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NYTIMES (Natasha Singer) - Google Turns On Gemini A.I. for Students Using Its Classroom App

Google enabled A.I. features for K-12 schools that have allowed student access to Gemini. Until this week, Google automatically enabled Gemini in Classroom only for students 18 or older.

Which Google application now provides Gemini A.I. access to K-12 students?
Students in K-12 schools can access Gemini A.I. through Google's Classroom app.
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What change has Google made regarding Gemini A.I. access for students using its Classroom app?
Google has enabled A.I. features for K-12 schools that allow student access to Gemini. Previously, Google only automatically enabled Gemini in Classroom for students who were 18 or older.
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AXIOS (Maria Curi) - Exclusive: Sanders calls for AI development pause

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is urging leading AI CEOs to pause AI development, warning that lawmakers will step in if no action is taken. Why it matters: Sanders is upping the ante on the AI industry ahead of the elections, building on his progressive playbook that is shaping how some candidates message around the issue. What they're saying: "Mr. Altman, Mr. Amodei and Mr. Zuckerberg: In the interest of humanity, stand by your words. Pause AI development. It is not too late to avoid disaster. Stop building machines that humans cannot control," Sanders wrote in a letter shared first with Axios. - "Let me be very clear: If you do not take appropriate action now, my colleagues and I in the U.S. Senate will." - The letter was sent to…

What is the outlook for AI legislation led by progressive lawmakers like Senator Bernie Sanders in the current Congress?
AI legislation led by progressives like Sanders is unlikely to garner enough support in the current Congress to become law.
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How many employees at leading AI companies have called for government support regarding the pace of AI development?
More than 1,200 employees at leading AI companies are calling for the U.S. government to support an international effort to pace AI development.
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What action did OpenAI take recently regarding its latest model, Astra?
Last week, OpenAI chose to slow down the release of its latest model, Astra.
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According to Senator Bernie Sanders, what recent events justify the call to pause AI development?
Sanders cited the creation of potentially dangerous viruses and instances where Meta, OpenAI, and Anthropic reported incidents of their models going rogue as reasons for the pause.
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What specific warnings did Senator Bernie Sanders issue to AI companies regarding their development of technology?
Senator Sanders warned that if the CEOs do not take appropriate action to pause AI development, he and his colleagues in the U.S. Senate will step in. He urged them to stop building machines that humans cannot control to avoid disaster.
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Which AI industry executives did Senator Bernie Sanders address in his letter calling for a pause in AI development?
Senator Bernie Sanders sent the letter to OpenAI's Sam Altman, Anthropic's Dario Amodei, and Meta's Mark Zuckerberg.
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NPR (Huo Jingnan) - Why did OpenAI's and Anthropic's AI models hack other companies?

OpenAI and Anthropic say their models broke into other companies' systems during testing, raising security concerns amid a heated debate over how to regulate AI.

AXIOS (Zachary Basu) - AI labs face prisoner's dilemma as momentum grows for safety slowdown

America's AI architects are converging on a chilling consensus: The pace of progress may soon demand a slowdown, but no single lab can afford to pull the brake alone. Why it matters: Momentum for an AI pause or pacing mechanism has reached a historic tipping point, ignited by a summer of extraordinary yet unsettling leaps in capabilities. - More than 1,200 employees at leading AI companies have signed on to a new petition, "Pacing the Frontier ," urging Washington to back an international framework capable of throttling AI development. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Wednesday that he's discussed the "need" to slow AI development with White House officials as models grow more powerful — and that OpenAI helped shape the petition's language. …

NPR (The Associated Press) - New York school pauses plan to deploy humanlike AI robot teacher after backlash

A school district in upstate New York is pausing plans to deploy an AI-powered, humanoid robot in the classroom after state education officials, teachers and local residents raised concerns.

NYTIMES (Mike Isaac, Kate Conger, Ana Swanson and Meaghan Tobin) - Silicon Valley Splits Over Closing the Borders to Chinese A.I.

Anthropic and OpenAI are clashing with the rest of the tech industry over whether “open-source” models from China should be freely available or restricted.

AXIOS (Yacob Reyes) - Florida sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman over ChatGPT

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on Monday sued OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, alleging that the company marketed ChatGPT to the public without sufficiently warning of its dangers. Why it matters: Florida is the first state to sue OpenAI, part of a growing string of lawsuits the state has filed against Big Tech companies, including Meta and Snapchat . Driving the news: The complaint argues that OpenAI ignored warnings from experts about ChatGPT, which the state says has "aided and abetted" mass shooters and encouraged vulnerable individuals toward suicide. - In doing so, the state alleges, the company acted negligently and violated Florida's prohibition on unfair and deceptive trade practices. - Among the examples of ChatGPT's…

AXIOS (Russell Contreras) - 5 ways Pope Leo says AI could warp humanity

Pope Leo XIV is warning that the artificial intelligence race could become a new Tower of Babel — a dazzling human achievement that concentrates power, weakens truth and turns people into data points. Why it matters: The long-awaited document, Magnifica Humanitas ("Magnificent Humanity") , signals that the Vatican is aggressively positioning itself as a central moral authority in the global tech debate. Driving the news: The Vatican released Leo's first encyclical on Monday, which he signed at St. Peter's on May 15, 2026, in the second year of his pontificate. - It was signed exactly 135 years after Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum , the landmark 1891 encyclical that became the foundation of modern Catholic social teaching during the…