OpenAI data disaster and school screens
OpenAI has just over a week to comply with European data protection laws following a temporary ban in Italy and a series of investigations in other EU countries. If it fails, it could result in hefty fines, forced data deletion, or even ban.
But experts have told MIT Technology Review that it’s nearly impossible for OpenAI to comply with the rules. That’s because of how the data used to train its AI models was collected: by gathering content from the internet. Read full story.
—Melissa Heikkila
How to teach children to flip between books and screens
Since the pandemic closed schools in 2020, nearly all students have studied on school-issued laptops or tablets. But many experts suspect that the technology may be changing the way they read, as reading on screens is fundamentally different from reading on paper.
Researchers studying the brains and behavior of young readers are eager to understand exactly where technology serves children’s progress in reading and where it can get in the way. The questions are so new that the answers are often unclear.
Educators who rely more than ever on digital technology to support learning often have little or no guidance on how to balance screen and paper. In many ways, each teacher is giving wings to it. Read full story.