Ages and accounts
The minimum ages for ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Copilot, Meta AI, Character.AI, Snapchat and WhatsApp, each with the date it was checked and with the country differences spelled out. There is also what happens when school asks for an account your child is too young to hold, what stays stored inside it, and which services offer parental controls at all.
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September 3, 2026
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There is no correct age that works for every family, so the useful question is not what age but whether the time has come. Here are the maturity questions that answer it, and the…
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August 31, 2026
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My AI has no age of its own, it inherits Snapchat's: the terms point to 13, or the higher minimum age that applies where you live. The number worth knowing is the second one, beca…
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August 25, 2026
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Meta's AI terms for the European Union set 13, or the higher minimum legal age of the country. The surprise is not the number but the packaging: Meta AI is not a separate app, it…
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August 18, 2026
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Character.AI removed open-ended chat with Characters for users under 18, with the change due to take effect no later than 25 November 2025. Below that age the creative features re…
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August 1, 2026
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The European AI Act gains two prohibitions covering manipulated imagery of identifiable people. What the text actually says, and what changes for a family, and what does not.
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August 1, 2026
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Copilot sets a floor of 13, but where the statutory account age is higher, that one wins. The UK and the US are 13, Canada 14, most of the EU 16, Australia 18.
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August 1, 2026
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Claude does not follow the age-13 rule most people assume. Anthropic's consumer terms require users to be adults, in every country, with no supervised-account route underneath.
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July 31, 2026
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That day national authorities can start enforcing much of the EU AI Act. For families less changes than it sounds, and it pays to know exactly what.
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July 30, 2026
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Many schools work with Gemini or Classroom, but an under-18 pupil has the use cut back, and on a personal account your country's age applies. Nobody tells the families.
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July 29, 2026
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ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Meta AI and My AI let an adult step in. Perplexity, Grok and Canva admit 13 year olds and offer no controls at all.
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July 28, 2026
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Eight of the ten assistants families actually use allow 13 year olds. Two require 18: Claude and Character.AI. One of those two is the one teenagers like most.
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July 27, 2026
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Gemini rides on a Google Account, and the minimum age for one is set country by country. Ireland is 16, France 15, Portugal 13.
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July 24, 2026
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The recommended age, what the terms actually say, and what really matters when you decide at home.
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