Things to Do in L.A. Tap to enable a layout that focuses on the article. This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here . See more from the L.A. Times in Google Search. San Francisco Bay Area residents, living in the beating heart of the artificial intelligence boom, are just as conflicted about the technology as the rest of the country.

Scotland's first AI teacher warns pupils: Don't trust everything it tells you To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Some teenagers are already using artificial intelligence to tackle homework, revise for exams and sharpen coursework. Others are steering clear of it completely. At one Scottish school, staff have decided that pretending AI doesn't exist is not an option. Mearns Castle High School in East Renfrewshire is believed to be the first school in the UK to appoint a dedicated principal teacher of AI literacy, creating a role focused entirely on helping pupils and staff understand the risks and benefits of the powerful new technology.

Up to 500 schools across France will be partially or totally closed on Monday after clashes between riot police and student protesters in recent days, the French education minister said on Sunday. Lessons will be totally or partly suspended in some 400 to 500 high schools as security conditions have not been fulfilled, Édouard Geffray said. He also said 24 schools had been burned or ransacked since the start of the protests. Thousands of students have been demonstrating over education standards and the protests, which started last week, have spread from Paris to other cities, including Montpellier, Nantes and Marseille. High school pupils and others have objected to a lack of teachers, overcrowded classrooms and run-down buildings.

Mashable's Best: E-readers, robovacs, laptops, earbuds, smart home and more Creator Playbook Mashable Selects In My Bag Look Up Say More AI at School Safety Net Versus Trending Now Back to School Good Connection: Uplifting stories for a digital age All Series The focus on chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini is'misguided.' Rebecca Ruiz is a Senior Reporter at Mashable. She frequently covers mental health, digital culture, and technology. Her areas of expertise include suicide prevention, screen use and mental health, parenting, youth well-being, and meditation and mindfulness. Rebecca's experience prior to Mashable includes working as a staff writer, reporter, and editor at NBC News Digital and as a staff writer at Forbes.

You're viewing the US edition You can switch to the UK, AU or IE homepage at any time using this menu. Terrifying moment California college student narrowly escapes stalker who chases her home and vaults over gate in race to her front door... but police let him walk for infuriating reason Devastating untold story of Presley Gerber's final days: Extremely thin, jittering'like he was on meth' and so out his mind that his voice changed... mom Cindy Crawford tried one last panicked intervention - as reality slipped away Many missed the subtle signs in Prince William and Kate's'united front' that show us what's going on behind the scenes for the royal couple. But I've been studying them for years. Seemingly innocuous rental home in red hot California hotspot hits the market for $6,300... but it's hiding a dark secret that's left a family furious Pet rescue showcased its'incredible' work in adorable photos of cute cats... but owners were hiding a terrifying dark secret Dark new details of infertile influencer Clavicular's alleged Cape Cod rape: Read the damning claims about booze-fueled night at GRANDMA's coastal mansion with underage girl... and his mom's shock reaction Florida teacher under fire as she's accused of trying to'cancel' an 8th grader over anti-woke views Creator of AOC's infamous Tax the Rich dress owes more than $1million for A-list gala featuring Meghan Markle Trump visibly WINCES at roaring military flyover during stone-faced Xi's red carpet welcome - the same treatment he once mocked Obama for Dolly Parton's sister speaks out on family'feud' amid shock clash over late star's estate Wendy's manager, 19, accused of tying neurodivergent worker to GRILL'after saying she was too busy to babysit him' I spent my life being ashamed of my elderly father and the alarming age gap between him and my mother. Presley Gerber was discovered dead'in a bedroom' at luxurious rehab facility after going into cardiac arrest Inside soccer legend Thierry Henry's astonishing $25M NYC penthouse... including the grill to end all grills Top lawyer moved on from wife with glamorous younger bad girl who LOVES to gush over him on Instagram... until rock throwing and strangulation incident erupted during walk with baby near $2.2m mansion Meta launches an'evil Tamagotchi': Muse Charm gadget lets you use AI without your phone or computer Meta has launched a new gadget - and fans are comparing it to an'evil Tamagotchi'.

Mashable's Best: E-readers, robovacs, laptops, earbuds, smart home and more Mashable Selects Look Up Say More Safety Net Versus Creator Playbook In My Bag Trending Now Back to School Good Connection: Uplifting stories for a digital age Switch Off All Series All the tech skills deemed obsolete in the age of AI. Chase joined Mashable's Social Good team in 2020, covering online stories about digital activism, climate justice, accessibility, and media representation. Where, oh where, did our WPMs go? If you're unfamiliar with the name, she was the not-entirely-real icon behind classroom software that taught generations of students touch typing. Beacon was a celebrity of early digital literacy, with generations of learners collectively misremembering her as a real-life elite typer -- not just a made-up name attached to the likeness of model Renée L'Esperance.

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Natasha Singer's book "Coding Kids" tracks how public schools were bewitched by private corporations, setting the stage for the ed-tech backlash of today. Over Labor Day weekend, Springfield Public Schools, a district in western Massachusetts that serves twenty-three thousand students across some sixty schools, fell prey to a cyberattack that shuttered classes for four days. Staff members lost access to students' contact information, transcripts, and medical records; internal phone lines, security-camera systems, and even copy machines went down. Teachers and students couldn't use their school-issued laptops or log into their e-mail or other school applications from home devices. Springfield's schools use the Microsoft 365 Education and PowerSchool software platforms to house most of the stuff of everyday learning--schedules, assignments, slide decks, readings, handouts, quizzes--but everything stored there was now out of reach.

Image caption, At least 156 people, including 120 children, were killed in February's strike on the primary school in Minab UN human rights experts say there are reasonable grounds to believe the US committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran that killed at least 177 civilians. A new report by the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran, external said February's missile strikes on a primary school in Minab and a sports complex in Lamerd constituted indiscriminate attacks causing civilian deaths and damage to civilian infrastructure. There was no immediate comment from the US. It has previously denied striking Lamerd and said it is investigating what happened in Minab. The experts also found Iranian authorities committed crimes against humanity during a crackdown on mass anti-government protests in January.

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