Advocacy groups and experts have slammed YouTube for serving up low-quality artificial intelligence-generated videos to its most vulnerable audience: children.
- Scott Ervin, Tribune News Service
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- MATT O'BRIEN AP Technology Writer
Artificial intelligence chatbots are so prone to flattering and validating their human users that they are giving bad advice that can damage relationships and reinforce harmful behaviors.
- HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and PATRICK AFTOORA-ORSAGOS Associated Press
The verdicts illustrate a growing shift in public perception of social media companies and their responsibilities for keeping young people safe on their platforms.
A jury has found Meta and YouTube liable in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that aimed to hold social media platforms responsible for harm to children using their services. (AP Video: Eugene Garcia)
- KAITLYN HUAMANI and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writers
A jury found both Meta and YouTube liable in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that aimed to hold social media platforms responsible for harm to children using their services.
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A US jury has ordered Meta to pay $375 million in penalties for misleading users about safety and enabling harm, including child exploitation. The case was brought by New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez. It marks the first trial to hold Meta liable for misconduct linked to its social m…
Most people think that artificial intelligence is just for homework help or writing emails, but it can be used for far more than that. AI can act as a personal assistant. Struggling to make decisions? It can weigh the pros and cons in seconds. It also works as a creativity booster. From gene…
Jurors sided with state prosecutors who argued that Meta — which owns Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp — prioritized profits over safety.
Dear Kid Whisperer, My son is a high school basketball player who often forgets his basketball shoes and his practice clothes at home. He went from being apologetic and sheepish when he called me from school to ask me to bring him his stuff, to recently just leaving a message where he was angry at me for not answering and demanding that I bring him his gear immediately so he didn’t have to ...
The parenting script has flipped. North Jersey reports, previously parents had to drag their kids inside for dinner, now parents are having to encourage their kids to go outside, away from their technology. The reality is, parenting tactics need to change for this digital age. Veuer’s Chloe …
To effectively write this column and do my real job (going around the country teaching adults strategies and procedures for working with kids), I keep my powers of professional perception sharp by often visiting a Variable Stressor Family Interaction Lab (VSFIL), where I can see parents interacting with their children under varying levels of duress. This place is also known as Chicago O’Hare ...
Dear Kid Whisperer, I am the father of two daughters. Our first is 7, and our second is 3. They are very different. My wife and I thought we were master parents until we had the second one. The first kid just did everything we told her to do and was very agreeable about it. The 3-year-old acts like she is being abused whenever we tell her to do something. She absolutely refuses. My wife and I ...
The failure of colleges of education to teach behavior management is creating PK-12 schools that, through no fault of their own, are in chaos. This chaos is leading to schools churning out anti-social people. Something must be done, and it must be done right now. Behavior management isn’t something that you can just know about, it’s something you have to be able to do. Teaching is a ...
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