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Responsible AI and Children: Towards a Rights-Based Approach to AI Governance

by Sara Grimes
January 23, 2025

Recent breakthroughs in Large Language Models (LLMs), generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), intelligent agents, and other AI-driven technologies are driving the rapid expansion of AI in and across our everyday lives.

The Desire for More Research in Kids’ Media

by AnneMarie McClain
December 2, 2024

When we look to the gold standards of research-practice integration in children’s media established by Sesame Workshop, we know that it is possible for research and practice to be harmoniously

Into the Digital Future: Digital Self-Harm and Empathy in the Digital Age with Sameer Hinduja

by Laura Higgins and Jordan Shapiro
November 25, 2024

In this episode of Into the Digital Future, Dr. Sameer Hinduja, Co-Director of the Cyberbullying Research Center, joins hosts Laura Higgins and Jordan Shapiro to explore the complexities of youth

What Children Think About “Age Appropriateness” in Games

by Bronwyn Swerdfager, Riley McNair, and Alan Bui
November 4, 2024

In the last five years, there has been mounting public interest in the relationship between digital technology use and children’s wellbeing. New policies and legislation aimed at promoting children’s rights

Different but complementary: Navigating AI’s role in children’s learning and development

by Ying Xu
October 7, 2024

As a researcher focusing on AI and child development (and also as a parent of two), I have seen many instances of kids talking to conversational AI agents like Siri,

Bringing RITEC Learnings to Life and Putting them into Practice

by Sarah Jacobstein
July 16, 2024

During the week of the 2024 Games for Change Festival, the Cooney Center had the privilege of helping to organize a series of events to bring the Responsible Innovation in

Why Children Are Susceptible to Online Misinformation

by Andrew Shtulman
June 5, 2024

In February 2019, a story titled “California newborn becomes first baby to be named an emoji” circulated widely on social media. The story claimed a mother had named her baby

Using Hypothetical ‘Would You Rather’ Scenarios to Discuss Privacy and Security Concepts with Children

by Elana Blinder
May 20, 2024

When I was a fourth-grade teacher, a minor scandal broke out when a student—who had proudly shared his private password with several friends—logged into our school library platform to find

Designing Edtech for Young Learners

by Daimen Sagastume and Evo Popoff
May 9, 2024

Key ideas and recommendations for edtech developersChildren aren’t small adults. This might seem obvious to parents and educators, but, as we learned in our research for the recently released whitepaper,

New Research from UNICEF Innocenti Tests the RITEC Framework with Kids

by Sarah Jacobstein
April 30, 2024

We are very excited to share new research produced by UNICEF Innocenti – Global Office of Research and Foresight as part of the Responsible Innovation in Technology for Children (RITEC)

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