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📌 Google's AI chatbot tells user "please die" and "you are a waste of time and resources"
Gemini is supposed to have restrictions that stop it from encouraging or enabling dangerous activities, including suicide

📌 Why are doctors wary of wearables?
Many doctors – and tech experts – remain cautious about using health data captured by wearables.

📌 AI chatbot suggested a teen kill his parents, lawsuit claims
Character.AI is accused of posing a threat to children and their families.

📺 Why more people are turning to artificial intelligence for companionship
AI "companions" raise ethical questions; The report incorporates one user's experience

🌍 Smartphone Free Childhood
A community of parents working to change the culture around kids and smartphones

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📺 Can you stop teens from using TikTok? Australia is trying
Australia passed a law Nov. 28 banning children under 16 from using social media apps like TikTok and Snapchat. Whether it can be enforced remains in question

📺 Bloomberg Big Take: What Happens When Your School Thinks AI Helped You Cheat
The detection tools flag false positives roughly 2% of the time; autistic and non-native English speakers may be especially vulnerable

📺 Mothers Against Media Addiction
American grassroots movement fighting media addiction, and smartphone usage, among children

📌 Teenage social media use strongly linked to anxiety and depression
Oxford university research comes as number of children treated by NHS mental health services surges

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📌 Youth depression driven by internet addiction, say researchers
Includes advice on preventing depression

📌 How to spot and avoid “Hi Mum” message scams
A “hi mum” message scam works by tricking the victim into thinking they’ve been contacted by the child

📌 AI chatbot pushed teen to kill himself, lawsuit alleges 😧😧
Sewell Setzer told the bot he was "coming home"’ — and it encouraged him to do so, the lawsuit says.

📺 BBC Bitesize - Is Seeing Believing?
On social media, it’s easy to be taken in by a dramatic videos or shocking stories. But not every image is real.

📺 BBC Watchdog - AI Voice Scams
Scammers can use Artificial Intelligence software to speak in your voice

📌 How to spot fraud
Would you know if someone was trying to defraud you? Once you know the tactics fraudsters use and the signs to look out for, you have a better chance.

📌 Spot and report scam emails, texts, websites and calls
How to recognise and report emails, texts, websites, adverts or phone calls that you think are trying to scam you.

📺 Stay safe against AI voice cloning
Scammers can use Artificial Intelligence software to speak in your voice

📌 U.S. Surgeon General warns about effect of social media on youth mental health
Dr. Vivek Murthy urges action to ensure social media environments are healthy and safe, as national youth mental Health crisis continues

🔊 The Ethics of AI
Professor Michael Sandel on "The Public Philosopher", Radio 4

⚙️ Self-Assessment Tool
Test whether your gambling is a problem