Under the framework, AI platforms must determine user age (or age band), apply age-appropriate safeguards, and reduce risks including sexual exploitation and self-harm exposure. The proviso that it applies to any service “likely to be accessed by minors” casts a wide net, which will include chatbots, generative AI tools and consumer-facing AI systems. In effect, it positions privacy preserving age assurance as a front-end gating mechanism for AI interaction – a critical piece of core platform infrastructure for AI.