Useful help should not require giving away private information. Create your Never Paste list, examine consent and practice keeping people central to your support network.
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Your next moves
Make the lesson yours.
Before watching, write your first answer: Who else can see what you tell an AI?
Watch the story. Pause when a choice or claim needs checking.
Open the Think First activity below and complete it before any AI use.
Revise your answer in your own words. Explain what you changed and why.
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Bring a notebook. Begin below.
The activity is included on this page. Work on paper or in your own document; keep your first attempt and the evidence you checked.
Warm-up: Dr. Q's Question
Who else can see what you tell an AI?
My first answer: ________________________________________________
Mike's Mix-Up: The Group Chat Meme
Made-Up Example. This happened a few weeks before the opening scene.
Mike's friend Ava had a funny photo from a field trip. Mike uploaded it to an AI app, put Ava's face on a dancing cartoon, and posted it to a group chat with twenty people. Everyone laughed except Ava. She asked him to delete it. He did, but three people had already saved it.
What went wrong? Talk it through with a partner, then write your answers.
• Whose permission did Mike need, and when did he need it?
• Once an image is shared, who controls it?
• When Mike uploaded Ava's photo to an AI app, who else might have received it?
• How is this mistake like pasting a friend's message into a chatbot?
Think First: My Never Paste List
No devices. Pen and paper. About 15 minutes.
Make a table with three columns: Never paste, Why, and What I can do instead. Start with these categories and add your own:
• My identity: full name with my school, home address, phone number, passwords, ID numbers, and my location.
• Other people: friends' messages, photos of other people, and anyone's secrets, grades, health, or family business.
• Private files: report cards, medical forms, and anything with a signature.
• The billboard test: anything I would not want on a billboard with my name on it.
Write categories, never the actual secrets. Star your three most important rules. Then compare lists with a partner.
Pause & reflect
What changed in your thinking?
Write one sentence in your notebook. Name what you checked, what you chose, or what you want to explore next.
Read the video transcript
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I'm Carla, an AI avatar.
Today's question is one most people never ask before they hit send.
Who else can see what you tell an AI?
Mike's friend Jay sent him a long,
private message after getting cut from the team.
Mike wanted to help.
He copied the message into a chatbot and got ready to paste.
Then he stopped.
Jay had trusted Mike with that message.
Jay never agreed to share it with a company's computers.
So Mike asked a general question instead,
with no names and no details.
Then he called Jay and listened.
That is the move: ask about the situation,
and leave out the people.
Mike still got help, and Jay's words stayed Jay's.
Here's why that matters.
In 2025, Stanford researchers studied the privacy policies
of six companies that make popular chatbots.
They reported that all six use chat data by default to
train their models, and some keep it indefinitely.
"By default" means it happens unless you change a setting.
So treat anything you type into an AI like something you post.
This matters for other people's information too.
Rob, who wrote this book, is an auditor.
His slides warn that uploading client data into AI tools
may count as sharing it with a third party,
even when names are removed.
Your friends deserve the same care.
Scammers can clone voices, too.
The FTC's advice is simple: "Don't trust the voice."
Call the person back on a number you know is theirs.
The FBI suggests a secret word or phrase for your family.
Deepfakes need something else: consent.
Before you make or share an image of a real person, ask them.
And a federal law, the TAKE IT DOWN Act,
requires covered platforms to remove intimate images
shared without consent, including AI-made ones,
within 48 hours of a valid request.
And here is a rule for feelings.
AI can help you think out loud.
People help you heal.
When something is heavy, talk to a person you trust.
If you or someone you know is in crisis,
in the United States you can call or text 988 to reach the
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
It's free and confidential, twenty-four seven.
And in the United States, if someone is in immediate
danger, call 911 and get a trusted adult right away.
You never have to carry heavy things alone.
This week, you'll write your Never Paste list by hand and
tour a chatbot's privacy settings with your teacher.
Grab a pen.
Before you use an AI tool
Follow your course or institution's rules. Use an instructor-approved tool that permits your age, and meet any required consent conditions. Keep names, contact details, school records, and other private information out of prompts. Use fictional examples when you can.
Learning without an AI account
Follow the demonstration, pause before each answer, and do the reasoning on paper. Discuss what you would ask, how you would check it, and which decisions would remain yours.
About the characters and voices
This course uses AI-created characters and synthetic voices. Carla is an AI avatar. They help tell the story; they are not real students sharing testimonials.
Designed for high-school and community-college learners. Choose examples from your classes, work, and everyday life. Keep your completed work in your course portfolio.
