China drafts world’s strictest rules to end AI-encouraged suicide, violence https://arstechni.ca #ArtificialIntelligence #companionbots #generativeai #chatbots #ChatGPT #suicide #Policy #openai #china #AI

Senators move to keep Big Tech’s creepy companion bots away from kids Big Tech immediately opposed the proposed law as “heavy-handed.”…

The #GUARDAct has renewed debate about how to protect children from AI companion bots.

As senators move to restrict AI #companionbots, grieving parents are reminding the public what’s really at stake: children’s #mentalhealth and #humanconnection.
#protectchildren

Senators move to keep Big Tech’s creepy companion bots away from kids Big Tech immediately opposed the proposed law as “heavy-handed.”…

Senators move to keep Big Tech’s creepy companion bots away from kids | #technology #AI #companionbots #technews #tech | arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Senators move to keep Big Tech’s creepy companion bots away from kids https://arstechni.ca #ageverification #companionbots #Character.AI #childsafety #agechecks #chatbots #ChatGPT #replika #Policy #grok #AI

To shield kids, California hikes fake nude fines to $250K max https://arstechni.ca #companionbots #deepfakenudes #childsafety #California #nudifyapps #chatbots #ChatGPT #Policy #AI

Vandals deface ads for AI necklaces that listen to all your conversations https://arstechni.ca #ArtificialIntelligence #companionbots #aicompanions #aiwearables #aifriends #chatbots #Policy #AI

Surprise bonus #DayGlowShow episode tomorrow with @ishotjr.bsky.social, for a new #Arduino release! 😱✨
➕ Pebble & @rebble.io #SmartWatch updates
➕ My Companion Core #PCBs for #CompanionBots

Join here (July 24, 1900 UTC / noon PDT):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAOv...

Or elsewhere: dayglow.show

I've been working toward using *small* language models and ethical single-subject #chatbots in my #CompanionBots. Gotten as far as digging into Janelle Shane's work, but haven't had much bandwidth beyond that.

I'd love to develop a process and turn it into a usable tutorial! Gotta make it easier. 💙

Alex (30s white woman with side-shaved blue hair) smiles over at the blue owl robot on her shoulder. Pic from 2018!

Profile shot, showing my earring – a black circuit board shaped like a Ouija board planchette, which says "ESP-01" at the top and features chalk-like drawings of nasturtiums twining around it.

Close-up of the same PCB in use – with an FTDI cable programming an ESP8266 module; both are plugged into headers on the circuit board. (There are PROGRAM and RESET buttons mounted to the bottom.) A bare PCB sits on the same blue silicone mat.

Holding up two PCBs with a striking ribcage design, labeled "Companion Core". The left one is black, with a copper ribcage; the right one is purple, and its ribs are slightly lighter purple and raised (due to the copper layer below). This one has servos plugged into headers on one side, and the ribs stand out in gold where the solder mask has been omitted in a heart shape. The bottom of each board says, "Mittler zwischen Hirn und Händen muss das Herz sein": a quotation from Metropolis, "the mediator between head and hands must be the heart."

Hey! You may have seen my videos on Hackster.io – or my #robot owl Archimedes & other #CompanionBots; my Ouija #ESP8266 planchette PCB; the Companion Core...
Or seen me in Make:, Hackaday, HackSpace mag, the Adafruit blog, TWiT, Recomendo, etc.

As I make new project threads, I'll link them below :D

Angela Sheehan (GellaCraft, left) with her little furry dragon-fairy robot, Nova; and Debra Ansell (GeekMomProjects, right) with her grey plushy light-up bot. Both bots are draped across their makers' shoulders.

Angela shows a little dragon/fairy egg bot, on stage at Supercon '23. Its display-case backpack sits on a table.

Alex and Angela take an evening selfie at Supercon '23, with Nova peeking out in between. Cute!

Had to post this for International #WomenInRobotics day (www.womeninrobotics.org/wir-day/2024), but I'll keep updating with progress reports – and inspiration from others :D

Love meeting up with my #CompanionBots compatriots at events – including Angela and Debra!

// #ShineALight

A black athletic brace with 3D-printed parts holding a pan/tilt servo mechanism, wired into an Arduino on a PCB. On it rests a black 3D-printed owl head with a gold, twisted-wire crown and weird rubbery eyebrows. All on a blue desk.

Showing the back of the PCB: my Companion Core, featuring a copper ribcage design with exposed gold heart.

Two black 3D-printed wings, one with a segment covered in broken solar panel bits.

Alex with the looks-like prototype on her shoulder, poking it in the wing, against a brick wall. She has iridescent blue side-shaven hair and a Ouija-esque PCB earring.

Can I *finally* turn this pile o' parts into a #DarkAcademia flavored #owl #robot in time for #Halloween? (Or Bay Area #MakerFaire??)

Got a ton of travel coming up this month... but we shall see! >:D

Find my #robotics projects (& more!) at bit.ly/glowlinks 🤖💙✨

// #CompanionBots