In early July 2026, Meta announced that user’s images and content on Instagram would be up-for-grabs for their AI engine allowing others to use this content. This was presented as a “new feature”, and if you wanted to opt-out you would need to update your profile settings. The backlash was instant. People didn’t want that
This month (June 2026) in our AI Users Group, we reviewed Apple’s keynote announcing Siri AI, which is expected to roll out for free in Fall 2026. For those of us who’ve been sipping the Apple juice since the Mac 512, we’ve long wondered why Apple seemed late to the AI party. Well, it looks like
I was recently asked, “How do we get off of AI,” like it is something you can just log out of. Well, you can’t. But what we can do is learn about it, keep talking about it, encourage critical thinking, ask good questions, find out ways it can be helpful, and use it with an open