04-11 Survivor Parents Speak Out: We Did Not Know About the Choking Challenge But Want You to Hear What Happened to Matthew
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04-10 Protecting Kids Online Doesn’t Threaten Speech or Parental Rights
By Clare Morell Two misconceptions have been circulating since last week’s landmark ruling in K.G.M. v. Meta et al., which found Meta and YouTube liable for harms to an individual plaintiff: First, that this verdict threatens free speech; and second, that it undermines parental rights and responsibility. Similar concerns have been raised against the nearly […]
04-09 NY Judges Doubt ‘Faceless’ TikTok Algorithm Is Protected Speech
New York appellate judges on Wednesday seemed unmoved by TikTok’s argument that it’s immune under the First Amendment and federal law from the state’s lawsuit claiming the social media platform addicts children. TikTok argues the third-party content it publishes and shows to users is a speech compilation that the state is attempting to regulate in […]
04-08 “The Problem is Sam Altman”: OpenAI Insiders Don’t Trust CEO
On the same day that OpenAI released policy recommendations to ensure that AI benefits humanity if superintelligence is ever achieved, The New Yorker dropped a massive investigation into whether CEO Sam Altman can be trusted to actually follow through on OpenAI’s biggest promises. Parsing the publications side by side can be disorienting. On the one […]
04-07 $230 Notebooks, Digital Cameras and Tiny Dollhouse Furniture: How Gen Z’s Desire to Get Offline is a Boon for Businesses
Leslie Edelman has run Tiny Doll House, a miniature figurine shop in New York’s Upper East Side neighborhood, for 35 years. Eighteen months ago, new clientele started routinely coming to the store, he says. In addition to Edelman’s regulars — parents, grandparents and collectors — groups of 20-somethings now flock to the store on Saturday […]
04-06 The U.S. Spent $30 Billion to Ditch Textbooks for Laptops and Tablets: The Result is the First Generation Less Cognitively Capable than Their Parents
In 2002, Maine became the first state to implement a statewide laptop program to some grade levels. Then-governor Angus King saw the program as a way to put the internet at the fingertips of more children, who would be able to immerse themselves in information. Fast forward. Look what happened to our kids. Over the […]
04-05 Lynn’s Warriors💙Message for Passover and Easter Holy Days
This sacred season of Passover and Easter calls us to reflect on something deeper than tradition. It calls us to remember the enduring power of freedom, renewal, sacrifice and hope. Passover reminds us that liberation is never accidental. It is fought for, protected and passed down. It is a story of deliverance and the responsibility […]
04-04 New AI Coalition Targets Washington, Big Tech as Group Warns Child Safety Risks Outpacing Safeguards
As artificial intelligence expands into classrooms, workplaces, and homes, a new coalition warns that risks to children and workers are growing faster than efforts to control the new technology. The newly formed Alliance for a Better Future (ABF) is pushing for AI safeguards as Washington debates regulation. “We know that we’ve got to decide, is […]
04/03 Groups Including Lynn’s Warriors Demand Google Prohibit AI Videos for Kids on YouTube
Google Pressured To Stop Serving AI Video To Kids Demands made by child development experts to prohibit Google from serving AI-generated videos to children on YouTube and YouTube Kids could significantly impact how advertisers reach young audiences the video platforms. Child development experts have demanded that Google prohibit AI-generated videos from being shown to young […]
04/02 Gen Z is Officially Less Intelligent than Millennials, First Recorded Intergenerational IQ Drop
Gen Z is officially the first and only generation to be less intelligent than the previous one, data shows. This makes millennials the only generation to be sharper and smarter than the younger ones that followed. According to a neuroscientist, Gen-Zers officially have low cognitive development, thanks to the use of “educational technology” or EdTech. […]