining of intimate content, whether in photos or videos, from a person has been called sextortion. Although it can happen to anyone, criminals preferentially attack minors and, particularly, on social networks.

Instagram is the main platform for sextortion attacks. The social network has worked on increasingly severe measures to prevent perpetrators from seizing, through deception, photos or videos of children and adolescents with intimate content.

Parent company Meta is aware that criminals are always looking for money and harming human dignity. In this sense, they have made decisions aimed at protecting underage users.

Currently, Meta and Instagram are implementing functions to make it more difficult to access the profiles of minors in conversations. This, together with the restrictions on content shared by teenagers, can help prevent photos and videos from being intercepted by sexual predators.

Instagram, on the other hand, has shown its commitment to prevent sextortion by providing more information about suspicious accounts that seek to follow teenage users.

The platform will analyze the creation date of suspicious accounts with the aim of blocking them or classifying them as spam from vulnerable teenagers. And in the event that the minor initiates an interaction with a suspicious account, Instagram will show information such as geographic location (if they are in another country).

Regarding sensitive content in photos and videos, the social network applies restrictions. Thus, it will no longer be possible to take screenshots or screen recordings when opening ephemeral photos or videos. Globally, a restriction will be implemented on nudes shared via direct messages. Photos or videos will appear distorted or blurred. They can only be opened manually.

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The world of video games has changed its income dynamics: it is no longer enough to buy the game, but now a range of possibilities opens up for users to acquire certain items to progress or obtain benefits, which has a second or dangerous side that grew after the pandemic and that many families are already dealing with: gambling.

In the context of Gamer’s Day, August 29, ESET, a leading company in proactive threat detection, analyzes the world of betting and video games, the addiction it can generate in children and adolescents, and the role of influencers They benefit when users lose. In addition, it shares what measures countries are taking in response to this situation and what actions mothers and fathers can take to help and guide their children.

“Not many years ago, video games used to be a one-time purchase: that already guaranteed the complete experience. But currently, companies in the industry often offer their users video games for free, with “loot boxes” and other in-game transactions being the most important source of income,” says Camilo. Gutiérrez Amaya, Head of the ESET Latin America Research Laboratory.

“LOOT BOXES” are a specific monetization dynamic that is represented in products that can be purchased at some specific stage of a game. They can hide elements or rewards highly valued by the communities. Of course, they have a cost and their content is random. They acquired such an important status that an economy even emerged based on them, and they can even be used to bet on third-party sites.

Something that began as a game, over time, became a great concern for parents and even governments because its casino-style betting format to obtain and market them encourages addictive consumer spending. This is also enhanced by the great accessibility that mobile devices allow and the little (or no) control that exists regarding the age of majority of users on these platforms.

Child and adolescent gambling

The consequences can be very serious: from generating an addictive habit in users, such as debt for large sums of money, often unknown to the parents themselves. Thus, child and adolescent gambling addiction emerges as a gambling addiction in minors, which manifests itself in compulsive behaviors in video games and online betting, among others.

Beyond this, large video game franchises such as Candy Crush, Fornite, FIFA, League of Legends, or Final Fantasy continue to launch titles whose income to offset the cost of developing the game itself depends largely on “loot boxes.” or microtransactions. So much so that recent studies estimate that by 2025 “loot boxes” will generate more than $20 billion.

“The “loot box” mechanics literally work like any casino: the user must replenish the account with monetary funds, then place their bet, and finally wait for the graphics to spin to find out if they won or lost. This is how the service that video games have offers alarming similarities with the characteristics of an online casino: in fact, they imitate roulette and even slot machines,” adds the ESET researcher. The fundamental difference between casinos and the dynamics proposed by video games is that the latter do not have a gaming license from any official body and, in many cases, they do not offer reliable verification that prevents those under 18 years of age from placing their bets. . It is worth remembering that it is illegal for a minor to place bets.

The link between video games and betting is, in certain cases, enhanced by the figure of influencers, who play a key and at the same time ambiguous role in the growth of this problem. This is because many of them promote betting platforms or give recommendations that, directly or indirectly, lead their followers to make bets that logically can end in losing money.

What stands out within this dynamic is that there are several influencers who receive payments and commissions from these betting platforms, but based on the money losses of their followers. The conflict of interest is as clear as it is controversial, influencers have a financial incentive for their followers to lose money instead of earning it.

A serious problem

A real example of this was what happened in 2016 with YouTubers TmarTn and Syndicate, who promoted Counter Strike skin betting sites and were accused of not disclosing that they had their financial interests in the pages they promoted. In both cases they earned money from visits to each of their videos, but also from users’ losses on the betting sites they promoted and which they even owned.

