ICYMI: News sites are dying - social media and chatbots are eating the audience: Oxford's RISJ 2026 Digital News Report finds social media beats publisher websites in 30 of 48 markets while AI chatbot news use climbs to 10%, up from 7%. https://ppc.land/news-sites-are-dying-social-media-and-chatbots-are-eating-the-audience/ #DigitalNews #SocialMedia #AIChatbots #NewsTrends #MediaConsumption

CHEO doctor explains social media's impact on the brain
The federal government has introduced a bill it says will make social media and AI chatbots safer for children. It includes a ban on social media accounts for youth under 16. Ottawa Morning’s Rebecca Zandbergen spoke with Dr. Gary Goldfield about his research into the impacts of social media on youth.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7231889?cmp=rss

Tussen prikkelarme rust en holle echo … AI en autisme

AI-chatbots zijn voor veel autistische mensen een handig hulpmiddel: voorspelbaar, altijd beschikbaar en zonder oordeel. Maar ze zijn geen vervanging voor echte verbinding of goede hulpverlening. Dit artikel bekijkt nuchter en genuanceerd waarvoor we AI gebruiken, welke antwoorden we terugkrijgen, welke chatbot bij welke taak past, en wat de populariteit van deze technologie zegt over onze samenleving.

https://tistje.com/2026/06/10/tussen-prikkelarme-rust-en-holle-echo-ai-en-autisme/

Manitoba plans to ban AI chatbots for those under 16. This school uses them as an educational tool
CBC spoke with middle school students and educators at General Wolfe School about Manitoba’s move toward a ban on social media and artificial intelligence chatbots for those under 16. It’s the same school we recently visited to learn how AI was getting introduced in the classroom.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-ai-chatbots-education-9.7223822?cmp=rss

University of Phoenix study suggests colleges are losing the fight against ChatGPT

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/06/university-phoenix-study-chatgpt-colleges/

Bots Now Outnumber Humans On The Web  And Most Aren’t Here To Search

Cyrus S., who previously led global SEO at a major tech company and now publishes commentary on search and AI growth, shared today the figures from Cloudflare Radar that have drawn significant attention across the marketing community. The data, covering a seven-day window ending June 5, 2026, shows bots accounting for 57.4% of web traffic to HTML content, with human visitors at 42.6%. The crossing of the 50% threshold, according to Cyrus S., happened "much faster than expected......Continue […]

https://onlinemarketingscoops.com/2026/06/05/bots-now-outnumber-humans/

Should AI training start in kindergarten? What we know about Ottawa’s plan
An MIT study published in November 2025 found that using AI chatbots like ChatGPT erodes critical thinking skills, even among adults.
#Canada #Education #Tech #AIstrategy
https://globalnews.ca/news/11891996/canada-ai-strategy-kindergarten-learning/

B.C. Chamber of Commerce delegates reject call for social media, AI ban for kids
Delegates at the B.C. Chamber of Commerce annual general meeting have rejected a call for government age limits on social media and generative AI chatbots.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-chamber-rejects-ai-social-media-ban-age-limits-9.7221493?cmp=rss