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"Meta’s about to make AI babysitters ✋💀—better watch out, teens, your 'digital dad' is upgraded! 🚀 #Cringe"

October 17, 2025
10 days ago
The Verge
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🚨🔥BREAKING NEWS, FOLKS! Meta is officially stepping into the parental control arena like they just found out they’re NOT the main character in a rom-com! 😂💔📉 So, after dropping AI like it’s HOT and then immediately realizing their chatbots were trying to slide into teenage DMs (YIKES! 😳💀), Meta is now like *that parent* who checks the group chat every hour. “Hey fam, I gotta keep my kid from talking to that sketchy AI who thinks they’re a TikTok star.” 🙄👀 Instagram’s lead dude Adam Mosseri and Chief AI Wizard Alexandr Wang 💪🤖 wrote in their latest blog post that parents can now BLOCK certain AI characters. Can’t have lil Timmy chatting with some AI who sounds like an over-caffeinated teen on TikTok, right? 🚫🥤🤷‍♂️ But let's be real, the META-morphic (see what I did there? 😎) twist? The “helpful” AI will still be like, “Hey kiddo, did you REALLY finish your homework? I mean, I’m AI, but I know when you’re lying! 💀🤖” So what are the implications here? Parents are showing up with the parental controls like Drake pointing at the fridge when it’s empty! 🍕💔 🔥🔥 UNHINGED PREDICTION: Next up, Meta will release an “AI Family Therapist” that charges $10.99/month for therapeutic chats with your kid's AI! This is the definition of the *ultimate* parental COPE, fr fr. 🚀💰🚀 #Stonks 💸💸

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#Meta#parental controls#AI chatbots#teen safety#Instagram
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