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Practical ways to use AI well at home and school.
- China's AI homework apps don't just give the answer
China's biggest AI homework apps catch the mistake, explain it, then test the skill again. Here's how to copy that loop tonight.
- Google built a study tool that refuses to give the answer
NotebookLM's Learning Guide asks your child questions instead of answering them, and it turns their own notes into a quiz. Free, and open tonight.
- Japan's school AI rules are about timing. Borrow them for homework
Japan's education ministry lists the moments children should not use AI for schoolwork. Its homework rules translate neatly to a Singapore home.
- China's kid mode covers the whole phone. Ours stops at the app.
China builds one kid mode across the phone, the app store and the app. Singapore parents get per app parental controls, and AI slips between them.
- YouTube Kids AI videos: how to spot them and what to change
AI-made cartoons are being recommended to young children on YouTube. Why the labels miss them, how to spot them, and which settings actually help.
- Is Instagram safe for a 12 year old? What that 13 really means
Every app sets 13 as its minimum age, but that number comes from a 1998 privacy law, not a safety test. Here is what to ask before you say yes.
- ChatGPT makes Ghibli-style art in seconds. Teach this first
Your child wants a Ghibli-style AI picture. Japan spent a year arguing about that exact request, and it hands parents a clearer thing to teach.
- Studying with AI works better when it asks the questions
American students mostly ask AI to explain things. Decades of learning science say studying with AI works better when the machine does the asking.
- Why AI gets weaker when your child asks in Hindi or Tamil
Benchmarks show chatbots score lower in Indian languages than in English. Four home habits that help a child use AI in their own language well.
- What counts as cheating when your child uses AI for homework
Britain's exam regulator has written down what honest AI use in coursework looks like. The rule behind it makes a workable homework habit at home.
- How to teach your child to fact-check an AI
South Korea just demoted its AI school textbooks over errors. The lasting skill to teach kids at home is how to check what an AI tells them.
- When AI helps kids learn, and when it quietly doesn't
New research finds an AI that hands kids the answers can leave them worse off than no AI at all. What helps is a tool that makes them think.
