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AI Takes a Seat at the Thanksgiving Table as New Tools Enter Daily Life

New releases and deep product integration have pushed the technology into everyday life.

AI can't cook your Thanksgiving turkey (yet?), but it might come up as a topic of conversation this holiday season.
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Overview

  • Expect AI to be a dinner‑table topic this year, with differing comfort levels and confusion over what the term actually covers.
  • AI features now power browsing and search, including ChatGPT Atlas, Chrome’s Gemini integration and Google Search’s AI Mode.
  • Chatbots can be confidently wrong, so users are urged to ask for sources, double‑check facts, avoid sharing sensitive data and follow workplace policies.
  • The technology’s broader footprint is reshaping work and markets as experts debate job effects and investors gauge demand, while data centers’ electricity use is projected to reach 6.7%–12% of U.S. power by 2028.
  • Youth safety concerns have prompted an FTC investigation into AI companion apps, and platforms such as OpenAI, Instagram and Character.AI are rolling out new parental controls.