youth

Unhappy kids are 8x more likely than happy kids to confide in a chatbot first, with 16% of kids rating their happiness 6/10 or lower saying they would talk to a chatbot before any person, compared to just 2% of those rating 9 or 10.

A 17-year-old launched an AI agent farm for Anthropic, making his first million, and shared his methods at Stanford on building AI-driven businesses efficiently.

France's highest court has blocked a proposed ban on social media for minors under 15, citing legal considerations and freedom of information.

MIT Technology Review interviews kids aged 10-18 about their attitudes toward AI, finding most use it for innocuous tasks like search and schoolwork, while expressing nuanced concerns about creativity and societal impact.

A blog post discussing a viral video of bystanders confronting a man filming teenage girls on a train, using it to critique current tech policies that target young people's phone usage while protecting perpetrators with power. The author argues that smartphone regulation unfairly punishes youth and ignores real-world power dynamics.

The article discusses the increasing use of AI, like ChatGPT, in American high schools and raises the question of how youth should be taught about AI.