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Amazon Alexa wants to put your child to bed with generative AI

Amazon Alexa wants to put your child to bed with generative AI

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Amazon Alexa’s Create with Alexa feature uses conversational and generative AI to create unique stories after users select a theme, character, descriptive word, and color. Leo Zou/Amazon While researchers applaud Amazon’s safeguards to ensure the technology is safe for children, some experts worry that generative AI could trick children into believing these algorithms are smarter …

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Study: Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health and Brain Maturation in Adolescents: Implications for Analyzing Longitudinal Data. Image Credit: Shan_shan / Shutterstock.com

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused rapid brain aging in adolescents

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In a recent Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science study, Stanford University researchers are assessing how the stress and social disruption caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected the neurodevelopment of young adults. Study: Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and brain maturation in adolescents: implications for longitudinal data analysis. Image …

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Catfish scams target everyone. Here's how to protect children

Catfish scams target everyone. Here’s how to protect children

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Catfishing crimes have ensnared people for years. This week, a grieving family implored parents to monitor their children’s online activity after a former Virginia state trooper fished a 15-year-old girl online. He then traveled to Southern California, where he allegedly killed the girl’s mother and grandparents. “Parents, please know your child’s online activity. Ask about …

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Brain markers of ADHD in children identified – Neuroscience News

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Summary: Researchers have identified ADHD-specific neurological biomarkers in the brain. The study found that people with ADHD had abnormal connectivity in brain areas associated with memory processing and auditory processing, and thinning of the cerebral cortex. Source: RSNA Researchers analyzing data from MRI scans on nearly 8,000 children have identified biomarkers of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder …

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Can social media help young people learn about sexuality?

Can social media help young people learn about sexuality?

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MONTPELLIER, France ― During the French Days of Sexology and Sexual Health (JF3S), André Corman, MD, andrologist, sexologist and vice-president of the Postgraduate Interdisciplinary Association of Sexology, showed how the rise of social media led to reconsider paradigms of sexual health. Transform our lives Introducing the topic, Corman explained that as actors in sexual health, …

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UK government slammed for failing to protect children from online harm

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The government is facing growing criticism from children’s organizations for its failure to protect young people from harmful content online, amid fears that key legislation promised in the Conservative Party’s election manifesto 2019 to strengthen security on the Internet is threatened. The Observer understands from sources close to the talks that hugely controversial and sensitive …

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