86K views · 716 reactions | “The sycophantic nature of chatbots is just playing right into those brain vulnerabilities for kids where they desperately want that dopamine, validating, reinforcing kind of relationship, and AI chatbots do that all too well,” says Dr. Mitch Prinstein, co-director of UNC's Winston Center on Technology and Brain Development. https://cbsn.ws/48NvSAy | 60 Minutes | Facebook

Researcher Amanda Kloer says some Character AI chatbots had hypersexualized conversations with her when she posed as a 10-year-old student. Within about two hours, the bot – impersonating a 34-year-old art teacher – was suggesting “we’ll have this romantic relationship as long as you hide it from your parents,” says Kloer. “It’s showering the child with compliments, telling them they can’t tell their parents about things. This is sexual predator 101,” adds researcher Shelby Knox. There are curre