New research from Surgo Health surveyed 1,300+ young people (ages 13-24) and found six distinct AI user profiles, ranging from “low use anxious skeptics” (10%) to “high hope, high use skill builders” (also 10%), and - more concerning - “emotionally entangled superusers” (9%). You can read the full report here and learn more about each of the six segments. 

There is a lot of context and nuance around who falls into which segment and why, but one thing I found encouraging is that the largest group is "thriving light-touch pragmatists" (32%) - kids with solid support systems who maintain a healthy arm's length relationship with AI. The research found that kids who had strong social support a year earlier were significantly more likely to land in this group.

In other words, perhaps one of the best things we can do to help our kids have a healthy relationship with AI might have nothing to do with AI… but rather, nurturing a strong sense of real life community and connection.

If you’re curious where you or your teen fall among these profiles, they also shared a little quiz you can take (tbh, the quiz felt FAR too limited to truly be accurate but it’s still interesting).

Last week I shared the heated debate around AI and the future of work — the scary displacement spiral, the more measured counter-report, and the uncomfortable truth that both sides agree things are going to shift. A lot.

We're starting to see glimmers of real leadership show up. This week, Anthropic announced the Anthropic Institute, a new effort to study how AI is reshaping jobs, economies, and how humans will govern once AI is developing and improving itself. What's promising: the Institute sits inside the lab actually building frontier AI (and so will have access to information only the builders of these systems possess), it's led by Anthropic's co-founder, and they've recruited heavyweights in economics, neuroscience, and law. They're committing to sharing what they learn candidly and engaging directly with workers and communities feeling the pressure — not just publishing papers about them.

Separately, 40+ organizations released a Pro-Human AI Declaration calling for keeping humans in control and holding those with technological power accountable to human values and needs (it feels surreal that I am actually typing this). The signatories are a WIDE mix — Richard Branson to Susan Rice to Steve Bannon — which tells you AI is truly something impacting all of us, no matter our walk in life.

My thoughts: Neither of these will make a huge difference short term. But after weeks of alarming reports, it matters that influential voices are starting to organize around protecting human values and our economic empowerment.

With Spring Break approaching, we’re all feeling a mix of excitement and trepidation. Here are a few ways AI can help ease your stress and help you connect more as a family:

Ask Gemini or ChatGPT "What's the current TSA wait time at Denver International Airport?" or "My flight boards at Gate 17 in Terminal B at O'Hare. What are the best kid-friendly food options near my gate… where I can have a glass of wine?" 

Try this prompt in Gemini (select the “canvas” tool): "Create a fun interactive trivia game for a [7-year-old and a 10-year-old] about [animals / the state we're driving through / whatever they're into]. Include at least [50] questions with levels that get more difficult as you advance.” 

Trust me, this is way better than "are we there yet?" over and over. We do this together a lot at restaurants while we’re waiting for our food - you can make it about any possible topic on the fly, the kids love coming up with new trivia ideas.

Download the Gemini app and try Gemini Live (bottom right button and then make sure to enable video).  You can point your phone camera at basically anything and have a real-time conversation about it. A weird bug on the trail. A building you're curious about. A tide pool full of things you can't identify. 

Your kids ask "what IS that?" forty times a day anyway, and now you can learn together with your own personal tour guide.

Before your trip, try in Gemini (ChatGPT probably works too): "Create a scavenger hunt for two kids (ages 8 and 10) exploring [the boardwalk in Santa Cruz / Main Street in Park City / Adventureland at Disney World]. Include clues tied to real landmarks, a few silly physical challenges, end with a treat, and have a storyline about secret agents. Make it printable." 

Pro Tip: if you use Gemini, ask for it to turn the output into an infographic.

This one, for me, really shows the magic of AI - bringing together real world knowledge + family context to create a delightful vacation memory. The one I generated to test this out is SO fun (and shows it knows it’s Disney details!) I can’t wait to try this out with my boys.

If you’re anything like me, I always have the best of intentions after a vacation to package up an album or video to share with my parents and extended family (and to have as a keepsake), but it just takes too darn long and never happens.

Google Photos has some amazing AI tools hidden right in the app. One that I recently stumbled upon is the ability to generate delightful highlight videos literally instantly.

When you get back from your trip, open up Google Photos, select “Create” and then “Highlight Video” - then name the place and date and it will immediately produce a great highlight video from your photos and videos of the trip. There are a ton of different music options to select from too, and you can easily make minor edits too. It’s really magical.

Pro tip: if you’re feeling ambitious, use Suno to create an original song about the trip and layer it on. The grandparents will lose their minds. 

Just in time for Spring Break, Google Maps announced 2 cool new upgrades: Ask Maps, which lets you ask questions and get relevant answers to plan trips, and Immersive Navigation, which renders the route in a very cool 3D view.

Just tap the “Ask Maps” button and ask it something like “find me a public toilet nearby where I don’t need to wait in line to buy something.”

Note: I do not yet see these features on my phone, it is currently rolling out so keep an eye out.

Full ALS reversal: I’d missed this earlier but in December, there was the first documented case of total ALS reversal. The patient went from being nonverbal and unable to walk to being able to swim, play golf, pickleball, and dance at weddings. The brain-guided, AI-controlled therapy achieved the first case of total ALS reversal, with clinical trials starting Q1 2026.

What’s more, researchers believe this physics-based approach could be applied to other protein-misfolding disorders, including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, and Autism.

This one is early - and single case - but makes me feel hopeful!

I sure do miss Seinfeld…