We've set a new bar for any partner offering facial age estimation, including that it must be performed entirely on-device, meaning your biometric data never leaves your phone. Persona did not meet that bar.
"At the end of the day we actually see a lot of agreement," says Sunny Liu, director of research programs at Stanford. She highlighted the group's excitement for "ways we can use these tools to bring other people together." How AI companions can impact young people was a primary topic of discussion, with perspectives from employees at Character.AI, which is designed for roleplaying and has been popular with teenagers, as well as experts in teenagers online health.
As a matter of fact, on Thursday, the Google (GOOGL)-owned site said it's launching a feature that lets permanently removed users apply to create a new channel. This is a big change from YouTube's older policy, which banned creators for life. In a blog post, the company said, "We know many terminated creators deserve a second chance," and shared that it wants to help these users start fresh and return to the platform.
