INDIANAPOLIS – Raising teenagers isn’t always easy. As social media and artificial intelligence continue to evolve, new challenges are presented before some parents can keep up. One parent and a licensed counselor weighed in on how to protect your kids from encountering danger online. You’ve probably heard of Snapchat. But do you know how it works? What your teens are using it for? Or the new features that are added with every update? “My son is going into seventh grade this year and there were kids on Snapchat as young as fifth grade. It honestly blew my mind,” Indianapolis Moms website owner Kait Baumgartner said. Snapchat is completely off-limits for Baumgartner’s 13-year-old son. “My son has asked for Snapchat and we say: ‘That’s not an option in this house right now. You are too young for it,’” she said. She says it’s just too hard for parents to monitor. Some messages disappear after 24 hours. Users can show their locations in real-time with a map feature. And, the company added an experimental artificial intelligence bot they say “can be tricked into saying just about anything.” “It’s so dangerous when we aren’t looking at things like that AI feature that can
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Snapchat, artificial intelligence & how parents are navigating fast technological change
