Recital 8

This Regulation also complements Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council⁽⁵⁾, which sets out a comprehensive, risk-based framework for the regulation of AI in the Union. Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 prohibits certain AI practices, including harmful exploitation of minors’ vulnerabilities and manipulation. Furthermore, it lays down requirements for high-risk AI systems, transparency requirements for interactive and generative AI systems and obligations for providers of the most capable general-purpose AI models to assess and mitigate systemic risks, including risks to the safety and well-being of minors. Without prejudice to the requirements and obligations set out in Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, this Regulation aims to address the particular risks posed to minors by AI companions and general conversational chatbots and to specify harmonised measures that providers of those AI systems should adopt to ensure a high level of protection of minors’ health and safety and to support their physical, mental and emotional well-being and development.