Google is going to let teens use Bard, though with some guardrails

Bard will be available for teens in “most countries around the world” as long as they meet Google’s minimum age requirement to be in charge of their own account, Doshi says. (For many countries, that age is 13; Google lists the exceptions in a support document.) To start, teens will only be able to use Bard in English, but Doshi says Google will add more languages “over time.”

Google has a few safety measures to help teens understand how generative AI works and prevent them from seeing unsafe content.

The company is adding some new features to Bard that might be particularly helpful to teens but are things that everyone else can use, too. When you type in a math equation or upload a picture of one, Bard will spell out an explanation of how to solve the problem. (Over time, Google been making Search a better tool for homework.) Bard will also be able to make charts from tables or data in a prompt, Doshi says.