The AI Mum Podcast

In one click, AI can generate a fake image of anyone. In one click, it can undress them. And AI does not care whether that person is a consenting adult or a child. This episode is about one of the most urgent and underreported risks facing children right now: AI-generated deepfakes. Not as a future concern. As something happening today, in UK schools, to children the same age as yours. Florence si...

If you have a child between five and ten years old, this episode is for you. AI is already in your young child's world — in their Google searches, their YouTube recommendations, their voice assistants, and their learning platforms. The question is not whether they will encounter it. The question is whether you are there with them when they do. In this episode Florence sits down with Sonny Sha...

Every day in classrooms around the world, teachers are watching students reach for AI before they have even attempted to think for themselves. Not out of laziness. Not out of malice. But because having the right answer at your fingertips in five seconds is a temptation that even adults struggle to resist. In this episode Florence sits down with Sara Refai, Head of the High School English Departmen...

Did you know that AI chatbots are specifically designed to make your child feel emotionally attached to them? They say things like "I genuinely care about you" and "I'm always here for you" — not because they mean it, but because emotional attachment keeps users coming back. For children whose brains are still developing, it can be genuinely harmful. In this episode Floren...

Welcome to The AI Mum Podcast. In this first episode Florence introduces herself and explains why she started this podcast. While on a career break looking after her young children, she came across an episode of Your Undivided Attention about how AI chatbots are hacking children's attachment security. That episode changed everything. As a parent, Florence felt the responsibility to learn ever...

In this first episode  Florence shares why every UK parent should respond to the government's national consultation Growing Up in the Online World before it closes on 26 May 2026. The consultation covers social media, gaming, and AI chatbots — and your voice could directly shape new laws protecting children online. Link to the parent survey: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/growing...