Resources · checked, not collected
The links worth keeping
Official pages, reporting channels, and field notes from our other two labs.
Official sourcesSafety hotlinesField notes
A working list of the links I actually open — vendor pricing pages, official reporting tools, and the research I cite. Every link here was checked in August 2026. No affiliate links on this page; it exists to be useful, not to earn.
Check a price yourself (official pages only)
- ChatGPT plans — free, Go, Plus, Pro
- Claude plans · Google AI plans
- Jasper · Writesonic · Rytr
- HubSpot · Bigin · Pipedrive · Freshsales
- Everything above, side by side and dated: the AI Price Tracker
If something goes wrong online
Keep these where you can find them in a hurry. AI has made fraud faster and more convincing, and the first hour matters more than anything you do later.
- FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) — file first if money moved. Fast reporting is what makes a bank recall possible.
- ReportFraud.ftc.gov — the FTC’s reporting front door, and it takes attempted scams too.
- National Elder Fraud Hotline — 833-372-8311 (U.S. Department of Justice). A person, not a form.
- AARP Fraud Watch Network Helpline — 877-908-3360. Free, and you don’t need to be a member.
- Call your bank before you do anything else. Then freeze your credit at all three bureaus.
Research I cite (so you can read the originals)
- AARP Tech Trends, 2026 — where the “three in ten Americans over 50 use AI” figure comes from
- FBI IC3 annual and elder-fraud reports — the loss numbers behind every scam article worth reading
- Google Search Essentials — the actual policy behind “will AI content get penalized?”
Free printable
The Family Safety Kit (PDF, 6 pages)
The safe-word card, the First 60 Minutes sheet, and photo first aid — print them tonight, share them with anyone. No sign-up required.
From the robotics lab
The robotics half of this operation now has its own home: Physical AI — research papers decoded, humanoids and home robots priced, and the chip-industry job market counted, each piece translated and re-reported in English by the same person who ran the original tests — nothing on this site is published without human editing.