California Enacts Major Child-Safety Laws for AI Chatbots and Social Media
California has introduced major new protections covering addictive social media design and AI companion chatbots. We examine what the laws require, where significant gaps remain, and how they fit into the wider international shift towards greater accountability.
How to Talk to Children About Frightening AI Headlines
A calm, age-appropriate in-depth guide for parents, carers, and educators when children hear claims that advanced AI could threaten humanity. It explains what the headlines mean, why they are being taken seriously, where experts disagree, and how to offer reassurance without dismissing the risk.
Is ChatGPT Safe for Children? Age Limits, Risks and Advice for Parents
Is ChatGPT safe for children and teenagers? This guide looks at age limits, learning, cognitive development, emotional attachment, parental controls, and the evidence behind the risks and potential benefits, with practical guidance for parents and schools.
Preparing Children for a Radically Different Future of Work
We've updated our guidance on AI and the future of work. The new article explains why severe disruption is increasingly plausible, yet uncertain, what this could mean for children and how we can help protect the knowledge, metacognition, and independent thinking they will need.
Should Schools "Ban" AI?
A detailed guide for school leaders, governors, safeguarding professionals and policymakers considering AI use in education. It examines the evidence, key risks, emerging international restrictions, UK safety standards and the questions schools should answer before introducing student-facing AI.
Launching Version 2.0 of the Three Non-Negotiables Policy Framework
SAIFCA has published Version 2.0 of its Three Non-Negotiables policy framework, with updated wording, stronger safeguards across upstream models and downstream products, and explicit recognition of the international AI arms race shaping children’s safety and future.
AI Glasses and Children: What Parents and Schools Need to Know
AI glasses are making cameras and AI assistants less visible in everyday life. We look at what this means for children’s privacy, safeguarding and schools, and the practical steps adults should be taking now.
The "AI Arms Race": What It Means for Children and How It Could Be Stopped
This long-form guide examines the forces driving the international AI arms race, the risks they create for children now and in the future, and how governments could change the incentives. It considers practical proposals for safer development and the role children’s organisations can play.
Thank You for Helping Our Work Travel Further
SAIFCA guidance is increasingly being used in government publications, academic research and practical safeguarding policies around the world. We would like to thank the organisations and individuals who have cited, shared and built upon our work - and highlight some of the places it has travelled
Two significant developments in tech safety and accountability
Two developments have brought tech safety and accountability into focus: a US settlement for Meta, and an OpenAI incident where AI systems operated beyond intended controls. We look at what happened, and why both are important for children's present and future safety
