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Rebecca Ruiz

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Oct 1, 2026
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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Rebecca Ruiz

    Kids don't need chatbots. Teach them this about AI instead. (opens the original)

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    The warp-speed deployment of artificial intelligence into nearly every corner of American life has created real problems for K-12 education. Suddenly, school boards, districts, and teachers are grappling with the role AI should play in students' lives. The consternation is already showing up in classrooms as teachers use AI to plan their lessons and analyze student performance, provide tutoring and emotional support, and offer access to AI-enabled search. Meanwhile, companies like OpenAI and Ant

  2. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Rebecca Ruiz

    AI leaders say they want better safety. They want more than that. (opens the original)

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    As anxiety mounts over artificial intelligence safety, a number of leaders who helm frontier labs have made clear that they want — and need — better industry standards to contain the potentially dangerous technology. Yet, like any industry leader hoping to achieve the most favorable conditions for their companies, AI executives like Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and Google DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis are hoping to play a significant role in determining the standards t

  3. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Rebecca Ruiz

    Tin Can kids phone: Tips for making it a hit in your home (opens the original)

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    Recently, Danielle Berwick's three elementary school-age kids playfully fought over who could use the phone to call a friend first. Teacher assignments for the school year had just come out and each child (ages 10, 8, and 6) wanted to know if they'd landed in a class with their buddies. Luckily for Berwick, they weren't jockeying to use her smartphone. Instead, they wanted the Tin Can phone, a Wi-Fi enabled "landline" that's grown in popularity over the last year. "It was really fun watching tha

  4. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Rebecca Ruiz

    Anthropic's safety report: Avian flu, drone swarms, mass surveillance (opens the original)

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    If humanity was to end at the hands of AI, as viral posts from former Anthropic employees allege, what would it look like? Would the robots hack our nuclear arsenals and send them flying through the sky? Would the sophisticated algorithms design a whole new virus to unleash on the populace? Would it be as simple as slowly degrading our trust in our fellow man, until chaos reigns? We don't really know, but a new safety report from Anthropic, which details several ways AI can already go haywire, i

  5. Article · Sep 9, 2026 · Rebecca Ruiz

    Don't turn the Apple iPhone Duo into your alarm clock (opens the original)

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    Apple's new foldable iPhone Duo can do many things, including side-by-side screen multitasking and hands-free video viewing at different angles. Yet the company also pitched the $1,999 device as a "delightful bedside clock" during its Apple Event 2026 presentation on Wednesday. Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of software engineering, said the Duo has the "ability to wake you up with a gentle glow timed perfectly with your alarm." In the imagery shared by Apple, the partly folded D

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