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Developing Culture, work & education Development 1d ago
⚡ 6 h early
US school districts impose AI moratoriums

America’s Two Largest School Districts Impose AI Moratoriums

6 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Policy & governance reaction 2 attributable expert contributions · Justin Hendrix, Tech Policy Press
“NYC and LA just restricted AI in classrooms, and in both cities the parents and teachers who pushed for it are celebrating. Tech Policy Press fellow Chris Mills Rodrigo reports on the grassroots movement resisting the rush to adopt AI in schools.” evidence ↗
6 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
How the network is reacting 2 experts are emphasizing policy & governance.
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Policy & governance

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Rules, institutions and accountability.

“NYC and LA just restricted AI in classrooms, and in both cities the parents and teachers who pushed for it are celebrating. Tech Policy Press fellow Chris Mills Rodrigo reports on the grassroots movement resisting the rush to adopt AI in schools.”

Established Culture, work & education Development 10d ago
⚡ 8 h early
Alpha School AI Chicago launch

Alpha School wants AI to teach a billion kids. Should it?

5 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Policy & governance reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Shannon Vallor
“The most Betteridge’s Law headline to ever do it” evidence ↗
5 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered

“The most Betteridge’s Law headline to ever do it”

“Oh so you really know jack shit about kids, pedagogy, education… www.scientificamerican.com/article/alph...”

6 experts discussed this · 29 posts
Hypervisible : Oh so you really know jack shit about kids, pedagogy, education… www.scientificamerican.com/article/alph...
Hypervisible : This is so offensive I’m kinda speechless.
Hypervisible : Now Carl will tell us how schools are like McDonald’s 🤦🏿‍♂️
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New Culture, work & education Development 12h ago
Oslo schools ban AI glasses

Forbyr KI-briller i Osloskolen

2 directory members surfaced this signal.

Why this matches Policy & governance reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Jill Walker Rettberg
“Glasses with cameras - like Meta's pervert glasses - are banned in Oslo schools. I hope universities follow suit, but this is the government's responsibilty. Ban technologies that make it easy to record or track other people without their knowledge or conse…” evidence ↗
2 experts 1 community 1 sources clustered

“Glasses with cameras - like Meta's pervert glasses - are banned in Oslo schools. I hope universities follow suit, but this is the government's responsibilty. Ban technologies that make it easy to record or track other people without their knowledge or conse…”

Established Policy & governance Analysis 10d ago
⚡ 108 h early
AI toys ban children critique essay

Banning AI Toys for Four Years Won't Make Kids Safer

2 directory members surfaced this signal.

Why this matches Policy & governance reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Tech Policy Press
“As California’s Legislature moves toward a four-year ban on AI toys, Sameer Hinduja argues that a moratorium buys time without producing the evidence or the standards that would actually protect children.” evidence ↗
2 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered

“As California’s Legislature moves toward a four-year ban on AI toys, Sameer Hinduja argues that a moratorium buys time without producing the evidence or the standards that would actually protect children.”

Established Culture, work & education Development 5d ago
Eedi DeepMind AI tutor UK trial

Eedi and DeepMind trial AI tutor with 1,525 UK students | ETIH EdTech News — EdTech Innovation Hub

1 directory member surfaced this signal.

Why this matches Policy & governance reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Ben Williamson
“Google already had so much privileged access to schools in England for live testing AI. It was treating English schools as a living lab for testing Gemini for schools. Mad that it somehow lost the contract. What did it want that government would not give? w…” evidence ↗
1 expert 1 community 1 sources clustered

“Google already had so much privileged access to schools in England for live testing AI. It was treating English schools as a living lab for testing Gemini for schools. Mad that it somehow lost the contract. What did it want that government would not give? w…”

Established AI field signal Signal 14d ago

tandfonline.com

1 directory member surfaced this signal.

Why this matches Policy & governance reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Ben Williamson
“The post above is a shorter version (human-summarized!) of our new paper studying a three year policy program experimenting with AI in the schools sector in England, out just as prototype trials are due to start in live classroom settings in the coming scho…” evidence ↗
1 expert 1 community 1 sources clustered

“The post above is a shorter version (human-summarized!) of our new paper studying a three year policy program experimenting with AI in the schools sector in England, out just as prototype trials are due to start in live classroom settings in the coming scho…”

Established Culture, work & education Signal 12d ago

AI Education

1 directory member surfaced this signal.

Why this matches Policy & governance reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Ben Williamson
“In the US the approach to AI in education is as you'd expect - letting the industry loose with no regulatory strings attached, enabling the most severe political interventions in automated education. But the US does not represent how AI is enacted in educat…” evidence ↗
1 expert 1 community 1 sources clustered

“In the US the approach to AI in education is as you'd expect - letting the industry loose with no regulatory strings attached, enabling the most severe political interventions in automated education. But the US does not represent how AI is enacted in educat…”

Established AI field signal Signal 17d ago

journals.sagepub.com

1 directory member surfaced this signal.

Why this matches Policy & governance reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Ben Williamson
“AI in scholarly publication "challenges established notions of academic responsibility and authorship as formative acts of cognitive labour are delegated to ‘intelligent’ machines." Compelling policy statement on AI from the editors of Progress in Human Geo…” evidence ↗
1 expert 1 community 1 sources clustered

“AI in scholarly publication "challenges established notions of academic responsibility and authorship as formative acts of cognitive labour are delegated to ‘intelligent’ machines." Compelling policy statement on AI from the editors of Progress in Human Geo…”