Microsoft strikes deal with national teachers union to not use school data to train AI

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- Students who use AI to help them study tend to perform worse at school than those who don't, according to data from a global OECD educational report. The situation is more complex than it sounds though, with certain types of AI use giving learners a slight boost, especially among students taught…
- Microsoft agreed to a set of safety and privacy principles for AI in schools a week after two major school systems announced a ban on student-facing AI. In a new agreement with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the second-largest teachers union in the US, and its New York City affiliate…
- In the absence of federal protections from AI, unions are stepping up.