# Everyday Ethical AI

Get the latest on inclusion, equality, justice, ethics, and business value. Based on Karen Smiley's 30+ years in the software industry with practical data-driven applications of AI, ML, analytics, & more. Weekly interviews at @sixpeas. 100% human-created.

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## [The Curious Case of Pangram \[guest post\]](https://karensmiley.substack.com/p/the-curious-case-of-pangram-guest-post)

_2026-08-01 · Karen Smiley_

What Substack writers think about the new Pangram AI detector - a digest of 17 articles spanning support, hesitation, cautious refusal, and outright protest

## [Why I won’t be using Pangram AI scoring](https://karensmiley.substack.com/p/why-i-wont-be-using-pangram-ai-scoring)

_2026-07-22 · Karen Smiley_

TL;DR Biases, profits, IP protection, lack of consent, and my answers to the 5 questions I asked my subscribers

## [What I Wish Someone Had Told Me Before I Started My Career in Tech](https://karensmiley.substack.com/p/what-i-wish-someone-had-told-me-before-i-started-my-career-in-tech)

_2026-07-19 · Karen Smiley_

Tina Sharma shares lessons she's learned about shaping her tech career (guest post collaboration)

## [Protecting ourselves from 2 key risks of AI tool dependency](https://karensmiley.substack.com/p/protecting-ourselves-from-2-key-risks-of-ai-tool-dependency)

_2026-06-19 · Karen Smiley_

What we can do about 2 risks of AI tool dependency: cognitive effects and tool access disruption (Part 2 of 2-article series)

## [Eyeglasses and LLMs considered harmful?](https://karensmiley.substack.com/p/eyeglasses-and-llms-considered-harmful)

_2026-06-17 · Karen Smiley_

How reliance on LLMs for our daily lives or livelihoods is like wearing eyeglasses. (Part 1 of 2-article series)

## [Why AI Robots Won't Solve Our Elder Care Crisis](https://karensmiley.substack.com/p/why-ai-robots-wont-solve-our-elder)

_2026-05-27 · Karen Smiley_

A rant based on seeing too many hype-filled videos by people and companies who have no clue what it takes to care for elderly or disabled people

## [Protecting your privacy from Google’s partners](https://karensmiley.substack.com/p/protecting-your-privacy-from-googles-partners)

_2026-04-24 · Karen Smiley_

Google rolled out a new privacy setting this week for users. Here's how to check if you were opted IN by default to sharing your data (as I was 🙄), and how to fix it.

## [International Women's Day 2026](https://karensmiley.substack.com/p/international-womens-day-2026)

_2026-03-08 · Karen Smiley_

Data on women's legal rights around the world. Spoiler: "No country in the world has reached full legal equality for women and girls"

## [📢 Announcement: Volume 1 in the She Writes AI Everywhere book series is here!](https://karensmiley.substack.com/p/announcement-volume-1-she-writes-ai-everywhere)

_2026-02-28 · Karen Smiley_

Now open for preorders: "AI Everywhere, Volume 1: How Women Are Changing The World With Artificial Intelligence". 100% women & nonbinary authors on how & when to use AI - and how & when not to.

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_2026-02-28 · **Sponsored**_

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## [What's next in 2026: AI Everywhere (pre-announcement)](https://karensmiley.substack.com/p/whats-next-in-2026-ai-everywhere-shewritesai-book)

_2026-01-19 · Karen Smiley_

SheWritesAI collaborative book #1 coming soon: 24 chapters by women and nonbinary authors from 14 countries with fresh viewpoints on AI, from history to the latest LLM breakthroughs & agents.