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The lie we keep telling ourselves about regulating AI

"One after another, the people building the most powerful AI in the world have asked to be regulated.

 

Dario Amodei, who runs Anthropic, published a 3,800-word essay calling for the industry to slow down and submit to outside oversight.

 

Sam Altman of OpenAI agreed within the day.

 

So did Elon Musk.

 

So did Demis Hassabis, who runs Google DeepMind.

 

Kevin Roose put it bluntly, “The platforms should be absolutely begging Congress to regulate them, because the alternative is they get sued into oblivion by a bunch of law firms.”

Congress, in response, said no."

EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"The excuse for not regulating AI is that nobody can agree how. The people who built the internet would find that laughable."

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Looking for a Textbook on Generative AI in Education?

Looking for a Textbook on Generative AI in Education? | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it

Teaching and Learning in the Age of Generative AI: Evidence-Based Approaches to Pedagogy, Ethics, and Beyond

 

Edited by Joseph Rene Corbeil & Maria Elena Corbeil (2025)

 

🏆 Winner of the 2025 Systems Thinking & Change Division Outstanding Book Award from the Association for Educational Communications and Technology!

 

If you are designing a course that addresses generative AI in education, this award-winning volume provides a research-driven, classroom-ready foundation. Rather than offering hype or fear, this book helps educators:

  • Ground AI integration in learning theory and research
  • Address academic integrity with thoughtful, practical strategies
  • Redesign assessment for an AI-enabled world
  • Explore ethics, bias, privacy, and institutional responsibility
  • Leverage AI to enhance critical thinking and digital literacy


Bookended by historical and forward-looking analyses of AI in education, the chapters move beyond surface-level discussions to provide evidence-based approaches for real classrooms—K–12, higher education, and professional learning environments.

This text is ideal for:

  • Undergraduate and graduate teacher education programs
  • Curriculum & Instruction courses
  • Educational Technology programs
  • Higher education faculty development
  • School technology coordinators and talent development professionals

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Looking for a Textbook on Generative AI in Education? Teaching and Learning in the Age of Generative AI. Winner of the 2025 Systems Thinking & Change Division Outstanding Book Award. Request your inspection copy today

Request your inspection copy today.

EDTECH@UTRGV's curator insight, February 11, 5:29 PM

Award-winning "Teaching and Learning in the Age of Generative AI" offers research-based, practical guidance for educators seeking to thoughtfully integrate generative AI into their courses—request an inspection copy: https://www.routledge.com/textbooks/evaluation/9781032688602.

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Artificial Intelligence is playing a significant role in both cyber defense and cybercrime. Security professionals are leveraging AI-powered tools to detect threats faster, analyze suspicious activities, and automate incident responses. At the same time, cybercriminals are using AI to create more convincing scams and sophisticated attacks, creating an ongoing battle between attackers and defenders.read more..https://pressearn.it.com/blog/?s=Technology+
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From Points to People: Rethinking Assessment for Life Beyond School

From Points to People: Rethinking Assessment for Life Beyond School | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
Explore alternative grading strategies that support student learning, reduce anxiety, foster growth, and better prepare students for life beyond school.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"[A]lternative grading strategies support growth, decrease anxiety, and support motivation, increasing retention and completion rates for all students because they treat students like human beings who exist in the real world"

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The economics of attention in the age of AI: When machines pay attention, what deserves ours?

"For decades, digital products competed for our attention. The web put information everywhere, social networks turned it into a constant stream, and smartphones made it always accessible, making attention the scarce resource. Entire industries were built around capturing it: feeds, notifications, recommendations, autoplay. The basic logic was simple. If information is everywhere but attention is scarce, the product that wins is the product that gets our attention."

EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"When an agent filters the world before it reaches us, it is not just retrieving information. It is allocating attention, deciding what to surface, what to summarize, what to ignore, and what can safely disappear."

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AI Makes Us Instructional Designers Think, Not Obsolete

AI Makes Us Instructional Designers Think, Not Obsolete | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
AI is making instructional designers think harder, iterate faster, and build the adaptive learning they only used to imagine.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"AI is not making instructional designers obsolete—it is making the good ones think harder, iterate faster, and finally build the adaptive learning they only used to imagine."

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September 29, 9:49 AM
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​AI Can Recommend The Decision, But Leaders Still Own The Outcome

​AI Can Recommend The Decision, But Leaders Still Own The Outcome | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
AI can recommend the decision, and while it may increasingly execute the decision, leaders still own the outcome.​
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"One of the most tempting approaches to AI governance is to focus primarily on accuracy. If a system reaches a sufficiently high accuracy threshold, the assumption is that it is ready for greater autonomy."

