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June 3, 2025

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June 2, 2025

Musk’s XAI Reportedly Planning Chatbot App Rival to OpenAI’s ChatGPT Game On: Chime offers gamified financial education through partnership with Zogo However, the researchers argued that customer service…

The Rise and Fall of Symbolic AI Philosophical presuppositions of AI by Ranjeet Singh

April 12, 2025

1911 09606 An Introduction to Symbolic Artificial Intelligence Applied to Multimedia Programs were themselves data structures that other programs could operate on, allowing the easy definition of higher-level…

The Rise and Fall of Symbolic AI Philosophical presuppositions of AI by Ranjeet Singh

April 12, 2025

1911 09606 An Introduction to Symbolic Artificial Intelligence Applied to Multimedia Programs were themselves data structures that other programs could operate on, allowing the easy definition of higher-level…

The top 5 shopping bots and how theyll change e-commerce

March 7, 2025

6 AI Shopping Assistant Tools To Help You Shop Wisely This is a missed opportunity to create brand loyalty and land a sale. Retail chatbots are AI-powered live…

10 Best Real Estate Chatbots & How To Use Them

December 4, 2024

Guide to Real Estate Chatbots: Use Cases and Tips- Freshworks For instance, if a user wants a two-bedroom flat with a sea view in a specific neighborhood, customers…

WINSTON BOOKS – where you can get them!

October 20, 2023

About this time every year I remind people to grab a copy of my favourite Christmas book: How Winston Delivered Christmas by Alex T Smith. I know what…

“Dear Bec, My daughter has been dumped by her friendship group …”

October 6, 2023

EMAIL FROM A READER: My daughter was dumped by her friendship group … Hi Bec, I was given your website from a lovely lady at work. I am…

Reader Email: My 14yo daughter sent shirtless photos to a boy

July 7, 2023

Hi Rebecca, My daughter has had her phone since the beginning of High School 18 months ago. She has no social media, her phone is only allowed downstairs…

Reader Email: My 13yo son loves Roblox. I became suspicious when I could hear him talking softly into his computer …

June 30, 2023

Rebecca, I just wanted to reach out and thank you for the work you do for our tweens and teens. I read your post on FB at the…

Teens, parties and alcohol

June 25, 2023

The question about whether it’s okay for parents to supply  alcohol to 15 year olds blew up on my Facebook page last week. (One parent wrote in the…

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Over the past 25 years Rebecca Sparrow has earned a living as a travel writer, a television publicist, a marketing executive, a magazine editor, a TV scriptwriter, a radio producer, a newspaper columnist and as an author.

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