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🔊 Scam Secrets
BBC Radio Four podcast about the ways in which scammers manipulate victims

📌 Using Generative AI for therapy might feel like a lifeline - but there's danger
When professional services are overstretched, "always-on" tools like ChatGPT can look attractive

📌 Romance fraud victims are influenced by complex psychological factors
A large proportion of victims are highly educated

📌 What to do if your mobile account is hacked or number stolen
Act swiftly and these steps could help mitigate the damage from a sim-swap scam and prevent it happening again

📌 Teenagers reporting addictive screen use at greater risk of suicidal behaviour
Experts find link between compulsive use of social media, phones and video games and mental health problems

📺 Sophie Winkleman
Sophie Winkleman

🔊 One day in the life and death of an AI chatbot
When Rob Burley started talking to an AI chatbot for feedback while writing his book, he had no idea where the conversation would lead, only 24 hours later.

📌 ChatGPT Linked to Mental Health Breakdowns, Mattel Plans to Incorporate It Into Toys
Mattel, the maker of Barbie dolls and Hot Wheels cars, has inked a deal with OpenAI

📌 Apple expands tools to help parents protect kids
...new ways to manage Child Accounts, share a child's age range to receive age-appropriate experiences

📌 DeepSeek installer or just malware in disguise?
"BrowserVenom" is pure poison

📺 Our Kids Are the Least Flourishing Generation We Know Of
Jonathan Haidt discusses smartphone anxiety and the new threat of AI Offense? 🤫

📺 AI-Created Video is almost impossible to Detect
Video and sound both created from a single text prompt using #Veo3 by Google DeepMind

🌍 Futurism.Com
Techno-Sceptical web site

🌍 TechDirt
American Internet blog reporting on technology and related business and economic issues

📖 The Loop: How Technology is Creating a World Without Choices and How to Fight Back
The Loop illuminates the dangers of writing dangerous human habits into our machines.

🔊 The 404 Media Podcast
Independent organisation founded by investigative journalists

🔊 Meta's AI Chatbots Are a Disaster
In-Depth story on Meta's AI Chatbots, plus similar stories

📌 Meta's "Digital Companions" Will Talk Sex With Users—Even Children
Across Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp, Meta Platforms is racing to popularize a new class of AI-powered digital

📌 9 common gift card scams and tips to avoid them
Gift card scams can begin with a phone call, email, text, or even a simple trip to the store

📌 "Andrew Tate phenomena" sweeps Britain's schools
Social media influencers are fuelling a rise in misogyny and sexism in the UK's classrooms, according to teachers.