WndrCo founding partner Jeffrey Katzenberg warned that the impact of kids' unsupervised access to technology is "destroying a generation" during Axios' annual AI+ NY Summit Wednesday.
The big picture: By 11, over half of children have a smartphone — but research has found screen time has played a key role in the youth mental health crisis.
Katzenberg, an entertainment executive turned technology investment firm co-founder, is a backer of Hari Ravichandran's digital security firm Aura, which provides online safety tools for families and individuals.
Aura recently launched an AI-powered tool that helps parents analyze their children's behavior and engagement online.
Driving the news: "Today, you can have a teenager sitting across the table from you and you don't actually know who they're with, what they're doing, or really where they're at," Katzenberg told Axios' Ina Fried.
"The damage that we are doing to our kids, in terms of the online, unsupervised, unparented, is destroying a generation," he added.
