Playful Futures
Annabel BlakeA newsletter for grown ups who are still kids. Kids who love creative tech, design for kids and fantasy fiction.
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🌶️ Spicy AI, plushie therapists and horror AI slop
👋 Hello! I’m Annabel Blake; PhD candidate studying child-centric AI, principal AI design researcher at Canva, children’s author and freshly minted parent.
This is the second instalment of my refreshed Substack! Highs and Lows since our fi...
🧀 The New York Times, Character AI and Cheese
It started with Cheese
A year ago, as part of my PhD, I was deep in online communities where young people were discussing their use of AI chatbots. With a background in psychology, and nearly a decade working in big tech, I was looking...
AI goes to therapy, new screen time guidelines and LitRPT
👋 Hello! I’m Annabel Blake; PhD candidate studying child-centric AI, principal AI design researcher at Canva, children’s author and freshly minted parent.
Since starting this Substack in 2022, there’s been big changes in my life - from st...
❄️ Winter Olympics, Fantasy Bakeries and Talking Lamps
Firstly, in a few weeks I’m travelling to Barcelona (with a 6 month old!) to present a research paper at CHI- will you be there? Message me to meet up!
Secondly, I’ve silently published more research-related work on this substack [I don’...
📣 Not All Chatbots Are Companions
In February ‘26 I was invited by Mona Sloane to present a spicy 10-minute provocation for the ‘CO-OPTING AI’ series, presenting alongside Sonia Livingstone and Ashleigh Greene Wade! Catch the recording or zip through a silent slide walkthro...
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Principal AI design researcher @Canva, PhD candidate studying child-centric AI and children's author interested in all things play, tech and fantasy fiction!
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