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Why Digital Learning Is Becoming More Social: How Online Communities Are Reshaping Education

Why Digital Learning Is Becoming More Social: How Online Communities Are Reshaping Education | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
Social learning online encourages participation, knowledge sharing, and continuous development as well as effective knoweldge transfer
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"Digital learning is moving beyond courses and virtual classrooms. Online communities, peer-to-peer interaction, short-form educational content, and collaborative platforms are creating a more social approach to learning that encourages participation, knowledge sharing, and continuous development."

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The lie we keep telling ourselves about regulating AI

"One after another, the people building the most powerful AI in the world have asked to be regulated.

 

Dario Amodei, who runs Anthropic, published a 3,800-word essay calling for the industry to slow down and submit to outside oversight.

 

Sam Altman of OpenAI agreed within the day.

 

So did Elon Musk.

 

So did Demis Hassabis, who runs Google DeepMind.

 

Kevin Roose put it bluntly, “The platforms should be absolutely begging Congress to regulate them, because the alternative is they get sued into oblivion by a bunch of law firms.”

Congress, in response, said no."

EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"The excuse for not regulating AI is that nobody can agree how. The people who built the internet would find that laughable."

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September 28, 11:42 AM
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Your AI Training Program Is Teaching The Wrong Skill

Your AI Training Program Is Teaching The Wrong Skill | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
Corporate training rarely teaches AI judgment, yet that is the skills gap the WEF's 2025 report is actually describing.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"Most corporate AI training teaches tool fluency: how to write a prompt, speed up a workflow. It rarely teaches judgment: knowing when to trust AI output, when to check it, and when not to use it at all."

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When AI’s architects ask to slow down, education must speak up

When AI’s architects ask to slow down, education must speak up | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
Higher education must defend the meaning of learning--and ensure that whatever intelligence AI acquires does not come at the cost of our own.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"Long before an AI system becomes powerful enough to threaten humanity, it may fundamentally alter what humanity knows how to do."

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AI in Teaching: Preserving Core Pedagogical Principles

AI in Teaching: Preserving Core Pedagogical Principles | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
Learn how to integrate AI into teaching while preserving deep learning, authentic assessment, social connection, equity, and the pedagogical principles that support student learning.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"Our best bet is not to allow the speed of technology to blur our vision by reminding ourselves that pedagogy comes before technology, where the latter is utilized as leverage and support."

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UTRGV | Your Resume Says What You’ve Done. Can an E-Portfolio Show What You Can Do?

UTRGV | Your Resume Says What You’ve Done. Can an E-Portfolio Show What You Can Do? | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
Learn how an e-portfolio can complement your résumé by showing employers what you can do and how UTRGV Educational Technology students build one throughout their graduate program.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"Writing "instructional design" on your résumé tells an employer you have experience in that area. An e-portfolio can show a project you developed, explain the problem you addressed, and present the final product."

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Portrait Of A Graduate In The AI Age

Portrait Of A Graduate In The AI Age | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it

"What does a "Portrait of a Graduate" look like in the age of AI? As the future workplace grows increasingly unpredictable, district leaders must rethink how they equip students for success."

EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"Berger: A skill now becoming more important is human judgement. And just the ability to think critically.

 

McCalla: Critical thinking plus accountability. If we’re making decisions about AI, are we thinking critically about it down the road, and the impact that will have."

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4 Rules for eLearning Scenarios That Feel Real

4 Rules for eLearning Scenarios That Feel Real | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
People remember the moment they had to decide. Four rules for building scenarios that teach — and a 30-second mini scenario you can try inside the post.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"People forget bullet points. They remember the time they had to decide. That is why scenarios work: instead of telling learners what to do, you put them inside a situation and let them choose. Done well, a scenario turns dry content into something people feel — and what people feel, they keep."

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AI Adoption, The Wizard Of Oz, And The Human Behind The Curtain

AI Adoption, The Wizard Of Oz, And The Human Behind The Curtain | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
Learn the critical role of human skills in building AI value and why they cannot be overlooked in the age of AI dependency.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"AI adoption is a people-first transformation rather than a technology race. Although AI can generate substantial economic value, lasting results depend on strengthening human judgment, creativity, problem-solving, and behavior change alongside the tools."

