New Delhi, Feb. 16 -- UNICEF India Representative Cynthia McCaffrey on Monday said that artificial intelligence offers a "tremendous opportunity" for children's learning and development, but stressed that safeguards must be built into systems from the outset.

Speaking to ANI, McCaffrey said both UNICEF and the Government of India see AI as a powerful tool to expand children's horizons.

"AI is a tremendous opportunity to expand horizons, to open opportunities about how children can learn, the type of knowledge that teachers, parents and others can have access to," she said.

At the same time, she underlined the need for early protections, she said " It's important to identify those guardrails and those regulations that governments can pu...