Tools, Not Toys: Rethinking Screens and AI for Kids

Main Street by Prairie Public Broadcasting

Aug 20, 202649:41Government & Organizations

North Dakota weighs limits on school technology as experts examine teen AI safeguards, addictive design and the science behind seemingly magical experiments.

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