Even the little ones will have theirs artificial intelligence: announced it Elon Musk With an X post in which he explained that his company is about to develop a new application reserved for children’s content called “Baby Grok” just a week after launching “Grok 4”, that is, the new update of the linguistic model of the Made in the USA company.
Musk’s move
“We will create Baby Grok XAI, an app dedicated to content suitable for children“, The billionaire announced but without releasing, publicly, more details on how this new project will work. As mentioned, a few days ago the company has however had to apologize for some anti -Semitic content caused by”a failure to update the BOT Code path“As the company wrote in a note.
But the controversies also concerned a language for adults too pushed used by the chatbots called “Companions” despite having been regularly set the mode for the little ones. Boaz Barak, a member of the technical staff of Openai, with some x X posts has criticized the low quality of the controls on the contents of the novelty with floureds in the system quite evident. “I appreciate the scientists and engineers of XAI but the way in which safety was managed is completely irresponsible“.
The analogy with Google
It will not be a coincidence that the novelty announced by Musk is following what already conceived by Google who has launched an Gemini version for children who are less than 13 years old who can be testing with various and stimulating curiosities that are needed both for help in homework but also simply to get to know new and important notions. Parents can sleep peacefully since there is a special app, “Family Link” that allows pope and mother to always keep the research and contents that use their children under control.
The criticisms, however, are not lacking: some childhood safety experts expressed perplexity on Baby Grok especially for the potential impact of artificial intelligence on children including exposure to dangerous concepts, the development of unhealthy relationships and greater vulnerability to exploitation. “If Baby Grok represents a real commitment in the creation of safe artificial intelligence for children or simply a strategic move of public relations remains to be seen, since XAI has yet to demonstrate a coherent moderation of content even in its existing products “, say the most critical.
Telefono Azzurro’s comment
The release of the new artificial intelligence model Grok 4 of Xai, with the introduction of the virtual partner “Ani”, has turned on even more the spotlight on the safety of children and teenagers in an era in which the interactions with chatbot are becoming an integral part of everyday life. Telephone Azzurro He highlighted how 84% of teenagers (13-17 years) have already interacted at least once with a chatbot AI and that one in 6 boy does it regularly because he has no one else to talk to according to the Average Common Sense data of 2025.
“We cannot let the innovation become a new gray vulnerability area for children “said Ernesto Caffo, president of Telefono Azzurro. “We ask for compulsory verification of age, a Child-Safe and smart filters design, together with a national digital education program for families and schools “ – concludes Caffo.