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1 week ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Shira Ovide |Heather Kelly
6 tips to avoid using AI chatbots all wrong (washingtonpost.com) 6 tips to avoid using AI chatbots all wrong Chatbots are an embarrassing mistake waiting to happen. By Shira Ovide; Heather Kelly 2025062016300000 Chatbots such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini and Claude can be great for brainstorming or helping with difficult writing like obituaries. But they're also a minefield of potential goofs and embarrassments.
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1 week ago | 
nzherald.co.nz | Heather Kelly
Consumers and creatives are concerned about AI replacing human jobs and diminishing cultural experiences. Photo / Getty ImagesFor 581 days in a row, artist Karen Crow dutifully opened language-learning app Duolingo and practised her French. For the past decade, she used audiobook service Audible to listen to books while working and travelling. But at the end of May, Crow cancelled both subscriptions over the companies’ decisions to use more artificial intelligence.
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1 week ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Heather Kelly
‘It destroys the purpose of humanity’: Customers are saying no to AI (washingtonpost.com) ‘It destroys the purpose of humanity’: Customers are saying no to AI By Heather Kelly 2025061811050000 For 581 days in a row, artist Karen Crow dutifully opened language-learning app Duolingo and practiced her French. For the past decade, she used audiobook service Audible to listen to books while working and traveling.
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1 month ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Heather Kelly
The White House is worried about kids’ screen time. Here are five things parents can do. (washingtonpost.com) The White House is worried about kids’ screen time. Here are five things parents can do. By Heather Kelly 2025052316000000 The White House is worried about how much time children are spending glued to their screens.
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1 month ago | 
texarkanagazette.com | Heather Kelly
Parents have another online activity to worry about. In a new tech-driven twist on "sexting," teenagers are having romantic and sexual conversations with artificial intelligent chatbots. The chats can range from romance- and innuendo-filled to sexually graphic and violent, according to interviews with parents, conversations posted on social media, and experts.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Heather Kelly
Parents have another online activity to worry about. In a new tech-driven twist on “sexting,” teenagers are having romantic and sexual conversations with artificial intelligent chatbots. The chats can range from romance- and innuendo-filled to sexually graphic and violent, according to interviews with parents, conversations posted on social media, and experts.
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1 month ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Heather Kelly
Teens are sexting with AI. Here’s what parents should know. (washingtonpost.com) Teens are sexting with AI. Here’s what parents should know. By Heather Kelly 2025052112000000 Parents have another online activity to worry about. In a new tech-driven twist on "sexting," teenagers are having romantic and sexual conversations with artificial intelligent chatbots.
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1 month ago | 
texarkanagazette.com | Heather Kelly
For simple tasks, 70-year-old Diane Elliott can usually figure out how to navigate the Social Security Administration's website. Online portals are not an option for her 83-year old sister, however, who can only manage phone calls and in-person customer service. "For most of her business, even banking, she calls people. That's her preferred method," Elliott says.
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2 months ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Heather Kelly
Tech tips for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (and everyone else) (washingtonpost.com) Tech tips for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (and everyone else) By Heather Kelly 2025042817393100 It makes sense that we can learn a lot about proper cybersecurity from one of the highest-ranking defense officials in the United States. Someone whose job requires the most diligent digital precautions and hygiene because lives and national security are at stake.
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2 months ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Heather Kelly
Government customer service shake-ups have the less tech-savvy on edge (washingtonpost.com) Government customer service shake-ups have the less tech-savvy on edge By Heather Kelly 2025042612000000 For simple tasks, 70-year-old Diane Elliott can usually figure out how to navigate the Social Security Administration's website. Online portals are not an option for her 83-year-old sister, however, who can only manage phone calls and in-person customer service.
