Snapchat My AI: What Parents Should Know

What Changed

My AI is Snapchat's built-in AI chatbot, available to users including teenagers, and it appears pinned in the chat feed like a friend. Journalists and researchers have shown that chatbots of this kind, My AI included, can produce age-inappropriate or unreliable responses when pushed, and young users may come to treat the bot as a confidant. If a parent and teen both opt in to Snapchat's Family Centre, the parent can see whether their teen has chatted with My AI (but not what was said) and can switch My AI off for them; conversations with the bot are processed by Snap rather than being private.

What to Review

• •Ask your child how they use My AI, and explain that it is software run by Snapchat — not a friend, not private, and not a reliable source of advice.

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