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It’s been 3 months since our last letter. Life has been LIFE-ing. But since we last met in your inbox, we’ve celebrated a few milestones here at ammi.ai HQ:

We have a lot to catch up on! Recent developments in the AI world have catapulted me back into your inbox with a strong sense of duty, a little urgency, and also, I just missed y’all!

In today’s ammi.ai, you’ll discover:

Let’s grow! 🌿

First, a few fresh blooms from our garden:

Parenting in the AI age doesn’t come with a manual, so we took matters into our own hands.

Join ammi.ai and Julie Kelleher of LikeAMother.ai on Dec 4 at 11 AM CST for AI Foundations for Families, a live, hands-on workshop to get the tools and confidence to navigate AI in all facets of your family’s life: home, school, and beyond.

✅ No tech background required
✅ 30-day Family AI Action Plan included
💬 Replay available

🎟️ Register for $45 with code GROW before Nov 30.

AI Literacy 🤝 Public Health

I'm excited to join my sister Zainab Shipchandler, MPH, MCHES, CLC of ZRF Group Inc., to present a Continuing Education workshop on Prebunking AI-generated Health Misinformation.

You'll discover how people are utilizing AI for health information, evaluate the double-edged sword of AI in health, and learn how AI Literacy can effectively act as a vaccine against health misinformation in the AI era.

Workshop Details: December 11, 2025 | Online | $53

If you're concerned about the impact of AI-generated health misinformation, join us, let's grow together 🌿

If you missed our conversation with Dr. Cornelia C. Walther in September, you can watch the replay here! I think about this conversation almost every day. It has really shaped how I view AI literacy: by keeping humans and human intelligence at the center.

I’ll be sharing more about our conversation, but in the meantime, check out the recording here.

Learn more about Dr. Cornelia Walther's work:
🌱 Wharton Faculty Profile
🌱 Current Book - "Human Leadership for Humane Technology"

First, a few fresh blooms from our garden:

Last month, I had an absolutely lovely conversation with Lois Janos of Work Smarter with AI, who shared her journey from being a self-described technophobe to empowering women, mothers, and businesses in the UK with AI literacy and AI fluency training. She shared really practical ways that any mom can join the AI conversation!

Apple Sauce

The ‘sauce’ - or overview - on AI apps you may find useful.

Today’s apple: Gamma

Ammis and friends regularly ask me for AI tool recommendations. One of the most common questions I get is, "Are there any AI tools that can help me make a slide deck or a presentation?"

Gamma is your girl.

You can enter an outline, notes, or an existing presentation, and Gamma can convert it into a web page, a presentation deck, or a social media carousel. You have the flexibility to modify the theme, visuals, formatting, and content.

Of course, you don't have as much flexibility as if you were to build a slideshow from scratch in PowerPoint or using a tool like Canva. Still, it’s great for prototyping or for easily conveying information visually.

Use my referral link below for 200 Gamma credits!

⚠️ Ammis and friends: Always check privacy policies and verify any AI-generated health, safety, or education advice with trusted human experts. This is not an ad or official endorsement. AI tools evolve rapidly—features and safety may change. Mind your pics, mind your files, mind your deets, and stay safe out there, y’all!

Planting the Seed

Explore AI topics and headlines in simple language.

Guest contribution by Zainab Shipchandler, MPH, MCHES, CLC

Recently, I saw an older adult co-watching YouTube with my child. Some of my kids' favorite videos are about shapes, so the algorithm suggested similar videos.

One video caught my eye—it was clearly generated by AI. It featured big, bubble-like letters, a generic song, and typical AI-style animation, reminiscent of Pixar.

It got problematic pretty fast.

AI-generated videos aren't inherently bad, but this one had discrepancies. The video described shapes in a song while showing kids drawing or playing with those shapes.

For older kids who are familiar with their shapes, this might be a fun challenge. But for younger kids learning shapes, it could be confusing.

What does this mean for Ammis?

This video is what I'd call AI Slop—content with little human oversight that might be riddled with inaccurate information, or just be plain bad. Parents or grandparents might think it's educational without realizing the errors.

I pointed out more inconsistencies: at one point, the boy had a ponytail, and puzzle pieces were oddly shaped.

Even if this seems low-stakes, think about the effects.

If your child repeatedly watches and internalizes incorrect information about shapes, it becomes a literacy issue they carry into the future. Being vigilant about AI-generated content in one area helps protect us in all areas, especially important ones like health decisions.

As a health education specialist, this matters to me. It's crucial to detect AI-generated content and assess its quality to avoid misinformation, especially in health-related areas. There are deep fakes of doctors selling supplements, making this issue very real.

You might be able to spot slop easily, but our kids, or our parents, may need help strengthening their AI-detection muscles.

Here’s a quick checklist to spot the Slop! (made using Gamma)

Try using this checklist on a video spamming a lot of our feeds these days, ‘Animal saving baby from animal’:

Fruitful Harvest

Fresh AI picks from the community garden.

🍒 Emotional Safety x AI resources for educators, parents, and teens to help open up conversations and build awareness around the risks of emotional entanglement with AI, by fellow Ammi, Sarah Baker Ed.D.

🍇 Cartography of Generative AI - If you’re into maps and cartography, you’ll love this map of the Generative AI universe. Bonus: it’s pink and there are sharks! Shoutout to Kara Kennedy for sharing with me!

🍉 A quick guide to how I’m using AI for Black Friday shopping:

Cultivating Conversation

Your insights nourish our garden.

What was your homework 'lifeline' growing up?

Thanks for spending a few of your precious, precious minutes with us.

See y’all soon,
Ruqaiya
Ammi by day, Ammi by night