This report was published by UNICEF Innocenti.

HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT:

As part of our AI for children project, UNICEF has updated its guidance (version 3) to promote children’s rights in government and private sector AI policies and practices, and to raise awareness of how AI systems can uphold or undermine these rights.

Drawing on the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the guidance offers 10 requirements for child-centered AI:

1. Ensure regulatory frameworks, oversight and compliance for child-centred AI
2. Ensure safety for children
3. Protect children’s data and privacy
4. Ensure non-discrimination and fairness for children
5. Provide transparency, explainability and accountability for children
6. Respect human and child rights through responsible AI practice
7. Support children’s best interests, development and well-being
8. Ensure inclusion of and for children
9. Prepare and skill children for present and future developments in AI
10. Create an enabling environment for child-centred AI

This third edition of the UNICEF guidance on AI and children was prompted by rapid advances in AI technologies, such as generative AI, increased adoption of AI systems by children, emergent opportunities and risks with regard to children’s rights, and changes in the AI governance landscape.