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How parents can help teens use AI safely

Teen use of artificial intelligence chatbots is growing, and psychologists worry it’s affecting their social development and mental health. Here’s what parents should know to help kids use the technology safely.

NPR’s Rhitu Chatterjee reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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