The widespread use of personal devices—including smartphones, smartwatches, tablets, laptops, and gaming devices—has become a significant challenge in schools. While technology plays an essential role in education, personal devices often serve as a distraction rather than a learning tool. Studies indicate that students check their phones more than 100 times per day on average, reducing their ability to focus on classroom instruction.
State AI Policy Preemption: Reconciliation Staving Off Heavy-Handed Regulation While Promoting Light-Touch Guardrails
The California Approach SB 1047-style AI regulation poses a threat to US hegemony in the AI race. Some particular concerns underscored by TPPF research include: Impossibly high pre-deployment standards, such as the assurance that there is zero possibility for covered models to have hazardous capabilities. Enmeshing AI into state functions with an explicit goal of...