The top priority in the annual examination of the Kansas Board of Regents’ strategic plan for higher education will be development of a framework for responsible use of AI in student teaching, academic research and administrative oversight.
Help from KU and funding are allowing Kansas school districts to study ways to use AI in classrooms.
Artificial intelligence became a hot topic for the Lawrence sustainability advisory board Thursday, as members explored environmental goals they’d like to pitch to the city commission and how the city could actually implement them.
Evergy filed a request with utility regulators to ensure its confidential data wasn’t uploaded to artificial intelligence platforms, highlighting a concern that the rapid growth and use of AI may release private information.
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A federal judge has ordered Lawrence Public Schools to pay more than $113,000 in attorney fees and costs after finding the district violated the Kansas Open Records Act in bad faith in a case tied to use of student-monitoring software.
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Members of the Lawrence school district’s AI committee raised concerns Tuesday about the integrity of learning and whether families should be able to opt in or out of AI usage.
Lawrence Public Schools must quickly comply with open records requests related to a controversial AI monitoring software at the heart of a federal lawsuit after months of delays, a federal judge has ruled.
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The Lawrence school district has delayed responding for months to an open record request related to its silent switch from one AI monitoring software to another. It’s also asking for thousands of dollars to produce the records.
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Several Free State High School students claimed national awards for reporting, photojournalism and design, and a local journalism instructor netted the National Scholastic Press Association’s highest honor for educators.
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A group of current and former Lawrence high school students added claims to their lawsuit against the Lawrence school district over its use of an AI monitoring software, alleging open records violations and arguing the district’s switch to a new software does not absolve it of the claims.
