Snapchat AI chatbot 'may risk children's privacy'

Snapchat has been accused of a "worrying failure" to assess the potential privacy risks its AI chatbot poses to users - especially children - by the UK's data watchdog.

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) warned it could close down the My AI feature in the UK after a "preliminary investigation".

Snapchat has been accused of a "worrying failure" to assess the potential privacy risks its AI chatbot poses to users - especially children - by the UK's data watchdog.
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) warned it could close down the My AI feature in the UK after a "preliminary investigation".

The ICO said that if a final enforcement notice was to be adopted, Snap might not be able to offer the My AI function to UK users until the company carries out "an adequate risk assessment".