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**Source:** eSchoolNews / K-12 Dive

The edtech industry has officially entered the "efficacy era." Schools and districts are no longer asking whether they use AI — they're demanding measurable proof it improves learning outcomes. The strategic question in 2026 is: *"Can we show attributable improvement in mastery, progression, and rea

**Source:** pursuit.us / K-12 Dive

Two of the largest US states are moving fast on AI in education regulation — in opposite directions philosophically. **California** issued a landmark "Learning with AI" ethical framework for its ~1,000 districts. **Florida** filed Senate Bill 1194, mandating the state Board of Education adopt *state

**Source:** World Government Summit 2026 (February 5, Dubai)

Harvard professor and longevity researcher David Sinclair announced at WGS 2026 that his team is **imminently launching the first-ever human clinical trials to reverse ageing itself** — not slow it, reverse it. "For the first time in history, we are about to test whether we can reverse ageing and cu

**Source:** MarTech / aiagentstore.ai / Gartner

Agentic AI has crossed from lab to everyday infrastructure. **Samsung's Galaxy S26** ships with agentic AI that anticipates actions before you ask. **ServiceNow** launched autonomous CRM agents for telecom. **Gartner** predicts organizations running multi-agent AI across 80% of customer-facing proce

Sticky inflation -> higher (real) rates needed -> pain for hyper-financialized economies.

A lot of venture funded CEOs are sending emails like this; inspired by Elon and taking drastic action.

Last week, the Defense Department failed its fifth audit, unable to account for more than 61% its assets, worth about $1.8 trillion.

So for $20/month, you get 2 TB storage, access to all Gemini models (including Deep Research with likely higher limits than OpenAI), and integration with your Gmail and

I like to train large deep neural nets. Previously Director of AI @ Tesla, founding team @ OpenAI, PhD @ Stanford.