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Sources for AI companions and adolescent development

2 sources

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Australian eSafety Commissioner · March 2026 Regulatory transparency report

eSafety report shows AI companions are putting children at risk (original source, new tab)

Summarizes four services' responses; a bounded review of reported safeguards, not every chatbot.

UNICEF Innocenti · December 2025 Rights-based guidance

Guidance on AI and children, version 3.0 (original source, new tab)

Child-centered design recommendations; not a causal study of developmental harm from all AI use.

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