Districts across the country are creating new leadership roles, identifying best practices, and writing flexible policies to prepare students and teachers for an AI-driven world.
Dartmouth Builds Its Own AI Chatbot for Student Well-Being
The undergrad-assisted research project will draw on students’ data to provide chatbot support and personalized plans for health and wellness.
Guide on the use of generative artificial intelligence (Canadian Government)
The guide advises federal institutions to explore generative AI cautiously, using it only when risks can be effectively managed. It outlines responsible use principles, policy considerations, and best practices to ensure coordination and stakeholder engagement across government.
Indiana U to Launch GenAI 101 Course for Students, Staff
A new, self-paced course at Indiana University teaches students, faculty and staff generative AI skills and expertise.
N.J. professor: AI won’t replace learning if we prepare students to lead, not cheat
AI can undermine authentic learning by doing students’ work for them, so schools must define clear values and foster social-emotional skills that guide ethical use. Like a Stradivarius violin, AI is operator dependent, its outcomes reflect the judgment and integrity …
Banning Phones in Schools Is Drastically Changing the Behavior of Kids
Schools had become deathly silent. Now that phones are banned, they’re loud again.
https://futurism.com/future-society/banning-phones-schools-behavior…
Sir Tim Berners-Lee doesn’t think AI will destroy the web
The inventor of the World Wide Web on why he’s still optimistic about the future of the internet.
https://www.theverge.com/podcast/814552/tim-berners-lee-world-wide-web-ai-future-interview…
Monitoring Students’ Chatbot Conversations Is Big Business Now
Research shows that parental monitoring apps often backfire, leading to more exposure to harmful content, bullying, and secrecy rather than safety. Teens under surveillance tend to trust their parents less and are less likely to seek help, damaging the parent–child …
I built one ChatGPT prompt that works for absolutely any scenario
There’s no universal “perfect prompt”, every situation needs adaptation. After testing countless frameworks, the author found that a simple, flexible “meta prompt” works best as a foundation to tailor for any AI chat.
https://www.makeuseof.com/one-chatgpt-prompt-that-works-for-any-scenario…
Security flaw in OpenAI’s Atlas browser is a warning for all AI agents
Researchers at NeuralTrust found a major prompt injection flaw in OpenAI’s new Atlas browser that lets malicious links act as trusted commands. The vulnerability exposes a core security risk in “agentic browsers,” where AI agents can mistake harmful input for …
ChatGPT Harm Reduction for Writing Assignments
A professor explains that using ChatGPT for essays misses the point: AI can’t reflect one’s own thoughts, values, or experiences. He also notes that most proposed “solutions” to AI in education, like changing teaching strategies, sound easier than they are …
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia launches with AI-cloned pages from Wikipedia
Some of Grokipedia’s pages say that content is ‘adapted’ from Wikipedia.
https://www.theverge.com/news/807686/elon-musk-grokipedia-launch-wikipedia-xai-copied…
We need private AI now to prevent surveillance capitalism on steroids
Big Tech’s AI integrations are deepening surveillance capitalism, collecting and inferring unprecedented amounts of personal data without meaningful consent. The article argues for private, encrypted AI alternatives like Lumo to counter growing data exploitation and restore user control.
Students Want Schools to Incorporate AI in Learning But Express Some Fears
Students are adopting generative AI for learning much faster than schools, according to Project Tomorrow’s latest national survey of over 45,000 participants. Experts and students urge schools to create clear AI policies and integrate these tools into teaching or risk …
11 ways to delete or hide yourself from the internet – and protect your privacy
Take control of your privacy, cut off data trackers, and erase your online presence. Here’s how.