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National use of AI chatbots for teen advice is rising. Fresno Unified has published safety guidance and families are weighing how to keep kids safe on chat apps.
About 1 in 5 teens used AI chatbots for mental health advice this year, up from about 1 in 8. Instagram now alerts supervising parents if a teen’s chats with Meta AI show potential self-harm content.
Kern Family Health Care used a phone-based AI to reach 387,000 members as Medi-Cal rules tighten. State officials say plans can remind members but counties decide eligibility.
Bakersfield-based Kern Family Health Care says its AI caller is boosting renewals as California resets Medi-Cal rules, while state officials and researchers warn on oversight.
Judge Kristi Culver Kapetan said the Fresno law firm took steps to fix a court filing with four fake and seven improper case citations in a city lawsuit.
