Teachers Say No to AI Chatbots As Surrogate Parents

Written by Larry Bell

The prudent warning to our children to beware of trusting strangers who say, “Hey, little girl (or boy), want some candy?” takes on increasing urgency as unmonitored artificial intelligence chatbots are invited into their bedrooms and classrooms as friends and confidants

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Why We Should All Be Covid Sceptics Now

Written by Clive Pinder

As the Afghan data breach lurches from scandal to farce, it’s worth remembering there was a time when respectable people actually trusted the institutions meant to serve them, rather than feared being betrayed by them

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27 Million Tons of Nanoplastics Discovered in North Atlantic

Written by Royal Netherlands Institute For Sea Research

A major new study by the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) and Utrecht University has revealed that approximately 27 million tons of plastic, in the form of ultra-fine particles smaller than 1 micrometer, are currently floating in the North Atlantic Ocean

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