A notice comes on my phone. A picture of my great-grandson pops up. I open the app and find a video of his mommy talking to him, leaning over his little tummy and digging her head into his soft middle. I hear the delightful sounds of baby gurgling which erupts into baby laughter. His shriek […]
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They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Well, it turns out that its value may be much less. Fake photos on social media showed captured U.S. Soldiers and Tel Aviv in shambles. They looked real, but they were fake. When filtered through AI to discern which ones are generated by AI, apparently AI […]
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When my daughters were teenagers growing up in Italy, a group of American high schoolers asked them for Italian swear words they could use. My bilingual daughters, were unfortunately accustomed to that sort of question from both cultures. They also knew well how to play the, “I can’t understand a word of what you are […]
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Our grandson drops his arms and ducks his chin. His despair comes from missing a soccer goal, a basketball shot gone wrong, or a race not won. His feet drag. He is disheartened. Unfortunately, I see myself in that dispirited droop of the shoulders, bowed head, and defeated shuffle of feet. It’s not just myself, […]
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