On October 22, 2026, the NGO Committee on the Family in New York looked at how AI tools can be used at home and be a help for families. A practical, interactive look at AI’s place in the modern household – exploring how to use these tools confidently, responsibly, and safely through live demonstrations and real world examples.
A video of the full discussion is available here.
Speakers:
Stephanie Jacobs, PhD
Clinical psychologist (Eating Disorder specialist); Private practice, NY
Andreas Michaelides, PhD
Clinical psychologist; Staff Research Scientist, Google Health AI
Adopted in September 2024 as part of the Pact for the Future, UN Member States committed to building shared institutions for artificial intelligence in The Global Digital Compact.1 Those institutions now exist: the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI issued its first report in July 2026,2 and the inaugural Global Dialogue on AI Governance convened in Geneva the same month. That work proceeds at the level of States. Adoption is proceeding much faster at the level of households.
Families, parents, young people and the professionals who serve them are already using these tools every day. Most of the guidance they receive is about danger. Comparatively little of it is about competence. The result is a widening gap between households that have learned to use these systems well and households that have been warned away from them, a gap that is beginning to look like every other digital divide this Committee has examined.
The goal of this event is that participants will leave with a few practical habits: a handful of phrasings that make these tools more useful, some rules of thumb for what household information is safe to share and what is not, and hopefully an Instinct to explore more on their own. The aim is that everyone, whatever their prior exposure, leaves able to use these tools more confidently and more responsibly with their families.
