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Amid AI bans , Microsoft and OpenAI Plan a 'Joyful' Hour of AI for Kids
Amid AI Bans, Microsoft and OpenAI Plan a 'Joyful' Hour of AI for Kids
TL;DRMicrosoft and OpenAI are pushing AI education for kids despite recent school district bans.
Why it matters: Shows tech giants betting on AI literacy despite regulatory pushback; signals their confidence in AI's inevitability in education.
Generative AI was recently banned in America's two largest school districts, just weeks after OpenAI launched ChatGPT for Teens. But forging ahead, tech-backed nonprofit Code.org — now renamed CodeAI — has named OpenAI the "Lead Partner" for its 2026 Hour of AI (which last year…
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