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The Mattering Machine

AI and growing older

The Mattering Machine

A conversation with Dr Kamilah Khatib, who is building an AI that reminds older adults who they are, not one they cannot live without.

BY Helen Chapman

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Jun 26, 2026

The AI You Reach For While You Wait

AI and growing older

The AI You Reach For While You Wait

One of the assumptions we make about dementia is that support begins with a diagnosis. What if that's the wrong way round?

BY Helen Chapman

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Jun 16, 2026

The Most Human AI Is Being Built For The People Least Able To Question It.

AI and growing older

The Most Human AI Is Being Built For The People Least Able To Question It.

The products in this edition work because they feel real. That is also exactly what worries those who developed the technology that underpins them.

BY Helen Chapman

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May 18, 2026

When You're 80, the Right AI Might Just Buy You More Time.

AI and growing older

When You're 80, the Right AI Might Just Buy You More Time.

The AI that learns your routine, catches your fall and never asks your parent to do a thing.

BY Helen Chapman

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May 12, 2026

Is AI Different When You're 80?

AI and growing older

Is AI Different When You're 80?

The technology everyone is trying to keep away from teenagers is being quietly built for your parents.

BY Helen Chapman

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May 7, 2026

When Schoolwork Looks Finished. It Isn’t.

AI and growing up

When Schoolwork Looks Finished. It Isn’t.

EdTech is moving fast in classrooms. Most parents have not been told what happens to their child’s work once it is uploaded.

BY Helen Chapman

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Apr 21, 2026

You Check Their Age. The System Keeps The Data. Here’s What That Builds.

AI and growing up

You Check Their Age. The System Keeps The Data. Here’s What That Builds.

From age gates to algorithms, how data used to protect children’s privacy could shape the systems they grow up in.

BY Helen Chapman

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Apr 10, 2026

Alexa Stays Home. Starboy Doesn't. Here's What Both Are Collecting.

AI and growing up

Alexa Stays Home. Starboy Doesn't. Here's What Both Are Collecting.

From Alexa to AI toys, simple interactions are becoming pattern-building. That matters.

BY Helen Chapman

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Apr 1, 2026

Three Things. This Week.

AI and growing up

Three Things. This Week.

The practical edition. Phone out of the bedroom, the homework question, and what to ask your child’s school.

BY Helen Chapman

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Mar 17, 2026

The 15-Year-Old And The Chatbot

AI and growing up

The 15-Year-Old And The Chatbot

What’s actually happening at night? The AI childhood ladder. And one conversation worth having this week.

BY Helen Chapman

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Mar 14, 2026

Phones, AI, And The 3am Question

AI and growing up

Phones, AI, And The 3am Question

Three data points. One shift nobody is talking about. And a question for parents that's more urgent than you think.

BY Helen Chapman

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Mar 13, 2026

The Question Nobody Asked

Field Notes

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The Question Nobody Asked

Three days. 30,000 attendees. Hundreds of AI demonstrations. Students?

BY Helen Chapman

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Mar 5, 2026

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