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Google DeepMind and GovTech Singapore build on-device Gemma AI model to detect scams in private chats
Google DeepMind and GovTech Singapore have collaborated on a fine-tuned AI model that uses lightweight Gemma models on the device to intercept conversational scams in private chats. The design involves zero cloud data egress, but the source gives no launch date or rollout details.
Source: Google DeepMind
SMU Provost Alan Chan on keeping human skills central as AI enters classrooms
SMU Provost Professor Alan Chan told a Singapore summit panel that universities should help students use AI without eroding human capabilities. He also said entry-level job expectations are likely to rise without matching pay.
Source: SMU Newsroom
South West District residents get hands-on help with AI agents and career guidance
The South West CDC is partnering with the Singapore AI Association to teach practical AI skills to more than 3,000 residents over three years. SkillsFuture Advice is also being renamed Careers and Skills for Community, with a goal of reaching about 150,000 people over three years.
Source: The Straits Times — Singapore
Hong Kong police launch AI-powered national security platform for school pupils
Hong Kong police have launched the NSmarties AI Interactive Platform, which lets pupils generate personalised stories on national security. It was launched at a primary school in Ap Lei Chau with about 700 pupils attending.
Source: Hong Kong Free Press
Five types of teen wellbeing: how sleep, exercise and food fit in, in a study of 7,244 Chinese adolescents
A study of 7,244 Chinese adolescents found that teen quality of life falls into five distinct profiles, not one scale from good to bad. Sleep, physical activity, screen time and food were linked to the profiles in ways that were not always straightforward.
Source: Frontiers in Public Health — Child Health
Can a community-built screen-use programme lift teens' self-esteem and body image?
Researchers in a rural Spanish town ran a screen-balance programme designed with teens, parents, teachers and health workers, and found moderate gains in self-esteem, self-concept and body image. With no comparison group and no follow-up, the results are encouraging but early.
Source: PLOS ONE — Education
Can active childhoods make exercise easier later? A guinea fowl study offers a clue
Penn State researchers found that young guinea fowl raised carrying small leg weights later walked with a load without burning extra energy, while birds raised without weights burned 23% more. It is an early animal study, so whether the same happens in children is still unknown.
Source: Science Daily — Children's Health
When a Down syndrome diagnosis becomes more than one shock: parents' stories from a Johannesburg special school
A small South African study interviewed eight parents of children with Down syndrome at a special needs school to understand where their trauma comes from. The parents described stress that built up from the diagnosis, healthcare, school access and stigma, alongside a fragile kind of resilience.
Source: Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
How two South African primary schools tried to protect children's dignity, and what got in the way
A small South African study asked school leaders in two primary schools how they understand and protect pupils' right to dignity. Their answers show what a respectful school looks like, and where home and school need to work together.
Source: Frontiers in Education
Nearly Half of US Teens Report Loneliness, and Belonging Is Linked to Better Mental Health
A Child Mind Institute survey of 1,000 US teens aged 14-17 found that nearly half reported moderate to severe loneliness. Teens with a stronger sense of belonging reported better mental health.
Source: Child Mind Institute
Half the world's children face violence each year, and most countries' protections are falling short
A WHO-led global report found that about 1 billion children each year are affected by physical, sexual or psychological violence, and that countries have been slow to put proven protections into practice. The findings come from a survey of government decision-makers, so they describe national systems rather than what any one family can do.
Source: WHO — Child Health News
Parents' health know-how and faster bone maturing in children with overweight or obesity
A cross-sectional study of school-aged children with overweight or obesity found that higher parental health literacy was linked to a lower risk of advanced bone age. The link looked steadier for mothers, but the study could not show cause and effect, and the summary gives no details of where the children lived or how many took part.
Source: Frontiers in Public Health — Child Health