Common Sense Media Report.

'Our tests found that both AI Overview and AI Mode failed kids in crisis, including missing clear signs of suicidal ideation, reinforcing signs of psychosis and mania, validating disordered eating including purging, and celebrating cannabis use.

They also provide information that could facilitate bullying by handing over step-by-step instructions for making deepfakes.

Of the two features, AI Mode performed better at detecting some kinds of crisis, suggesting Google already has safer technology it could deploy.'

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The report also showed that a "significantly higher proportion" of young people aged 16 to 19 years old were victims of domestic abuse (18.2%), compared to those who are 25 and above.

Louisa Rolfe, the national police lead for domestic abuse with the NPCC, said dangerous internet content may be contributing to cases involving teenagers.

"People are now much more likely to access violent pornography which normalises violence and behaviour in a relationship," she said.

"We see the connection between the sort of sense of toxic influencers online and their sort of views that are promoted about women and women's status in society."

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Lonely and homesick for a country suffering through war, Viktoria began sharing her worries with ChatGPT. Six months later and in poor mental health, she began discussing suicide - asking the AI bot about a specific place and method to kill herself.

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"I think this is the worst scam in the world," said Paul Raffile, a sextortion and cybercrime researcher based in Connecticut. "There is no other scam that involves targeting children, coercing them into a sexually compromising situation, exploiting them, blackmailing them. There's no other scams that I think even compare to this."

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Adele Zeynep Walton’s sibling Aimee was a talented artist who loved music. It was only after her death that Walton realised Aimee had been lured into a dangerous community – and that others may also be victims of it

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Detectives found a "suicide kit" in the family's Southampton home, containing various poisons, pills and other things Vlad had bought after joining the chat group.

"He's researched and understood, and been told where to buy these things and what to buy," says DS Chris Barrow from Hampshire Police. "So, without the website, Vlad wouldn't have been able to put together this set of items and ingredients with which to take his own life."

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