Microsoft signage at an office building in Lehi, Utah, on Aug. 26, 2026. The tech company has agreed to adopt guardrails and privacy standards for use of its AI tools in schools.
Maria Raine, center, holds a photo of her son, Adam Raine, while listening to speakers between Assemblymembers Josh Lowenthal, left, and Rebecca Bauer-Kahan at the Bay Area Discovery Museum, on Sept. 10, 2026, in Sausalito, Calif. Adam died by suicide last year, after being “coached” by a chatbot. A new set of laws in California aim to protect children from social media and AI chatbot risks.
Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, leaves the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Oakland, Calif., on Aug. 25, 2026. Meta, Instagram's parent company, has agreed to a $17 billion settlement with 47 states to end a trial over teens' social media addiction.
A photo taken at Omaha, Neb., police headquarters on Aug. 14, 2026, shows a technology known as Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter, or G.L.O.V.E. Photo by Nikos Frazier/Omaha World-Herald via Getty Images. Police in the city agreed this week to stop carrying the gloves, which can deliver electric shocks, while working in schools in Nebraska’s largest public school district.
A vial of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is on display at the Lubbock Health Department on Feb. 26, 2025, in Lubbock, Texas. A new study examined the degree to which school absences surged during a measles outbreak earlier this year in West Texas.
President Joe Biden speaks at a news conference July 11, 2024, on the final day of the NATO summit in Washington. He announced Sunday that he was dropping out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as his replacement for the Democratic nomination.
Former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents after being struck by gunfire at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. The day after the attempted assasination of the Republican nominee for president, Trump arrived in Milwaukee ahead of the start of the Republican National Convention and President Joe Biden gave a prime-time address, saying "politics must never be a literal battlefied. God forbid, a killing field."
Ms. Kaiser, a teacher from The Earth School, holds a sign in solidarity with other teachers who are speaking out on issues related to a lack of COVID-19 testing for students on Dec. 21 in New York.
