AYO: A Safe and Privacy-Preserving Platform for Studying Children's Interaction with LLMs
arXiv:2611.10054v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Children and adolescents are increasingly interacting with generative AI and large language models (LLMs), yet little is known about how these interactions may influence their development, beliefs, and behavior. Existing research has relied heavily on surveys, while direct study of children's interactions with LLMs presents substantial challenges related to safety, privacy, consent, and experimental control. We introduce AYO (AI Youth Open Science), an open-source platform designed for safe and systematic research on children's interactions with