Snapchat My AI: A Parent’s Guide

My AI is a conversational assistant built into Snapchat. It can answer questions and participate in chats, but its responses can be incorrect, biased, harmful, or misleading. Snapchat advises users not to rely on it for advice or share confidential or sensitive information. A parent can discuss ordinary uses such as brainstorming or definitions while making clear that urgent, health, legal, or safety concerns need trusted human support. Snapchat’s My AI privacy page says the service stores content sent to and received from My AI until it is deleted in the app or the account is deleted. It says shared content and, if enabled, location information may be used to improve products and personalize the experience, including ads. Snapchat also says deletion of My AI data can take up to 30 days. Read the current product notice because settings and terms can change, and be careful not to assume that messages to My AI work like private Snaps with friends. For teens, Snapchat Family Center lets an enrolled parent or caregiver see recent conversation contacts and manage selected settings, including disabling My AI replies. Snapchat says trusted adults cannot see the content of a teen’s My AI chats. Availability and age eligibility can vary by region and account. Parents can discuss privacy, show the teen how to delete stored My AI data, and decide whether to disable access. Family controls are one part of supervision; they do not replace conversation about online interactions or a trusted adult for serious concerns.