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Former White House AI chief: Heres how to protect kids from harm


Bruce Reed joins Common Sense Media to help prevent another tech-fueled youth mental health crisis.

When Bruce Reed served in the Biden administration as the president's deputy chief of staff, he led the effort on working with leading AI companies like Anthropic and OpenAI on voluntary comittments to ensure the safety of their products. While some experts disagree that social media drove an increase in mental health conditions amongst youth, parents are already stepping forward with grave concerns about how their children are engaging with AI chatbots. Reed also doesn't seem intimidated by the shifting political calculus now that Donald Trump is back in the White House, having given the impression that AI technology companies have carte blanche to pursue "dominance."

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