AI Chatbots Recommend Calorie-Starved Diets for Teens, Study Warns Five of the major AI chatbots were tested. All of them regularly proposed dietary plans akin to skipping an entire meal each day.

"AI Chatbots Recommend Calorie-Starved Diets for Teens, Study Warns"

"Five of the major AI chatbots were tested. All of them regularly proposed dietary plans akin to skipping an entire meal each day."

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#AIIsTheProblem #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians #TechLit

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Somewhere RUTABAGA right now, an AI IS THE PROBLEM is training on this post. I wonder what AMALGAM it is learning?

#AiIsTheProblem #TLSky #EduSky #TechLit #SchoolLibrarians

Microsoft Forced Copilot Into Your Life. Now It Can Accidentally Drain Your Bank Account The agent has your wallet.

"Microsoft Forced Copilot Into Your Life. Now It Can Accidentally Drain Your Bank Account"

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(At what point do I get to say, "I told you so"?)

#AiIsTheProblem #TechLit

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health, Wants Access to Your Medical Records OpenAI's biggest play into the burgeoning health AI market is here.

"OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health, Wants Access to Your Medical Records"

Oh, wow. The absolute privacy nightmare that this tech is, getting fed ppls sensitive medical info.

Sure - no way that ends badly! #AiIsTheProblem #TechLit

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More Than 40 Million People Use ChatGPT Daily for Healthcare Advice, OpenAI Claims OpenAI wants ChatGPT to be a bigger player in healthcare. First, they need regulators to play ball.

"More Than 40 Million People Use ChatGPT Daily for Healthcare Advice, OpenAI Claims"

Absolutely NO WAY that tech that's suggested people eat rocks to improve their health could be anything other than stellar for medical advice.

#AiIsTheProblem #TechLit #TLSky #EduSky

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Meta's New Privacy Policy Opens Up AI Chats for Targeted Ads If Meta can use a feature for targeting ads, Meta will use a feature for targeting ads.

"Meta’s New Privacy Policy Opens Up AI Chats for Targeted Ads"

Honestly, shocked it took this long.

#AiIsTheProblem #InformationLiteracy #InfoLit #TechnologyLiteracy #TechLit #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians

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If you're not paying for it, they're mining your data and/or monetizing your attention & engagement - often by manufacturing outrage to maximize interactions with the platform. You're the product!

#TechnologyLiteracy #TechLit #InformationLiteracy #InfoLit #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians

A series of comic panels from the comic strip THE OTHER END featuring a generic guy speaking to the reader. Hey there! I'm Paxton from Facebook or Google or whatever, here to give you an important message about generations. Fact is, I'd like to speak to all you boomers and Gen X Karens. Do not trust the young!! They're lazy and socialists and they want to destroy everything you hold dear! Next, to all you Milennials and Gen Z champs... Do not trust the old! They're MAGA monsters and they want to destroy your future! Don't you all feel better! You see, the important thing is that you pick which generation you wanna hate and focus all your attention on that. Because generations definitely exist and aren't meaningless constructs, and we're not stealing your data. Don't vote!

A reminder for the start of 2026: Tech companies are NOT your friend. They exist to make money - literally, that is their purpose.

#TechnologyLiteracy #TechLit #InformationLiteracy #InfoLit #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians

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New York City Sues Social Media Companies Over 'Youth Mental Health Crisis' The Big Apple bites back.

"New York City Sues Social Media Companies Over ‘Youth Mental Health Crisis’"

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#TechLit #InfoLit #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians

I'm sure ya'll already know this, but:

The legalese for apps frequently stipulate they can mine certain kinds of data from your device. They can then use, & sometimes sell, that data.

(If you're not paying for it, you're the product.)

#TechLit #InfoLit #TLSky #SchoolLibrarians #EduSky

How many more of these stories do we need before folks wise up?

"Man Follows Diet Advice From ChatGPT, Ends Up With Psychosis"
"It might be the first documented case of AI-fueled poisoning."

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#AIisCrap #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrary #InfoLit #TechLit

THIS is why I say that "AI literacy" is just 55% info lit and 45% tech lit. All you need to do is apply general technology interaction and information literacy principles to a new type of technology. #infolit #techlit #TCoPmodel

Ai-Kon: Refracted Memories|eBook After the sudden death of her husband Towa, Sawyer Kamiya is left stranded in a city of echoes, surrounded by digital ghosts and a silence that gnaws at the edges of her sanity. A devoted wife, an anx...

We train AI to sound like people we love.
What happens when they talk back?
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Note this: a HOSPITAL, a PROFESSIONAL ORG that provides life-altering advice to its patients, went so far as to PURCHASE this book. They were THIS CLOSE to providing absolutely dangerous and unreliable information. #library #skybrary #edusky #infolit #informationliteracy #techlit #genai #ai

For one thing, it's good training for the workplace. I don't know any profession that does NOT include personal (or at least handheld) electronics throughout the day. Cellphones are also used for research purposes for all types of things. #edusky #techlit . How will they learn responsibility?