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New guidance to help states, school districts, educators, families, and education technology providers make informed decisions about the responsible use of technology in classrooms. The guidance encourages a focus on instructional value over recreational engagement when selecting and using technological tools in the classroom. It also urges states to pair innovation with evidence, educator judgement, transparency for parents, and a relentless focus on student outcomes.

Imagine a chatbot built to keep you talking a little longer. To change your mind about something. Or persuade you to buy something.

For the ultra-wealthy, digital privacy has become a purchasable commodity. Corporations and high-net-worth individuals are increasingly hiring data-removal services to systematically erase their personally identifiable information from search engines, data brokers and the dark web.

Corporate America was enthusiastic about artificial intelligence. Until it got the bill. Whiplash around spending on “tokens,” the units of computing power in which A.I. is sold, is hitting engineering teams and board rooms. First there was “tokenmaxxing,” as executives encouraged as much A.I. use as possible.

Apparently, the Trump administration’s new guidelines for powerful artificial-intelligence tools exempt open models made by U.S. companies, a gap that marks the White House’s latest bid to ensure AI tools are safe without slowing down innovation. Under a framework that administration officials discussed with executives from leading AI companies, only makers of closed, proprietary U.S.

Nearly 80 percent of school districts issue kindergarteners, first-graders and second-graders devices or allow them to bring them from home. Screens are 

The regulation and competition within the electronic communications market has changed fundamentally over the last 25 years. Initially, the focus was on opening up previously monopolistic telecommunications markets. The electronic communications markets, which were originally clearly demarcated, have since given way to a highly dynamic and complex ICT ecosystem consisting of diverse market participants, technologies, infrastructures, digital services, platforms, and political objectives.

Governor JB Pritzker (D-IL) signed the Children’s Social Media Safety Act (HB5511), a sweeping set of protections designed to keep Illinois kids safe online. The bill establishes comprehensive safeguards for children against the most addictive social media platform features and strengthens protections for minors.

Texas cannot enforce a law’s requirement that websites block minors from seeing harmful speech, the US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled. Big Tech lobby groups challenged the Texas “law’s requirement that certain social media-based ‘digital service providers’ monitor and filter content accessible to known minors to prevent exposure to several categories of potentially harmful speech,” judges wrote.

This playbook serves as a practical guide for U.S. government agencies developing and scaling enterprise AI solutions, with a focus on GenAI technology. More than a technical manual, it balances strategic vision with operational detail to help agencies move from experimentation to implementation with confidence. None of this work is one-size-fits-all; we hope agencies adapt the suggested processes and methodologies to fit their specific needs and uses, and should consult their own legal, security, and compliance offices before implementation.