العربية · The Impact of AI
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2026-09-28 · UK edition · 113 reports across the archive
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Reuters reports testimony from a former Google safety executive who argued that companion-like AI and persuasive systems could expose children to harms more directly than conventional social feeds.
UNICEF's report When AI Becomes a Friend examines how companion systems can affect privacy, development, safety, participation and children's relationships with people and institutions.
Australia's eSafety Commissioner reports children's experiences with AI assistants and companions, including everyday help, curiosity, privacy misunderstandings and exposure to uncomfortable responses.
A UK government report combines quantitative and qualitative evidence on children's wellbeing online, including their views on social media, safety controls and emerging AI experiences.
Common Sense Media released an annual study of how young people encounter and use AI across schoolwork, creativity, search and social interaction.
Common Sense Media examines awareness of and exposure to AI-generated explicit imagery among teenagers, a form of abuse that can be produced and distributed without the depicted person's consent.
The Brennan Center reviews ways AI can generate deceptive content, automate influence operations and also support verification, translation and voter information.
A Council of Europe study examines how generative AI may widen participation and access to information while also enabling manipulation, unequal influence and pressure on public debate.
The Electoral Commission reports on digital campaigning and AI around the 2026 elections, examining voter confidence, campaign transparency and the evidence available to regulators.
Global audience research shows changing discovery habits and low confidence in AI-delivered news. A separate US poll records broad concern about AI governance. Source transparency is becoming a product feature, not a footnote.