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As children turn to AI chatbots for answers, advice, and companionship, questions emerge about their safety, privacy, and emotional development AI chatbots have become a big part of all of our lives since they burst onto the scene more than three years ago. ChatGPT, for example, says  it has around 700 million weekly active users, many of whom are “young people.” A UK study from July 2025 found that nearly two-thirds (64%) of children use such tools. A similar share of paren