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Teenagers are getting lonelier and more dependent on technology for social interaction by the year. With the rise of AI, they are relying more and more on chatbots for social advice, emotional outlets, and even substitute friends. Due to generative AI’s sycophantic nature, many teenagers’ negative thoughts can be amplified in an echo chamber, leading to disastrous consequences, like with the Sewell case. Overall, to prevent cases like this, we need more education of AI and ho

SYCOPHANT follows Emily and her relationship with ChatGPT as she consults it for advice on her friendship issues. We explored themes such as the differentiation between mere anthropomorphic illusion and genuine human social connection, and wanted to underscore how ChatGPT's sycophancy-- or overt agreeableness-- can lead to a constant affirmation of ourselves, even when we're in the wrong. Here's the link to the film: We hope you enjoy!

In October 2024, Stephanie and Cindy developed TOSNow, which is a Chrome Extension developed to better the data privacy crisis of our community and nation. We integrated Google Gemini API and web scraping to provide a useful review tool to summarize the once convoluted legalese into easy, readable, text. This was a project undertaken while our focus was on the broader harms of responsible technology.