WCW Contributes to Health Advisory on AI and Adolescent Wellbeing
Senior Research Scientist Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., director of the Youth, Media & Wellbeing Research Lab, contributed to the American Psychological Association's health advisory calling for guardrails and education to protect adolescent AI users.
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