Show HN: AI News for Kids (opens in new tab)

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1 pointsquodlibet7d ago5 comments

AI is changing the world, and most people aren't yet prepared for that future. That finally hit me when I read this article my Matt Shumer a few weeks ago ( https://shumer.dev/something-big-is-happening ) .

My kids are 10 and 12, and when I talked to them, realized that they don't get the actual important information about AI.

I went through a few iterations, and finally found a format in which I can get them to care, and actually want to consume information about AI and the future.

https://6seven.news curates actual important news, formats it in a kid friendly way, narrates it in 5 languages, and allows kids to safely interact with an ai about the news.

The site is built in a privacy first way, no data gets stored, nothing gets tracked.

I've only shown this to a few kids and parents, so any feedback is welcome.

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gus_massa5d ago

Interesting site. It looks like you did a lot of work making it.

Perhaps I'm too optimistic, but I expect 10 years old to be able to read normal text, instead of highlighting every sentence are automatic reading it.

Also, I'm not worried about kids learning AI. I expect my kids to know how to use AI better than me when they grow up.

(I already ask my older daughter about C# and some advanced programming algorithms. I can still win against the young one.)

quodlibetOP7h ago

i tested it with my kids, sure they can read much faster, but this format keeps their attention

quodlibetOP6h ago

side note, I am sure the average hn readers kids don't really need this. But there are probably a lot of kids who's parents are not as savvy, that is more the audience I am targeting.

cadl117d ago

Looks good, I see that many languages are now supported. Can Chinese be supported as well? :)

quodlibetOP7h ago

i don't see why not, except every language adds a few cents to the cost. I got a similar question for Italian. If I get some adoption, I'll consider more languages.

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Show HN: AI News for Kids (opens in new tab)

(6seven.news)

1 pointsquodlibet7d ago5 comments

My kids are 10 and 12, and when I talked to them, realized that they don't get the actual important information about AI.

I went through a few iterations, and finally found a format in which I can get them to care, and actually want to consume information about AI and the future.

https://6seven.news curates actual important news, formats it in a kid friendly way, narrates it in 5 languages, and allows kids to safely interact with an ai about the news.

The site is built in a privacy first way, no data gets stored, nothing gets tracked.

I've only shown this to a few kids and parents, so any feedback is welcome.

5 comments

gus_massa5d ago

Interesting site. It looks like you did a lot of work making it.

Perhaps I'm too optimistic, but I expect 10 years old to be able to read normal text, instead of highlighting every sentence are automatic reading it.

Also, I'm not worried about kids learning AI. I expect my kids to know how to use AI better than me when they grow up.

(I already ask my older daughter about C# and some advanced programming algorithms. I can still win against the young one.)

quodlibetOP7h ago

i tested it with my kids, sure they can read much faster, but this format keeps their attention

quodlibetOP6h ago

side note, I am sure the average hn readers kids don't really need this. But there are probably a lot of kids who's parents are not as savvy, that is more the audience I am targeting.

cadl117d ago

Looks good, I see that many languages are now supported. Can Chinese be supported as well? :)

quodlibetOP7h ago

i don't see why not, except every language adds a few cents to the cost. I got a similar question for Italian. If I get some adoption, I'll consider more languages.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse