Cognitive offloading: Is your child outsourcing their thinking to AI? Here’s what to do about it

Cognitive offloading: Is your child outsourcing their thinking to AI? Here’s what to do about it

Educators are reporting a growing classroom trend known as cognitive offloading, where children increasingly rely on AI tools to do their thinking for them. Here’s how to spot the signs and help. If your child reaches for generative AI before they’ve even attempted to work through a problem, they may be engaging in what education…

AI misuse drives alarming surge in online child abuse content in 2025

AI misuse drives alarming surge in online child abuse content in 2025

AI misuse drives alarming surge in online child abuse content in 2025 The rapid evolution in artificial intelligence has come with its dilemma of misusing the tools. According to safety watchdog, the AI misuse has fuelled alarming surge in child sexual abuse content found online in 2025. According to the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), the…

Spain v social media giants: What’s the big dispute about? | Child Rights News

Spain v social media giants: What’s the big dispute about? | Child Rights News

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has clashed with social media platform owners over plans to ban social media for under-16s in the country. Describing social media platforms as the “Wild West”, Sanchez announced plans to hold platform executives responsible for criminal or harmful content. Social media executives, including tech billionaire and X owner Elon Musk…

The Year Agentic AI Becomes the Attack-Surface Poster Child

The Year Agentic AI Becomes the Attack-Surface Poster Child

As the digital landscape continues to transform, the security challenges organizations face are naturally evolving as well. The new year brings a bit of consensus around what’s shaping security teams’ priorities in 2026, and, surprise, surprise, a focus on agentic AI risk leads the pack, according to the latest Dark Reading readership poll. The poll…

AI videos of child sexual abuse surged in 2025; Grok faces probe

AI videos of child sexual abuse surged in 2025; Grok faces probe

By Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor Tuesday, January 20, 2026This photograph taken on Jan. 13, 2025, in Toulouse shows screens displaying the logo of Grok, a generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by xAI, the American company specializing in artificial intelligence and its founder South African businessman Elon Musk. | Lionel Bonaventure/AFP via Getty Images Artificial…