To counteract this trend, many countries have taken this scenario as a serious problem, and that is why they have begun to enact laws and regulations against the operation of sites that operate in a gray zone, without official license or adequate controls.

In Argentina, for example, the government of the city of Buenos Aires sent letters to a large number of influencers because they advertised on their social networks for online gambling platforms.

In the United States, for their part, they took concrete actions to regulate young people’s access to online betting sites. In fact, there are laws that force these websites to implement more advanced age verification technologies and others that limit the amount of money that can be bet.

Another case is that of the United Kingdom, a country in which the Betting Commission implemented very strict regulations that aim to limit the advertising of games of chance and access to minors, while in Spain they prohibit the access of minors to the loot boxes to prevent addictive behavior and in Australia reforms were introduced whose main objective is to have stricter controls on the identity of users to also prevent the development of future addictions.

To accompany the little ones in their interactions on the Internet, the first step is not to underestimate the underlying problems between video games and gambling. Recent studies suggest that “loot box” purchases and similar habits can lead to children and adolescents developing future gambling and other severe problems.

Support and advice

To avoid this, ESET shares concrete actions that can be implemented to accompany and advise children in the midst of this worrying scenario:

• Have conversations with children/teenagers about their online activities and interests.
• Provide information about what gambling addiction is and its consequences.
• Carry out a joint analysis of betting advertisements, so that they can make good decisions and incorporate good habits.
• Encourage them to carry out recreational activities, without the mobile device.
• As older people, set an example and give balanced use to devices.

Contact coordinates with ESET in Venezuela: https://www.eset.com/ve/. Also, their social networks: Instagram (@esetla) and Facebook: (ESET).

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Bancamiga, in its purpose of offering innovative products that meet the needs of Venezuelans, promotes accounts for minors in the financial market during this back-to-school season.

These accounts come accompanied by Bancamiga Mastercard Debit Cards with youthful designs, which in their Kids and Teens version can be used throughout the national territory and have Contactless technology (NFC or contactless).

Young people with these accounts will also be able to recharge telephone services and make mobile payments through Bancamiga en Línea..

Independence and financial security with Bancamiga

The president of the Board of Directors of Bancamiga Banco Universal, Carmelo De Grazia, commented that the institution, faithful to its close and trustworthy character, positions itself as the main ally for parents who need effective and safe means of payment for their children.

The requirements to open this account are a copy of the minor’s ID and birth certificate. If the representative is already a Bancamiga client, and wishes to open the account of his or her client, he or she only needs to submit a copy of the identity card and the RIF, along with the minor’s documents, as explained in a statement.

The executive president of Bancamiga, Ariel Martínez, said that to date 8,158 cards have been delivered that have facilitated payments and account management between parents and children, providing children and adolescents with financial freedom by having a first approach to a banking entity and achieve a correct relationship with finances.

Designs for all tastes

As Kids and Teens cards are supported on Contactless technology, customers can pay by simply bringing it close to Bancamiga Points of Sale or those that have NFC (Near Field Communication) technology, which allows you to pay electronically without any contact.

In this way, Bancamiga positions itself as a financial entity that offers a wide range of possibilities for each customer segment.

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Bancamiga began a financial education campaign with the presentation of the Mastercard Kids account and debit card, which in a first phase included the children of its employees between the ages of 9 and 15 and which will now be extended to all your clients.

This Saturday, April 15, the Bancamiga agency in the Paseo El Hatillo shopping center was the place where 170 children and young people came to have their first financial experience: together with their representatives they signed the documents for a joint account and received the Mastercard Kids debit card.

As part of the training process, they also received an induction on how the debit card is used at the point of sale and important recommendations on security and on the operation of Contactless technology.

During the activity they enjoyed three stations with activations/challenges related to the jobs of the future: Tiktoker Station, Gamer Station and Lego Station.

For their participation in each of these stations, the boys received a sticker that symbolized the payment received for their work, which they later exchanged for popcorn, cotton and hot dogs.

The executive president of Bancamiga, Ariel José Martínez, said that the objective was “to create an experience for children and adolescents who are starting out in the world of adults with their first financial instrument.”

With these savings account for minors, they have the possibility of registering at www.bancamiga.com, viewing their balance and the movements of the Mastercard Kids debit card, with which they can make purchases at points of sale and recharge services such as Movistar and Digital.

Those interested in these financial instruments can go to any of the 37 Bancamiga branches in the country. And by visiting www.bancamiga.com, you can find out more about the requirements.

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