AI privacy

Don't Tell the Chatbot Your Secrets

At midnight Gary tells Chaty Tuna everything: his password, his address and his fear of seaweed. On Ask Octavia Live, callers learn that chatbots are fun and useful, but they're not a friend or a diary, and they can be confidently wrong.

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Today's rule: Chat smart: no secrets, check the facts.

What kids learn

A chatbot isn't a friend or a diary
Never type passwords, addresses, schools or secrets
Check important answers with a grown-up

Quiz time

Can you get them all?

Which of these is okay to tell a chatbot?

A chatbot tells you something surprising. What should you do?

Play the game

🤖 Chat Smart

Chatbots are fun helpers, not diaries. What’s okay to type?

For parents & teachers

Talk about it together

Explain that a chatbot is a computer program, not a friend or a diary.
Children should never type passwords, addresses, schools, photos of themselves or secrets into a chatbot.
Chatbots can be confidently wrong, so check important answers with a grown-up or a trusted source.
Agree which AI tools are okay to use, and use them together at first.