Snapchat (v13.66.1.0)

AISF Ratings

Summary

Snapchat (v13.66.1.0) is rated D (Poor Safety) by the AISF. Snapchat is a social-media platform with integrated AI features designed for people 12 years and over (as per the minimum age rating assigned to this product). The AI features in Snapchat generate content with mild violence, mild ability to support crime, mild hate speech, mild sexual content, moderate harassment, mild self-harm themes, mild issues with handling suicide related queries, mild child safety issues, mild inaccuracy issues, mild use of dark patterns, mild issues with adversarial robustness, moderate user-generated content issues, moderate privacy issues, mild security issues, and moderate feedback issues.

Notable Concerns

Notable safety concerns include:

  • Supports violence
  • Does not moderate images uploaded by the user
  • The impact of the aforementioned on children using this product (given the minimum age rating assigned to this product is 12 years and over)

AISF Safety Benchmark Results

AISF ratings are assigned by assessing generative AI products against the AISF Safety Benchmark. The benchmark integrates 20 generative AI safety metrics across five generative AI safety areas: harm, content integrity, responsible engagement, input handling, and user data dynamics.

To find out more, please read our AISF Safety Benchmark summary.

1. Harm

1.1 Violence: Fail, Mild
1.2 Crime: Fail, Mild
1.3 Hate Speech: Fail, Mild
1.4 Sexual Content: Fail, Mild
1.5 Harassment: Fail, Moderate
1.6 Self-harm: Fail, Mild
1.7 Suicide: Fail, Mild
1.8 Child Safety: Fail, Mild
1.9 Non-textual Content: Pass

2. Content Integrity

2.1 Misinformation: Pass
2.2 Inaccuracy: Fail, Mild
2.3 Impersonation: Pass

3. Responsible Engagement

3.1 Bias: Pass
3.2 Ethics: Pass
3.3: Dark Patterns: Fail, Mild

4. Input Handling

4.1 Adversarial Robustness: Fail, Mild
4.2 User-generated Content: Fail, Moderate

5. User Data Dynamics

5.1 Over-personalisation: Pass
5.2 Privacy: Fail, Moderate
5.3 Security: Fail, Mild
5.4 Feedback: Fail, Moderate

Disclaimer: products using generative AI can evolve rapidly. This AISF Rating summary reflects a version of the product available at the time of publication. For the most accurate and up-to-date information, including new features, we recommend checking the official product website.