We all need someone in our corner, but when does emotional support from AI turn into full-blown sycophancy? Pediatric surgeon and researcher Dr. Dana Suskind joins this week’s Chasing Life to help us navigate our kids’ evolving relationship with AI. New episodes available on the CNN App. Watch 24/7 live news with CNN Headlines: https://bit.ly/4eIvlTr #News
A volunteer-run nonprofit that provides free knitted breast prosthetics to mastectomy patients now operates in all 50 states and 76 countries, with a recent viral Instagram reel flooding the organization with new orders. Barbara Demorest founded Knitted Knockers in 2011 after her own mastectomy left her struggling with the standard options. Her doctor told her […] The post Knitted Knockers gives breast cancer survivors free handmade prosthetics — and demand is surging appeared first on American Almanac .
A volunteer-run nonprofit that provides free knitted breast prosthetics to mastectomy patients now operates in all 50 states and 76 countries, with a recent viral Instagram reel flooding the organization with new orders. Barbara Demorest founded Knitted Knockers in 2011 after her own mastectomy left her struggling with the standard options. Her doctor told her she couldn't place a traditional silicone prosthetic against her surgical scar for weeks. The silicone was heavy, hot, and uncomfortable. He mentioned that some people had started making a lightweight knitted version instead. A knitting friend from her church took the idea and ran with it. She made Demorest a pair and delivered them in a Victoria's Secret bag. Demorest tried them…Open
Gen Z-ers are forming after-school clubs, speaking at community meetings — and sometimes wrestling with their own dependence on the technology.
Why do ordinary Americans seem to be so angry at data centers and automated license plate readers? NewsNation’s Batya Ungar-Sargon and commentator Chris Cillizza tell “On Balance” that many feel they’re being left behind. “Flock cameras and data centers are very similar in this way: They are a physical manifestation of AI and the future to people,” Cillizza says. #Tech #AI #Politics "On Balance with Leland Vittert" takes a critical look at some of the day's hottest subjects.
Gen Z-ers are forming after-school clubs, speaking at community meetings — and sometimes wrestling with their own dependence on the technology.
Data: Pew ; Chart: Noah Bressner/Axios A majority of U.S. adults under 30 are now more concerned than excited about AI's growing use in daily life, according to a Pew Research Center report published Tuesday. Why it matters: AI excitement has dropped off across all age groups since 2021, as concerns about the technology's impact on job availability and society have grown. By the numbers: About 55% of adults under 30 say they're more concerned than excited about AI, a 24-point increase from 2021, when Pew first started asking the question. - Roughly 1 in ten say they're more excited about AI embedded in daily life, while a third feel both equally. - That's more in line with other age groups: 51% of adults ages 30–49 feel more…
Data: Pew ; Chart: Noah Bressner/Axios A majority of U.S. adults under 30 are now more concerned than excited about AI's growing use in daily life, according to a Pew Research Center report published Tuesday. Why it matters: AI excitement has dropped off across all age groups since 2021, as concerns about the technology's impact on job availability and society have grown. By the numbers: About 55% of adults under 30 say they're more concerned than excited about AI, a 24-point increase from 2021, when Pew first started asking the question. - Roughly 1 in ten say they're more excited about AI embedded in daily life, while a third feel both equally. - That's more in line with other age groups: 51% of adults ages 30–49 feel more…Open
‘don’t want to grade their own homework’
By Mike McDaniel College has been, and ever must be, a proving ground, a place where one not only learns a body of useful knowledge but demonstrates the character necessary to apply it.