New Delhi, Jan. 24 -- Meta on Friday announced that it is stopping teens' access to its AI characters globally across its apps. The ban itself is 'temporary' and will apply not only to anyone who has a teen birthday but also to users who claim to be adults but are suspected to be teens according to the company's age prediction technology.

With the new restriction, teens will no longer be able to access the custom-built Meta AI characters. However, they will still have access to the standard Meta AI assistant with 'default, age-appropriate protections in place'. The tech giant said that it is also planning to give parents access to the conversations their teens have with the chatbot.

Meta had announced in October that it was building new...