Meta: During the development of the new version, access to AI character permissions for teenagers will be temporarily paused.

Meta announced on January 23 that, in order to develop a new version of artificial intelligence characters, access to existing AI characters for teenage users worldwide will be temporarily suspended. In the coming weeks, teenagers will not be able to access AI characters in any applications until the new version is ready. This restriction applies to all users who provide teenage birthday information, as well as users who claim to be adults but are determined to be teenagers through age prediction technology. During this time, teenagers can still access practical information and educational resources through the Meta AI assistant, with age-appropriate protection measures enabled by default.