University of Michigan: A pocket-sized personal trainer: AI-written texts aim to get older adults moving. “Artificial intelligence can write text messages encouraging physical activity that most older adults consider appropriate and good quality, but their feelings about AI—and if they know AI wrote the message—impact their response, a new study in the Journals of Gerontology suggests.”

Hell no!

Trying Fossify Messages to see if it'll do.

https://f-droid.org/packages/org.fossify.messages

#SMS #TextMessages #TextApp #GoogleMessages #samsung #Android #fdroid #f_droid

University of British Columbia: Texting with a stranger beats a chatbot at easing loneliness. “Texting with a real person—even a stranger—may reduce loneliness more than chatting with a highly supportive AI chatbot, new UBC research suggests.”

Chilling video shows smirking killer branding his two-year-old victim 'crazy'

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/chilling-video-shows-smirking-killer-36923685

Judge rules it's legal for automakers to download & store your text messages under WA privacy law

https://peertube.gravitywell.xyz/w/ibMBbDGPPmnLHLmor1rNYk

Ars Technica: Millions of people imperiled through sign-in links sent by SMS. “Websites that authenticate users through links and codes sent in text messages are imperiling the privacy of millions of people, leaving them vulnerable to scams, identity theft, and other crimes, recently published research has found.”