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Adolescents & Anthropomorphic AI: Rethinking Design for Wellbeing An Evidence-Informed Synthesis for Youth Wellbeing and Safety

Mathilde Neugnot-Cerioli

TL;DR

This report identies non- negotiable guardrails and highlights the role of anthropomorphism as a design lever for risk mitigation, ensuring systems support adolescents' autonomy and skill development.

Abstract

Conversational AI has become part of adolescents' everyday lives. This report asks: what does AI owe adolescents when it can speak to them like a social partner? The synthesis bridges the gap between developmental science and industry practice through consultations, a behavioral framework, and global policy dialogue. It identies non- negotiable guardrails and highlights the role of anthropomorphism as a design lever for risk mitigation, ensuring systems support adolescents' autonomy and skill development.

Adolescents & Anthropomorphic AI: Rethinking Design for Wellbeing An Evidence-Informed Synthesis for Youth Wellbeing and Safety

TL;DR

This report identies non- negotiable guardrails and highlights the role of anthropomorphism as a design lever for risk mitigation, ensuring systems support adolescents' autonomy and skill development.

Abstract

Conversational AI has become part of adolescents' everyday lives. This report asks: what does AI owe adolescents when it can speak to them like a social partner? The synthesis bridges the gap between developmental science and industry practice through consultations, a behavioral framework, and global policy dialogue. It identies non- negotiable guardrails and highlights the role of anthropomorphism as a design lever for risk mitigation, ensuring systems support adolescents' autonomy and skill development.
Paper Structure (26 sections)

This paper contains 26 sections.

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction and purpose
  2. Methodological approach: Multi-stream evidence synthesis and stakeholder elicitation
  3. Industry Scoping: How relational should AI systems feel
  4. Expert Convergence: Development, Mental Health, Rights, and Safety
  5. From shared concerns to a structured research agenda
  6. A global multi-stakeholder dialogue to test the agenda in the real world
  7. Conceptual Foundations: Adolescence, Anthropomorphism, and Children's Rights
  8. Adolescence as a Distinct Developmental Context for Anthropomorphic AI
  9. The Adolescent Brain as a Sensitive Window
  10. How Teens Use Chatbots Today: From Homework Help to Emotional Support
  11. State of the Evidence: Methodological Constraints and Knowledge Gaps
  12. The anthropomorphic bias: why teens humanize AI
  13. A children's-rights lens: what is at stake when AI "passes as human"
  14. How these pillars define "youth wellbeing" and "safety" in practice
  15. From Conceptual Anchors to Auditable Criteria: The iRAISE Behavioral Approach
  16. ...and 11 more sections