The use of AI is never a purely technical matter: when it enters processes that affect people’s lives, it touches on rights, opportunities, status and freedom"
—Pope Leo XIV
According to the ministry, citing Wiseapp Retail data from April 2026, ChatGPT had an estimated 23.45 million monthly active users (MAU) in South Korea, followed by Gemini with 8.45 million and Claude with 2.41 million.
India is deploying an AI-powered chatbot in Maharashtra to streamline access to skills training, jobs and apprenticeship pathways for its large youth workforce.
The Australian government had set a deadline of March 9, 2026 for all search engines and app stores to comply with the age filter.
As per the bill, the new law requires companies that run AI chatbots to clearly inform users that they are communicating with an AI system and not a human. It also includes special protections if the system believes the user might be a minor.
AI chatbot of Snapchat has become a new flashpoint of controversy in the Snapchat Fentanyl deaths row as parents demand its ban.
