The Second Workshop on Child-Centered AI Design (CCAI)
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AI-powered solutions are increasingly woven into the fabric of children’s digital worlds. They’re found in interactive toys, home automation systems, everyday apps, and various online services that young users engage with. As we look ahead, it’s almost certain that the prevalence of AI in tools and platforms designed for kids will grow, given AI’s ability to offer rich, tailored, and dynamic experiences. However, the nuances of how these AI-centric platforms cater to children and how they can be optimized to meet the unique needs of younger users remain largely underexplored. Building on the momentum from our inaugural CCAI workshop at CHI 2023, our aspirations for this year’s workshop include: (1) deepening the discourse on the essence of AI that prioritizes children, (2) focusing on actionable ethical strategies to operationalise child-centered AI design principles into practice, and (3) cultivating an ever-growing collective of professionals passionate about the future of child-focused AI innovations.
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Recent CHI and IDC workshops examine how to translate child-centered AI principles into practice.
“This conversation has been extended in recent CHI and IDC workshops, which examine how to translate these principles into practice [5,54]”
From Child-AI Co-Creation: A Review of the Current Research Landscape and a Proposal for Six Design Considerations (2025) · cites this paper as [5]
There has been increased focus on designing child-centered AI that are developmentally appropriate and sensitive to children's needs, capabilities, and rights.
“In parallel, there has been an increased focus on designing childcentered AI that are developmentally appropriate and sensitive to children's needs, capabilities, and rights [5,44,54].”
From Child-AI Co-Creation: A Review of the Current Research Landscape and a Proposal for Six Design Considerations (2025) · cites this paper as [5]
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- Authors
- Atabey, A., Wang, G., Johnston, S.-K., Lin, G. C., Wilson, C., Urquhart, L. D., & Zhao, J.
- Affiliations
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
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- Venue
- Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
- Publisher
- ACM
- Published
- 2024-05-11
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- 1-6
- OpenAlex
- W4396832535
- Cited by
- 9
- References
- 25
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 4
- FWCI
- 30.40
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Locations
- CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA) (publishedVersion)
- Edinburgh Research Explorer (University of Edinburgh) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Edinburgh Research Explorer (University of Edinburgh) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Child Development and Digital Technology
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
- Keywords
- ethical AI design, interactive toys, children's apps
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