Chicago school board candidates sign pledge to ban AI use in schools
Roughly half of the 45 candidates running for the Chicago school board have signed a pledge to adopt a three-year ban on artificial intelligence use by CPS students and educators.
Updated daily1426 verified stories
Source-checked AI coverage of product launches, policy shifts, safety research, and industry moves, explained in plain English by a nonprofit education team.
Every story links to the strongest available evidence: original sources when available, otherwise clearly attributed reporting.
What happened, why it matters, and what to watch — no jargon tax.
When the signal is thin, we publish nothing rather than padding the feed.
A growing stream of verified perspectives for people who need to understand AI without chasing hype.
Roughly half of the 45 candidates running for the Chicago school board have signed a pledge to adopt a three-year ban on artificial intelligence use by CPS students and educators.
Graph AI, which has developed the AI-native pharmacovigilance platform Graph Safety, on Thursday announced a $13.3 million Series A funding round led by Insight Partners, with participation from existing investor Bessemer Venture Partners.
TechCrunch reports that Indian audio platform Pocket FM has doubled its annualized revenue run rate to $500 million, attributing the growth to a strategic shift where AI now powers 93% of its catalog and 99% of new content production.
NASA has released a new open-source AI model designed to help scientists analyze decades of lunar observation data and support plans for a longer human presence on the Moon.
Skild AI Inc a fast-growing startup that develops software to help robots learn tasks has reached $100 million in recurring revenue run-rate 10 months after beginning commercial use
Skild AI has launched S1, a robot foundation model that learns new, long-horizon tasks from a single video demonstration without retraining, leveraging NVIDIA infrastructure for simulation and deployment.
Researchers are using AI to accelerate the early stage of antimicrobial discovery, with a focus on modifying existing medicines or searching familiar classes of chemicals.
YiLink's Timo in-car AI social robot launches on Kickstarter with CarPlay and 4G LTE versions. YiLink has launched its in-car AI social robot, Timo, on Kickstarter. The robot comes in two versions: the Timo CarPlay Edition and the Timo 4G LTE + Wi-Fi Edition. The CarPlay Edition works through the Timo mobile app…
Positron AI, a Singapore-based startup, has raised $875 million in a new investment round, increasing its valuation to $5 billion.
Meta has acquired Swedish AI startup Stilla.ai to further develop its agentic business offerings. Meta has acquired Swedish AI startup Stilla.ai, with plans to integrate the company's team and technology to further develop its agentic business offerings. Stilla.ai is a relatively small company founded in 2024…
Germany's military is evaluating 30 AI systems to process battlefield data, with a prototype expected in 2027 and broader implementation in 2028, largely from domestic vendors.
Qwen Office and Zhipu AI are distributing AI token credits to entrepreneurs and developers in Hangzhou, marking a shift toward offline user acquisition strategies for large language model vendors.
One useful briefing each week
Get the week’s verified AI news, original data, useful tools, learning picks, and fresh AI jobs.
Hiring an AI professional or launching a useful AI product? Put it in front of people who came here to learn and act.
Post an AI job Submit an AI tool