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Insights for safe Kids-AI
Practical knowledge, regulatory context and research updates on safe AI for children and young people.
AI Act · Compliance
What the EU AI Act from 02 Aug 2026 means for Kids-AI
The EU AI Act takes effect in stages: GPAI since 02 August 2025, standard obligations from 02 August 2026, health high-risk from 02 August 2027, education high-risk from 02 December 2027. Children's products get audited first. What changes, and what providers need to prepare today.
April 22, 2026 · Reading time approx. 9 minutes
Read articleSovereignty · Infrastructure
Why “servers in Germany” is not just a marketing argument
“Servers in Germany” has become a marketing cliché. For Kids-AI, however, the hosting country remains an architecture decision with hard regulatory, pedagogical and security consequences.
April 8, 2026 · Reading time approx. 8 minutes
Read articlePartner · Verticalisation
When a Bundesliga club brings its mascot into Kids-AI
A German professional football club has brought its mascot as an independent avatar into the KinderGPT app. What distinguishes Bundesliga verticalisation from daycare verticalisation, and what clubs can learn from it.
March 18, 2026 · Reading time approx. 7 minutes
Read articleProduct · Partner
Furrington moves into the KinderGPT app
From the trade-fair stand at Spielwarenmesse Nuremberg into children's everyday life: Furrington becomes an avatar in the KinderGPT app. What the integration shows about our avatar pipeline and brand partnerships.
February 5, 2026 · Reading time approx. 6 minutes
Read articleTeam · Company
Seven new heads with CISPA DNA at HillcrownAI
At the turn of 2025/26 HillcrownAI grows by seven people with platform and cybersecurity experience, several with a CISPA background. What this means for schools, providers and partners.
January 14, 2026 · Reading time approx. 6 minutes
Read articleResearch · Architecture
We don't read chats, and still learn every day
Why we consistently encrypt chat content, how we learn structurally with selected test families, and what that demands from our infrastructure.
September 23, 2025 · Reading time approx. 8 minutes
Read articleCompliance · Data protection
Data protection before pedagogy: how providers really audit Kids-AI
How corporate daycare and school providers audit Kids-AI, why one enthusiastic site is not enough, and which documents must be ready in sales from day one.
July 9, 2025 · Reading time approx. 8 minutes
Read articleArchitecture · Platform
An own pipeline for Kids-AI, why a wrapper is not enough
Content filters, language register, avatar pool and moderation must live beneath the prompt. Why HillcrownAI builds an own pipeline rather than a wrapper.
February 11, 2025 · Reading time approx. 7 minutes
Read articleVision · About us
Why HillcrownAI exists, and what we do differently for Kids-AI in Europe
In summer 2024 no one spoke publicly about Kids-AI. Why we do not bet on US general-purpose models, and what schools, publishers, brands and public providers need now.
August 19, 2024 · Reading time approx. 6 minutes
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