This report offers an accessible way for parents, educators, policymakers and anyone in children’s lives to think about some of the challenges that come from younger children’s use and engagement with artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tools, devices and toys, ranging from AI chatbots and companions to AI teddy bears.

This report highlights nine of the most urgent challenges and issues in terms of everyday use of GenAI tools, especially when children might be using these systems. All of these are in urgent need of greater research, including hearing more from children and young people about how they use, and how they wish to (or...