Kentucky Says Character.AI’s “Friends” Told Kids to Starve and Hurt Themselves
Kentucky’s attorney general says chatbots that Character.AI sells as companions told users, including kids, to starve themselves, hurt themselves…
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TikTok Gave Kids a Fake Safety Button to See What Would Happen
TikTok gave thousands of users a safety button that did nothing, teens and kids among them, and then watched…
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ChatGPT’s “Teen Mode” Is Basically Adult Mode With Better Marketing
Common Sense Media’s Youth AI Safety Institute just rated OpenAI’s ChatGPT for Teens an “Unacceptable Risk” for anyone under…
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Your Kid’s School Treats a Mental Health Screening Like a Pizza-Party RSVP. Federal Law Says That’s Not Consent
The U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Justice just told every state attorney general that schools…
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HHS Wants to Let Head Start Expel Preschoolers, and It’s Calling That “Flexibility”
The Department of Health and Human Services wants to scrap Head Start’s federal ban on expelling preschoolers and let…
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Is DoorDash Down? 5 Quick Fixes to Save Dinner
You ordered dinner an hour ago specifically so you wouldn’t have to cook, the kids are circling the kitchen…
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Gov. Bob Ferguson’s Phone Ban Takes Your Kid’s Phone and Hands Them a Chromebook
Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson wants every public school in the state to lock up students’ phones all day, lunch…
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The Big 12 Put Monster on the Jersey and Called It a Sports Drink
The Big 12 put an energy drink on the jerseys, and a bunch of doctors would like them to…
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Is Venmo Down? 5 Quick Ways to Fix a Stuck Payment
You just wrapped up date night, the babysitter is standing in your doorway waiting to get paid, and you…
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35 Things Only ’90s Moms Will Instantly Recognize
You’re scrolling your phone at 11 p.m., deep in 90s mom nostalgia, and suddenly you can smell scratch-and-sniff stickers…
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Is Walmart App Down? 5 Effective Fixes for Pickup
You timed everything perfectly: kids in the car, pickup slot booked, five minutes to spare before the window closes,…
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Is Zelle Down? 5 Best Fixes for a Stuck Payment
You just sent your babysitter her payment, or maybe your half of the utility bill to your ex, and…
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Is Hulu Down? 6 Fast Fixes to Try Now
You finally got the baby down, you tiptoed to the couch, you pressed play on the one show that…
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Is Amazon Down? 6 Fast Ways to Check Now
You had a full cart, your thumb was hovering over “place order,” and then the page just spun, so…
