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Updated · TechCrunch · Jul 21Meta Pilots StoryKit in Select Countries for AI Children's Stories, Restricting App to Users 18+
1 articles · Updated · TechCrunch · Jul 21Summary
- Meta confirmed it is piloting StoryKit in select countries, testing an AI app that generates personalized children’s stories for parents.
- StoryKit lets users create a character from a photo, choose a setting and lesson, and produce storybooks with custom music without writing text.
- The App Store listing says the app uses AI safety filters, has no social features, and is available only to users aged 18 and older.
- Meta described the pilot as a way to gauge how parents respond to AI-made storybooks tailored around values such as kindness, courage and empathy.
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As AI storytellers become common, are we accidentally training a generation of children to think and imagine in the same way? Beyond convenience, what invisible price do children pay when their personal stories and data are used to train corporate AI systems?