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October 15, 2025

Title: THE DARK SIDE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Topic: Artificial Intelligence

Discussed by Emily Washburn
with Daily Citizen (DailyCitizen.com)

Disclaimer: Use caution when listening to this segment around young children. Issues discussed may be upsetting or hard for little ones to understand.

Conversational Artificial Intelligence Platforms such as ChatGPT, Copilot, and others can be a helpful resource for students working on a term paper or finding out the date of this year’s autumnal equinox. But is there a dark side that no one wants to talk about?

Emily Washburn is an Issues Analyst at the Daily Citizen, an online publication for Focus on the Family.

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Questions/Issues Discussed:

When we call a helpline, are we talking with a real, live person, or are we often talking to a machine – talking with Artificial Intelligence?

Why is it so dangerous for our kids to interact with AI?

Are people using AI to research suicide and how to kill themselves? Emily Washburn tells the tragic story of one teen.

What precautions should parents and grandparents make?

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