The Download: how to talk to kids about AI, and China's emotional chatbots

In the past year, kids, teachers, and parents have had a crash course in artificial intelligence, thanks to the wildly popular AI chatbot ChatGPT. In a knee-jerk reaction, some schools banned the technology--only to cancel the ban months later. Now that many adults have caught up with what ChatGPT is, schools have started exploring ways to use AI systems to teach kids important lessons on critical thinking. At the start of the new school year, here are MIT Technology Review's six essential tips for how to get started on giving your kid an AI education. My colleague Will Douglas Heaven wrote about how AI can be used in schools for our recent Education issue.