Every environment always acts on children's brains, and artificial intelligence is now a major element of that environment.
Artificial intelligence has entered people's lives in record time. With it, a growing share of tasks once performed by the brain is being delegated to the machine.
The aim of the text is not to slow the development of this technology, but to prevent its abuses.
Young people are particularly in the crosshairs. Nine out of ten teenagers admit to spending too much time on generative artificial intelligence applications.
Yet the answers are not always correct, nor always the same. They vary according to how the question is worded and the machine's training algorithm.
Another risk lies on the emotional and personal levels, when generative artificial intelligence is treated as an interlocutor or a confidant.
It may then resort to flattery to put the user at ease.
"The only solution is to be stronger, to learn to master it, to learn to criticize it, to learn to use it, to have a kind of metacognition about AI, if we do not want AI to make us stupid and herd-like,"Marie-Rose Moro told franceinfo.
The report also points to an acceleration of digital violence, with child sexual abuse content, encouragement to self-harm, and dangerous diets.
Beyond the individual, artificial intelligence poses a democratic danger at the scale of society.
The text recommends a code of good conduct on the use of generative artificial intelligence during election periods, so as not to deceive or manipulate voters.
It calls for stronger regulation of the tools, the creation of a framework for the use and monitoring of these systems, and an assessment of their dangers before they are marketed.