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AI Recursive Self-Improvement without Review and Alignment

AI Recursive Self-Improvement without Review and Alignment | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
I am an advocate for AI and the vast possibilities for advancement it can bring across the world. Yet, these advancements must not be rushed lest we risk unintended consequences. In the high-tech, high-competition AI field, we are seeing new versions of models rolled out by the frontier companies (OpenAI, Google and Anthropic) every month and a half. I included a Release Cadence Breakdown report by Google Gemini in the “Online: Trending Now” column just a few weeks ago.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"[W]ithout rules that are impossible for the models to break, we risk having an incredibly powerful machine that has gone rogue, wreaking havoc on society at large."

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Parents worry about ed tech. Most still see a place for it, polls suggest.

Parents worry about ed tech. Most still see a place for it, polls suggest. | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
Moderate parents who support some screen time could be important people to consider, as big school districts start to pass limits on ed tech.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"Some parents are organizing campaigns to opt their kids out of classroom tech. Others are suing education software companies. But there may be a quieter majority: Parents who support some screen time in schools."

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AI Won’t Replace People—It Will Replace Broken Handoffs

AI Won’t Replace People—It Will Replace Broken Handoffs | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
Rather than replacing workers, one opportunity AI offers is to strengthen the handoffs between them.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"How many handoffs are there between the moment a customer tells you something important and the moment you act on it? How many of those handoffs involve a human summarizing, paraphrasing or simply forgetting the original signal?

 

Every one of those handoffs is a place where AI, if well designed, can eliminate the loss."

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Questions mount over what an AI 'slowdown' would look like

Questions mount over what an AI 'slowdown' would look like | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
While pacing AI development might sound like a quick fix, it is far from an easy solution.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"We know that these systems are getting more powerful, but we don't know where and how they're going to be used, and we haven't figured out essentially a way of taking full advantage of their potential."

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HOW SHOULD AI BE REGULATED?

"A panel of artificial intelligence experts discusses the difficulties of governing the rapidly growing technology as part of Johns Hopkins University's Next Conversations series"

EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"[T]he agents created their own secret message boards, coordinating an attack on an outside company without OpenAI even noticing. It wasn't simply an attempt to cheat on an evaluation task; the agents also attempted to cover their tracks."

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Students didn't get answers from Khanmigo. They didn't want its questions, either

Students didn't get answers from Khanmigo. They didn't want its questions, either | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
Giving students access to an AI assistant Khanmigo did not improve math performance above Khan Academy practice alone.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"A large study of Khan Academy’s math program found no extra benefits from AI"

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Disclosure Standards For AI-Voiced And AI-Avatar Training Videos

Disclosure Standards For AI-Voiced And AI-Avatar Training Videos | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it

This article discusses the disclosrure standards for AI-voiced and generated training videos, necessary to retain workforce trust.

EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"Even where no law requires it, telling learners they're watching AI-generated content protects the credibility of everything else you produce."

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Teachers weigh the realities of classroom technology in new national survey

Teachers weigh the realities of classroom technology in new national survey | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
New report finds educators want better vetting, more input, and greater classroom oversight rather than strict technology limits.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"[T]teachers value educational technology when it has a clear purpose, and they have a voice in choosing it and overseeing its use...They are more skeptical when those conditions are not met."

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Welcome to the 'Wild West' of AI in schools: Research is scarce, but experiments abound

Welcome to the 'Wild West' of AI in schools: Research is scarce, but experiments abound | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
Teachers are using AI to develop lesson plans, and in some districts, AI chatbots give students feedback on their work. Meanwhile, the research around how AI can help students is extremely limited.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"[S]ome of the existing studies suggest that carefully designed AI tools show more promise than general-purpose chatbots."

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Stop trying to AI-proof your assignments

Stop trying to AI-proof your assignments | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
Here are five ways to open up your assignments and make student thinking, creativity, and judgment matter more in the age of AI.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"An AI policy cannot fix an assignment that no longer asks students to do meaningful thinking."

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The Most Versatile College Majors for Entering the Evolving Job Market

The Most Versatile College Majors for Entering the Evolving Job Market | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
As hiring falls across 20 top college majors, new LinkedIn data shows which degrees work best for versatility, with liberal arts such as English in the lead.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"Liberal arts majors, such as English, are among the most versatile, with many graduates working outside their fields of study."

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Artificial intelligence 'creating, not cutting' jobs in Newport

Artificial intelligence 'creating, not cutting' jobs in Newport | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
One school even offers pupils a semiconductor qualification to help them get into the industry.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"I think in all industrial change of the past, there have been some jobs created, some jobs lost."

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