What Two Students Learned Drafting an AI Bill with 100 Teens | Ep. 130

A hundred teens drafted an “AI bill of rights” that lets accused students appeal. Two Connecticut students on why they also barred teachers from AI grading and so much more.

First Up

Matt and Liz open on Muse from Meta, a new agent shaped like a Labubu with a Tamagotchi-style keycharm version on the way. It is outpacing early ChatGPT mobile on downloads and daily users, and Matt gave it his personal email to audit what he is subscribed to.

• Muse: https://tinyurl.com/5c4mexxv 

The Rundown

Notebook Learns to Tutor

• The New Gemini Notebook Update Is Turning AI Into a Personal Tutor: https://tinyurl.com/587s527v 

The Paradox of the Worried West

• Americans Fear AI Will Make the World Worse, Love It Anyway: https://tinyurl.com/422p2kb4 

When Robots Get Arms

• When AI Gets Arms, "Just Say No" Stops Being a Safety System: https://tinyurl.com/ytubb37a 

A Warning on Kids and AI

• Ex-Google Safety Chief Warns AI Could Harm Children More Than Social Media Did: https://tinyurl.com/2w6rduau 

Firestorm at Dartmouth

• Dartmouth's Provost Quietly Used AI in His Published Work. It's Touched Off a Campus Firestorm.: https://tinyurl.com/55vbs5t4 

• The Overhang (Ethan Mollick): https://tinyurl.com/2urrvcjw 

Generative UI Simulations

• Enabling Teachers to Create Learning Interactives with Generative UI: https://tinyurl.com/474dby4j 

Beneath the Surface

Bena Mejia Romero and Anthony Darbilli represented Connecticut in Boston, where a hundred teens, two per state, drafted the Student First Act. They walk through their own AI use cases and the bill from Boston which includes an amendment requiring evidence and an appeal before a student is accused of AI misuse, rationale on why teachers were barred from grading with AI, and the parent section they both pushed back on.

• The Student First Act: https://tinyurl.com/ypfxzrxz 

Bright Byte

The Gates Foundation's 2026 Goalkeepers Report casts AI as either a global equalizer or a widener of existing gaps, backed by a billion dollar commitment and a 12 to 18 month window to steer deployment toward equity.

• 2026 Goalkeepers Report: AI, Equity, and the Choice We Can't Delay: https://tinyurl.com/y337m8kw 

Announcements

• Purchase Learning They'll Love - Dr. Elizabeth Radday on Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/22t9hz77

• Check out our middle / high school Student AI Literacy course: www.skills21.org/ai/learnai

• Explore Skills21’s FREE social media literacy curriculum: https://www.skills21.org/social

• Address Screen Time concerns: skills21.org/ai/screenshift

• Read From Panic to Proof: A Data-Driven Approach to Screen Time (ASCD Educational Leadership): https://tinyurl.com/4pwdu68

Sponsor

The National Center for Next Generation Manufacturing: Bridging Education and Industry to Build Tomorrow’s Technical Workforce-https://www.nextgenmfg.org