The Unintended Consequences of Social Media Bans and Other AI News This Week

As technology innovation races forward many of us crave easy answers. We want there to be a "good" or "bad" guy, or a "side" to join. Unfortunately in…

Dec 12 • Shannon Edwards

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How AI Shifts the Power to You

We talk a lot about technology and not enough about what it can (and should) do for us. While the Internet has made us passive observers and obedient…

Dec 5 • Shannon Edwards

November 2025

This Week: Roblox, "Age Verification" and How AI is Literally Eating the Web

The impact and implications of AI are becoming exceedingly clear. From the web's fragile infrastructure, and intrusions into our communities, to the…

Nov 21 • Shannon Edwards

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What Do Data Centers and Pac-Man Have in Common?

If you picture AI as PacMan "eating" the Internet and data centers as the coins "powering" the game, you'll start to get the gist of what is happening…

Nov 20 • Shannon Edwards

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Elite Athlete and Physician-in-Training Felicia Pasadyn on Dreaming Big in Age of AI

After achieving a time at the NYC Marathon that nabbed her a spot at the 2028 Olympic Trials, the remarkable Felicia Pasadyn shares how it's about…

Nov 13 • Shannon Edwards

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Welcome to The (AI) Outliers

How do we prepare for the age of AI? We hold tight to what makes us human and continue to tell the stories of remarkable, and supremely human, feats...

Nov 11 • Shannon Edwards

Three Simple Ways to Prepare Kids for AI Today

While AI is a vast, complicated, and all-consuming topic, it's increasingly clear that some of the best ways to prepare kids are more straightforward…

Nov 7 • Shannon Edwards

October 2025

AI-Related News That Surprised Me This Week

Even with many hours of AI research under my belt, and a portion of each day writing about technology, there is much that still shocks me. And we should…

Oct 22 • Shannon Edwards

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Out Now 🎉 AI for Families: Ultimate Guide to Mastering AI

Excited to share my new book (available now on Amazon) and thoughts on how to help kids and families survive and thrive in our new AI-driven world.

Oct 14 • Shannon Edwards

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Worksheets to Accompany AI for Families: Ultimate Guide to Mastering AI

DOWNLOADABLE RESOURCES 📓 As a supplement to my new book, I've developed handy checklists & worksheets to help families manage some of the direct and…

Oct 13 • Shannon Edwards

September 2025

Welcome to The Year of AI in Schools, Are you Ready?

Now that kids are back in the classroom, setting up accounts, and reviewing rules (and possibly some new ones) it's probably becoming clear that this…

Sep 9 • Shannon Edwards

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August 2025

In Other AI News This Summer

Just as you've finally had time to lounge by the pool, you start scrolling mindlessly through the news only to catch some shocking * funny * eye-rolling…

Aug 1 • Shannon Edwards