Prince Harry has opened up on why he and Meghan have refused to share photos of Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet's faces while telling parents they "should be really worried" about putting pictures of their kids online.
The prince explained that due to the "surge of unregulated AI" and the uncertainty about how the pictures will be used, he and Meghan have kept their children's faces off social media.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been outspoken about the dangers of unregulated AI and social media in the past, previously outlining their plans to safeguard children.
Speaking to American comedian and actor Hasan Minhaj, Harry said: "Parents can do whatever they want" on posting their children online.
Prince Harry spoke about the dangers for parents posing photos of their kids online.
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However, Harry warned: "The reality is from what I've learnt, what I've seen, what I've heard and experienced, especially through the parents network, is you should be really worried, concerned and cautious about putting photographs of your kids online, especially now.
"With this surge of unregulated AI, you just don't know where it's going to go. You don't know how it's going to be [used]."
The prince discussed the dangers of social media and shared the age at which he feels young people should be given access to social media.
He explained: "I think you know, once your brain is properly formed, you are starting to learn who you are.
The royal believes 21 is 'a sensible age' to get social media.
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have kept their children's faces hidden across social media.
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"I think 21 is a sensible age. But the companies don't, they won't ever allow that. They will throw tens of millions of dollars to lobby against that."
The Duke of Sussex explained that people do not know the dangers of AI and accused individuals from major tech companies of being "evil" and "wicked".
Harry said: "When you have AI experts coming forward raising the alarm bells and they're being ignored then we should be you know doubly concerned.
"A whistleblower came forward from Meta, exposing the written policies, right?
Harry accused some individuals working for Meta of being 'sick' and 'wicked'.
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"The written policies that were acceptable within Meta regarding their chat bots, not someone else's content, not someone else's creation, their own internal chat bots.
"Meta had written a policy that basically allowed these chatbots to flirt with children.
"When they were exposed in the Reuters story, they turned around and said, 'Oh, that was a mistake. We've now removed that wording.'
"It's like, how could that possibly be a mistake? It went all the way up to your legal team."
The prince called for people to 'snap out' of the social media bubble.
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The prince pushed people to "snap out of" the social media bubble and "acknowledge" the reality of AI and social media.
Harry added: "There's some really evil, wicked people at the heart of this who want to farm our children's mindset and market it for themselves."
Over two-thirds of children aged three to 17 use social media, with activity increasing significantly with age.
Some 95 per cent of 16-17-year-olds use social media, and just over half are under 13s, despite most platforms requiring users to be at least 13.
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