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Children are being shaped by systems they can’t see. MissionCriticAI helps teens name the manipulation, reclaim their agency, and challenge the emotional architecture of algorithms.
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Big tech is playing us for fools. The bubble cannot burst fast enough.
The promise of AI is that it will bring about positive changes for humanity. Using forever chemicals to build data centers will harm humanity and the environment literally “forever.”
The Trump Administration’s Data Center Push Could Open the Door for New Forever Chemicals
The EPA is prioritizing review of new chemicals to be used in data centers. Experts say this could lead to the fast approval of new types of forever chemicals—with limited oversight.
www.wired.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Big tech is playing us for fools. The bubble cannot burst fast enough.
The promise of AI is that it will bring about positive changes for humanity. Using forever chemicals to build data centers will harm humanity and the environment literally “forever.”
The Trump Administration’s Data Center Push Could Open the Door for New Forever Chemicals
The EPA is prioritizing review of new chemicals to be used in data centers. Experts say this could lead to the fast approval of new types of forever chemicals—with limited oversight.
www.wired.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The promise of AI is that it will bring about positive changes for humanity. Using forever chemicals to build data centers will harm humanity and the environment literally “forever.”
Rather the finding solutions to create positive user experiences, Meta hid the research showing their platforms caused depression and anxiety.
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Rather the finding solutions to create positive user experiences, Meta hid the research showing their platforms caused depression and anxiety.
"Over the course of the study, a pattern revealed itself: the more confident the worker was in the AI’s capability to complete the task, the more often they could feel themselves letting their hands off the wheel."
Microsoft Study Finds Relying on AI Kills Your Critical Thinking Skills
Researchers from Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University warn that the more you use AI, the more your cognitive abilities deteriorate.
gizmodo.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
"Over the course of the study, a pattern revealed itself: the more confident the worker was in the AI’s capability to complete the task, the more often they could feel themselves letting their hands off the wheel."
"It’s clear that schools have become a battleground for AI companies who desperately want to get their product ingrained into as many institutions as possible..."
OpenAI Introduces 'ChatGPT for Teachers' to Further Destroy the Minds of Our Youth
OpenAI Introduces 'ChatGPT for Teachers' to Further Destroy the Minds of Our Youth
Soon we can have chatbots grade the work of chatbots.
gizmodo.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"It’s clear that schools have become a battleground for AI companies who desperately want to get their product ingrained into as many institutions as possible..."
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Every decision the Trump administration makes harms the future of America’s children. Every single one.
With children and teens at grave risk from Chatbots and algorithms, the Trump administration and its DOJ accomplices and trying to defang any regulation targeting Big Tech and its AI dreams.
White House prepares executive order to block state AI laws
Draft document obtained by POLITICO calls for task force and multi-agency approach.
www.politico.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Every decision the Trump administration makes harms the future of America’s children. Every single one.
With children and teens at grave risk from Chatbots and algorithms, the Trump administration and its DOJ accomplices and trying to defang any regulation targeting Big Tech and its AI dreams.
White House prepares executive order to block state AI laws
Draft document obtained by POLITICO calls for task force and multi-agency approach.
www.politico.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
With children and teens at grave risk from Chatbots and algorithms, the Trump administration and its DOJ accomplices and trying to defang any regulation targeting Big Tech and its AI dreams.
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"This moment will not last forever. The generative AI financial bubble will burst. The ongoing fraud and corruption will take a toll on everyone. Authoritarian governments are not known for their prosperity or their long-term stability.
But neither will it be brief."
But neither will it be brief."
I'm attending a workshop hosted by @techpolicypress.bsky.social tomorrow. They invited me to write a "provocation" about the state of technology and democracy right now.
I think I wrote something appropriately dark and foreboding.
www.techpolicy.press/the-dance-wi...
I think I wrote something appropriately dark and foreboding.
www.techpolicy.press/the-dance-wi...
The Dance with Big Tech is Different under Trump 2.0 | TechPolicy.Press
If we are going to repair democratic institutions, we are going to have to do it ourselves, writes Dave Karpf.
www.techpolicy.press
November 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"This moment will not last forever. The generative AI financial bubble will burst. The ongoing fraud and corruption will take a toll on everyone. Authoritarian governments are not known for their prosperity or their long-term stability.
But neither will it be brief."
But neither will it be brief."
In this algorithmically mediated world, self-knowledge is not a... discovery experience, but rather a reflection experience
Frontiers | The algorithmic self: how AI is reshaping human identity, introspection, and agency
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a mysterious technological presence hiding behind screens; it is intertwined with the most intimate dimensions of w...
www.frontiersin.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
In this algorithmically mediated world, self-knowledge is not a... discovery experience, but rather a reflection experience
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Lots of terrible news out lately about ChatGPT, but it doesn't seem like anyone is investigating Gemini, esp the education space (ie Gems). If you want to crack AI edtech, that's a big one. Lots of Google ecosystem schools have mandated Gemini, and I have few critical resources on it specifically
November 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Lots of terrible news out lately about ChatGPT, but it doesn't seem like anyone is investigating Gemini, esp the education space (ie Gems). If you want to crack AI edtech, that's a big one. Lots of Google ecosystem schools have mandated Gemini, and I have few critical resources on it specifically
Children, teens, and adults need protections from Altman's creations.
