An aborted plan to use a life-like robotic teacher’s assistant in a Western New York school district has prompted the state teacher’s union to call for new limits on artificial intelligence in schools ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW YORK (AP) — A school district in a rural corner of upstate New York is hitting pause on plans to deploy an AI-powered, ...

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Several schools in three states will launch the new academic year with a new security measure: drones equipped with pepper spray, strobe lights and other features that their manufacturer says can be ...

A disturbing encounter caught on camera in New York City appears to show a masked ICE agent pepper-spraying a woman for filming ICE's actions. Legal experts say using force against someone for ...

A New York City protester claims she was pepper-sprayed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, and she's now planning to file a lawsuit. Linda Wolff, 72, says the incident unfolded Thursday ...

SALAMANCA, N.Y. — Salamanca High School has put on hold plans to introduce an artificial intelligence-powered robot named "Sally" into some classrooms this fall. The school district, through a social ...

Students helped design the A.I.-powered creation as a young female with dark hair and an upbeat personality. Then came the outrage. By Matthew Haag When the Salamanca City Central School District in ...

The US is banning the sale of robots made outside the country. That includes all the cool ones we've covered out of China, which can dance, provide companionship to seniors, fight fires, and carry ...

Schools in at least three states will be equipped with drones this year that can zoom through halls, smash windows and pepper-spray active shooters if teachers report a threat. At least nine schools — ...

Swimming pools are fun. Cleaning swimming pools is not fun. I learned this simple logic as a kid growing up in and around pools—it’s the only way to survive summer in Houston. Four years ago, I became ...