A.I. chatbots could facilitate plagiarism on college applications or democratize student access to writing help. Or maybe both.

Some districts that once raced to block A.I. chatbots are now trying to embrace them.

Some districts that once raced to block A.I. chatbots are now trying to embrace them.

Newark public schools are cautiously trying out a new automated teaching aid from Khan Academy. The preliminary report card: “could use improvement.”

The measure would allow parents to cancel the contracts underlying their children’s accounts on sites like TikTok, Instagram, Roblox and YouTube.

While schools debate what to teach students about powerful new A.I. tools, tech giants, universities and nonprofits are intervening with free lessons.

Proponents see the tools as a way to automatically customize academic support. They could also make children test subjects for A.I. experiments.

The new, A.I.-assisted Khanmigo allows students to chat with simulated historical figures or co-write stories with the software.

Regulators said the tech giant kept children’s Alexa voice recordings “forever,” violating a children’s privacy law.

The ruling was a blow to the commission’s intensifying efforts to crack down on the sale and use of sensitive personal information.