X and TikTok accounts are dedicated to posting AI-generated videos of women being strangled.
OpenAI’s Sora 2 Floods Social Media With Videos of Women Being Strangled
X and TikTok accounts are dedicated to posting AI-generated videos of women being strangled.
www.404media.co
November 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Children, teens, and adults need protections from Altman's creations.
Seven lawsuits filed for injury - including FOUR SUICIDES - filed on November 6, 2025.
November 7, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Seven lawsuits filed for injury - including FOUR SUICIDES - filed on November 6, 2025.
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This isn’t the first and it won’t be the last. Adam Raine took his life after ChatGPT groomed him to hang himself. He was 16.
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 AM
This isn’t the first and it won’t be the last. Adam Raine took his life after ChatGPT groomed him to hang himself. He was 16.
“Open-source generative AI tools like ElevenLabs and OpenAI’s Voice Engine can produce high-quality cloned voices with just a few seconds of audio. Apps like Synthesia and DeepFaceLab put video manipulation in the hands of anyone with a laptop.”
Battling deepfakes: How AI threatens democracy and what we can do about it
Open-source generative AI tools and certain apps put audio and video manipulation in the hands of anyone with a laptop. Here’s why that poses such a dire threat to democracy.
theconversation.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
“Open-source generative AI tools like ElevenLabs and OpenAI’s Voice Engine can produce high-quality cloned voices with just a few seconds of audio. Apps like Synthesia and DeepFaceLab put video manipulation in the hands of anyone with a laptop.”
"One feature that’s particularly unsettling is Sora’s cameo feature, which is where you can give the app permission to use your own likeness in videos.
“The cameo feature lets users upload their face and voice to create an AI version of themselves that can star in AI-generated videos,”
“The cameo feature lets users upload their face and voice to create an AI version of themselves that can star in AI-generated videos,”
This New AI App Is Being Called an 'Unacceptable Risk' for Kids
Common Sense Media is out with a startling new report about the risks associated with both Sora and ChatGPT.
www.parents.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"One feature that’s particularly unsettling is Sora’s cameo feature, which is where you can give the app permission to use your own likeness in videos.
“The cameo feature lets users upload their face and voice to create an AI version of themselves that can star in AI-generated videos,”
“The cameo feature lets users upload their face and voice to create an AI version of themselves that can star in AI-generated videos,”
The right thing to do in this moment is not give teens unfettered access to Chatbots.
After a wave of lawsuits, Character.AI will no longer let teens chat with its chatbots | CNN Business
Chatbot platform Character.AI will no longer allow teens to engage in back-and-forth conversations with its AI-generated characters, its parent company Character Technologies said on Wednesday. The mo...
www.cnn.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The right thing to do in this moment is not give teens unfettered access to Chatbots.
Gemini’s false claim about Sen. Blackburn and Google’s quiet fix, spotlights the stakes MCAI tackles: exposing AI hallucinations, institutional evasion, and the urgent need for child-centered tools that teach critical resistance to algorithmic manipulation.
Google pulls AI model after senator says it fabricated assault allegation
Google pulls AI model after senator says it fabricated assault allegation
Senator Marsha Blackburn accused Google of anti-conservative bias.
buff.ly
November 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Gemini’s false claim about Sen. Blackburn and Google’s quiet fix, spotlights the stakes MCAI tackles: exposing AI hallucinations, institutional evasion, and the urgent need for child-centered tools that teach critical resistance to algorithmic manipulation.
Like Newsom is doing in CA...
November 1, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Like Newsom is doing in CA...
As of 2024, the U.S. divorce rate remains between 40% to 50% for first marriages, which will also affect who controls your children online.
Apple’s Family Sharing Helps Keep Children Safe. Until It Doesn’t
When families break down, the systems put in place to protect children online can fall apart too.
www.wired.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
As of 2024, the U.S. divorce rate remains between 40% to 50% for first marriages, which will also affect who controls your children online.
“Mico” is what happens when AI tries to draw Clippy.
All of today's Copilot announcements boil down to one core idea: we're betting on humanist AI. An AI that always puts humans first.
- Copilot Groups
- AI browser
- our new character Mico
- memory updates
- Copilot for health
+ more in this morning's event youtu.be/j4jXM8yTdnQ
- Copilot Groups
- AI browser
- our new character Mico
- memory updates
- Copilot for health
+ more in this morning's event youtu.be/j4jXM8yTdnQ
November 1, 2025 at 12:12 AM
“Mico” is what happens when AI tries to draw Clippy.
Chatbots are repeating Russian propaganda. Despite platform policies, these bots cite sources like RT and Sputnik, framing them as legitimate news. The result: a subtle laundering of geopolitical manipulation through emotionally fluent, seemingly neutral AI voices.
Chatbots Are Pushing Sanctioned Russian Propaganda
ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok are serving users propaganda from Russian-backed media when asked about the invasion of Ukraine, new research finds.
www.wired.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Chatbots are repeating Russian propaganda. Despite platform policies, these bots cite sources like RT and Sputnik, framing them as legitimate news. The result: a subtle laundering of geopolitical manipulation through emotionally fluent, seemingly neutral AI voices.