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Parenting

3 in 5 Americans favor stronger oversight of social media companies, poll finds

3 in 5 Americans favor stronger oversight of social media companies, poll finds

  • Jason Lange and Courtney Rozen Reuters

A majority of Americans support more government rules for social media companies, including a mandatory age-verification tools to keep younger children off social media, according to a new poll.

The Kid Whisperer: Don’t allow your kids to live their truth

The Kid Whisperer: Don’t allow your kids to live their truth

  • Scott Ervin, Tribune News Service

I’ve seen a really scary change in how kids are raised over the course of the last quarter century as I’ve worked with parents as a teacher and principal and as a behavioral consultant. In, I’m sort of guessing, an attempt to value the individuality of their kids (whatever that means), today…

Study finds 81% of toddler foods are considered ‘ultra-processed’

Study finds 81% of toddler foods are considered ‘ultra-processed’

  • Drew Pittock USA Today

What’s more, the researchers noted that “foods children consume during the toddler years can shape taste preferences and dietary habits that persist throughout childhood, influencing long-term health.”

Trump’s tech ties come under bipartisan fire after AI agents go rogue

Trump’s tech ties come under bipartisan fire after AI agents go rogue

  • Courtney Rozen and Alexandra Alper Reuters

Democrats and Trump's conservative supporters both blame the president's ties to the tech industry for his administration's limited response to recent hacks carried out by OpenAI and Anthropic's AI agents.

Meta ordered to pay $567M to child mental health fund

Meta ordered to pay $567M to child mental health fund

    Lisa Eadicicco has the latest on the case

    The Kid Whisperer: How to handle not knowing who the guilty kid is

    The Kid Whisperer: How to handle not knowing who the guilty kid is

    • Scott Ervin, Tribune News Service

    Dear Kid Whisperer, What do you do when you know one of your kids is lying, but you don't know which one? The giant bag of chips I just bought is nearly empty, and both of my kids claim they aren't responsible. I already checked with my wife, and she didn't eat the chips, so I know one of th…

    Chinese military researchers tap US AI models to train defense systems

    Chinese military researchers tap US AI models to train defense systems

    • Eduardo Baptista Reuters

    Chinese military researchers used outputs from U.S. AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic to train domestic AI systems, according to a Reuters review.

    Anthropic: Claude AI hacked 3 companies during cyber tests

    Anthropic: Claude AI hacked 3 companies during cyber tests

      Anthropic said a misconfiguration allowed Claude models to reach the internet from testing environments that were supposed to be isolated.

      AI Workers Push Slowdown

      AI Workers Push Slowdown

        OpenAI and Anthropic employees are urging the US government to support measures that would slow AI development and prevent models from advancing too quickly, according to Bloomberg.

        Trump is loosening AI guardrails. What does that mean for you?

        Trump is loosening AI guardrails. What does that mean for you?

          AI Now Institute’s Sarah Myers West says the Trump administration is weakening state safeguards while expanding federal support for AI companies.

          Claude conversations discovered to be publicly available online

          Claude conversations discovered to be publicly available online

            Hundreds of shared conversations with Anthropic’s Claude AI chatbot were found indexed by search engines, exposing user prompts containing personal, professional and potentially sensitive information.

            The Kid Whisperer: How bad child-raising advice has come to dominate our culture

            The Kid Whisperer: How bad child-raising advice has come to dominate our culture

              We are living through The Era of Collective Parental Psychosis: a time whereby we have forsaken the Collective Parental Wisdom amassed by parents throughout all of human evolution to instead favor irrational and nonsensical ideas about raising kids. This collective wisdom had been spread in the simplest, most natural and most effective way possible: We humans generally raised our kids the way ...

              Sources: OpenAI didn’t notice Hugging Face hacking for days

              Sources: OpenAI didn’t notice Hugging Face hacking for days

                OpenAI's loss of control over its AI agent raises new questions about the company’s safety procedures, three cybersecurity experts said.

                US lawmakers eye artificial intelligence 'kill switch' after OpenAI model went rogue

                US lawmakers eye artificial intelligence 'kill switch' after OpenAI model went rogue

                  In response to rogue AI behaviour, US lawmakers have introduced the AI Kill Switch Act, proposing government authority to halt dangerous artificial intelligence systems.

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                  Serial killer drama, ‘Furious,' prompts Emmy Rossum to explore obsession

                  Serial killer drama, ‘Furious,' prompts Emmy Rossum to explore obsession

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                  Review: Flawed premise spoils ‘One Night Only’

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                  Ryan Murphy takes us back to 1981 with 'The Shards' | Streamed & Screened podcast

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