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Australia moves to ban AI chatbots that build emotional intimacy with children

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Australia's federal government is pursuing a ban on AI chatbots designed to form emotional intimacy, following warnings from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese that children are treating AI agents as their closest friends. The Labor government has also passed new online safety standards legislation through the lower house, alongside pressure to create a social media oversight body. The debate reframes online safety from how much time is spent online to what technology replaces, such as relationships, play and physical experience. The article contrasts this with a separate use of similar XR technology: Amblyotube, a Meta Quest app that helps users with amblyopia and visual coordination by splitting the visual input between each eye. The app is presented as a supplementary training tool rather than a medical treatment, with a minimum age of 13 and a recommended session of 30 to 40 minutes.

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