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LAUSD Blocks Student Generative AI on District Devices as It Reviews Safeguards

The restriction includes AI features inside Google Workspace and affects every grade level. LAUSD’s committee now faces a harder question: how to set student safeguards while the technology remains inaccessible on district devices.

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New York City Public Schools Will Block Student AI Use Through Eighth Grade

The planned rules would remove generative AI, AI tutors and other student-facing AI software from preschool through middle school, shifting the district’s focus toward supervised AI literacy in high school. Enforcement beyond school devices remains an open problem.

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Sep 1, 2026Policy

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Anthropic Hires UK AI Policy Architect Matt Clifford While He Keeps ARIA Chair Role

The former UK AI adviser will lead Anthropic’s government engagement across major markets while remaining chair of a government-backed research agency and a venture firm.

Sep 1, 2026Policy

South Korea Cuts AI Model Contest to 3, Eliminating Benchmark Leader Motif

The result puts usability and practical application alongside benchmark results as the government decides which domestic models receive more compute and a shot at final selection.

Last week

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Aug 27, 2026Policy

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Judge Vacates Pentagon’s Anthropic Blacklist and Orders Defense Department Retraction

The decision removes a department-wide bar on Anthropic technology, while a related Washington case and possible agency-specific restrictions leave the full procurement picture unsettled.

Aug 27, 2026Policy

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Bill Gates Calls for Taxes on AI Tokens and Robots, With Jobs Reserved for Humans

The proposal would use taxes and protected roles to shape automation’s labor impact, but it has no governing framework and faces a direct competitiveness objection from the robotics industry.

Aug 26, 2026Policy

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Florida Proposes AI Policies for 28 Colleges and K-12 Parental Opt-Outs

The plan would turn AI use into a formal campus-policy issue while giving parents a choice over approved K-12 instructional tools and restricting relationship-like AI features.

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Aug 24, 2026Policy

Cheshire Academy Uses Traffic-Light Labels to Set AI Boundaries in Class

The Connecticut school is testing a flexible model: teach AI’s limits, let teachers set task-specific boundaries, and make students examine the tool’s effect on their work.

August 2026

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Aug 23, 2026Policy

OpenAI Calls to Amend California’s SB 53 With Model Monitoring, Reversing 2024 Opposition

The company wants California’s disclosure-and-incident-reporting law to cover specified security behavior before deployment. Its request is an advocacy proposal, leaving lawmakers to decide what monitoring duties and enforcement would look like.

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Aug 20, 2026Policy

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Greater Manchester Is Holding Out Against Palantir’s NHS Platform

The region’s refusal is not just a procurement dispute. It has become evidence in a looming decision over whether the UK should end a more than $400 million national Palantir contract early.

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Aug 20, 2026Policy

At This D.C. Charter, AI Permission Changes With the Assignment

Washington Leadership Academy has put generative AI into lessons and school operations, but it is not treating access as a blanket endorsement. The open question is whether its assignment-level rules and guided tools produce lasting learning.