by Cyberbully Advocate | Jun 7, 2026 | ai, Blog, chatbot, Featured, research
Over the past two years, the public has learned the names of teens like 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III, who developed a romantic attachment to a Character.AI chatbot, and 16-year-old Adam Raine, whose extended conversations with ChatGPT culminated in the bot providing...
by Cyberbully Advocate | Apr 7, 2026 | adolescence, ai, chatbots, Community Presentations, deepfakes, Educator Presentations, Evergreen, keynote, Law Enforcement, LLMs, Presentations, prevention, research, response, Student Presentations, training, University, youth
NOTE: Since April 2020, we have been offering every one of our presentations and trainings in virtual modalities (e.g., Zoom, WebEx, Teams). Reach out if you need specifics, as we’ve optimized the way we engage with our audiences from afar! This training – customized...
by Cyberbully Advocate | Mar 7, 2026 | ai, Blog, Featured
Something happened recently in the field of AI that everyone should know about. An AI bot, with no human giving it a direct order in the moment, chose to retaliate against a real person. It researched him, dug up personal details about his life, and published a hit...
by Cyberbully Advocate | Oct 7, 2025 | ai, Blog, conference, Featured
I am just back from a thought-provoking conference experience centered on AI and youth in South Africa. It was hosted at Stellenbosch University, in the Western Cape province about 30 miles east of Cape Town. The specific theme was “Artificial Intelligence, Online...
by Cyberbully Advocate | May 7, 2024 | ai, Blog, Featured, harm, legislation, platforms
Generative AI can contribute to a wide range of possible risks and harms that can affect the emotional and psychological well-being of others, their financial state of affairs, and even their physiological health and physical safety. Both users and platforms (as well...
by Cyberbully Advocate | Apr 7, 2024 | ai, Blog, Featured, relationships, teens
A school counselor who works in a private school in California recently emailed me to ask for help as it relates to students and the misuse of specific AI bots. Her concerns, though, did not surround general purpose AI bots like Snapchat’s My AI or Microsoft’s...
