I enjoyed @annaleen.bsky.social ’s latest column in @newscientist.com It reminded me how weird it was to go out into the real world in the 1990s, after my upbringing in a feminist bubble, to discover that the battle for gender equality wasn’t completely done and dusted!

#wheresmyjetpack #feminism

The chief executive of artificial intelligence chatbot maker Character.ai believes most people will have "AI friends" in the future, as it faces a string of lawsuits over alleged harm to children and advocacy groups call for a ban on "companionship" apps. The San Francisco-based start-up — backed by top Silicon Valley investors such as Andreessen Horowitz and a past acquisition target of Meta — is at the vanguard of tech groups building AI-powered chatbots with different personas that interact with people.

'You will have AI friends': Character​.ai bets on companionship chatbots www.ft.com/content/0bcc... (£)

Chat with Jimmy Savile character.ai/character/nC... 🤪

#AIfriends #chatbots #genAI #wheresmyjetpack

But we gotta raise profits for corporations, fire as many greedy workers as possible and please shareholders with yearly growth - for eternity of course. #WheresMyJetPack

Happy Feckin' New Year. Here we are now, 2025, a quarter of the way through the 21st century. Not what you expected, is it? #2025 #WHERESMYJETPACK #THEFUTURESUCKS

Seriously when are computers going to be easy to read in direct sunlight. #21stcenturyfail #fwp #wheresmyjetpack

Test driving a new mobile virtual presence device. Because I still don't have a clone. #wheresmyjetpack

Heading to burbs to have dinner w a friend. If I had to sit in this traffic every day I would go mental #wheresmyjetpack