Ethical AI? Children’s rights and autonomy in digital spaces

Childhood records, once kept safe in paper files and family memory books, now exist as records in the digital cloud. This data has become increasingly connected during the past decade, giving rise to opportunities for public health agencies to collaborate, families to thrive, and artificial intelligence (AI) databases to grow. For www.parenting.digital, Stacey Steinberg discusses the dilemmas surrounding the ethical application of these databases and how they can be used to improve outcomes for children, as well as the potential dangers also visible as we look out on the AI horizon.