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American Federation of Teachers Calls for Major Limits on AI and Screens in Schools

The teachers federation has called for hard limits on screen time and AI use in schools especially for elementary level.

The call for ban on use of AI for elementary schools of America come in the wake of European countries introducing strict laws on the emerging technology.

ACL 2026 Rejects Over 100 Accepted Papers for Hallucinated Citations

ACL has desk-rejected more than 100 papers accepted to its 2026 annual conference

The decision by ACL exposes a growing integrity problem in AI research publishing, where the use of large language models in literature review is producing fabricated references that survive peer review.

Altman Says AI Hasn’t Killed Jobs Yet, Even as Tech Bleeds 100K

OpenAI chief Sam Altman says he is "delighted to be wrong" about AI's short-term impact on entry-level white-collar jobs

OpenAI chief Sam Altman says he is “delighted to be wrong” about AI’s short-term impact on entry-level white-collar jobs, a relief that sits awkwardly against Q1 2026, when over 100,000 tech employees were laid off globally by firms including Oracle, Meta, Amazon and Cloudflare.

Trump Appoints Former Attorney General Pam Bondi in AI Advisory Panel

Pam Bondi's appointment in the PCAST comes a month after she was fired from her post as attorney general by Trump.

Bondi’s appointment in the CSAT comes barely a month after she was unceremoniously fired by Trump as Attorney General.

Huawei says New Chip Design Law Can Ease AI Compute Constraints

Huawei said Kirin chips due in fall 2026 will be the first to use its LogicFolding architecture.

Huawei said Kirin chips due in fall 2026 will be the first to use its LogicFolding architecture. It also claimed its Tau Scaling based high-end chips could reach transistor density comparable to 1.4 nm processes by 2031.

NeurIPS 2026 Creative AI Track Puts ‘Agency’ at the Centre

The NeurIPS 2026 annual conference will be held in Sydney, Australia from December 6-12.

The Creative AI Track at NeurIPS 2026 is calling for artworks and papers that examine how agency emerges, is shared, contested or constrained when humans and AI systems make things together.

EU’s Google Fine May Decide Who Controls AI Search in Europe

European Union is all set to impose its biggest penalty on Google under the digital markets act.

European Union’s reported fine against Google is formally about search self-preferencing. However, the larger fight is over whether Google can carry its search dominance into AI search as Gemini and AI-generated answers become part of how users find information online. The case also shows that while Europe may be slowing parts of the AI Act rollout, it is still willing to use competition law against Big Tech gatekeepers.

At Bard, Fareed Zakaria Read the Room: “Let’s Talk About HI, Not AI”

Author-journalist Fareed Zakaria delivering the commencement address at Bard College, New York, on May 23, 2026. (Photo: Bard College / Screengrab)

As U.S. college graduates increasingly boo speakers who invoke AI, journalist Fareed Zakaria flipped the script at Bard College, opening his commencement address with a pitch for HI, Human Intelligence, instead.

Over a Third US Students Use Gen AI, 9.3% Admit Cheating: Study

A new SERU Consortium study of more than 95,000 US undergraduates finds that 37.1% use generative AI tools almost monthly, with a notable gender gap in frequency of use. (Representational image)

According to the study 37.1 percent of students reported using generative AI tools almost monthly while 9.3 percent admitted to using it for cheating.

Pope Leo XIV to Release AI Encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, To be Joined by Anthropic Co-founder

Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah (left) will join Pope Leo XIV (right) at the Vatican presentation of the encyclical Magnifica humanitas on May 25.

The release follows the Vatican’s approval of a new AI commission tasked with studying the technology’s impact on humanity and shaping its use within the Holy See.