A new, bipartisan bill, introduced by Democratic Senator Adam Schiff of California and supported by the world’s largest AI developers, including OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft, would transform the K-12 curriculum into “AI literacy,” something that young people And like a teacher There is already hatred in schools.
The Literacy Artificial Intelligence in Future Technologies Act, or LIFT AI Act, would empower the new Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to “award grants on a merit-reviewed, competitive basis to institutions of higher education or nonprofit organizations (or a consortium thereof) to support research activities to develop educational curricula, instructional materials, teacher professional development, and assessment methods for AI literacy at the K-12 level.” bill says.
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It defines AI literacy as the use of AI; Specifically, “having the age-appropriate knowledge and ability to use artificial intelligence effectively, critically interpret outputs, solve problems in an AI-enabled world, and mitigate potential risks.”
The bill is supported by the American Federation of Teachers, Google, OpenAI, the Information Technology Industry Council, the Software and Information Industry Association, Microsoft and HP Inc.
“With the growing adoption of artificial intelligence across industries, it is critical that our youth and workforce are equipped to succeed in this evolving landscape,” Schiff said. in a press release.
“President Trump’s National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence makes it clear that we must support American education and the development of an AI-ready workforce,” South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds wrote in the press release.
NSF has been without a director for a year Its former director resigned Amid massive cuts to grants and jobs at the foundation by the Trump administration. Last week, President Donald Trump All 22 members were fired The National Science Board (NSB), which oversees NSF, without any explanation. Jim O’Neill, Trump Nominee to direct the next NSFis a financier with no research background who previously worked for Peter Thiel.
The grant will support “AI literacy assessment tools and resources for teachers assessing proficiency in AI literacy,” according to the bill. It will also fund the development of “professional development courses and experiences in AI literacy” and “practical learning tools to support the development and improvement of AI literacy.”
Most importantly for real-world implications, it will fund changes to existing curriculum “to incorporate AI literacy where appropriate, including the responsible use of AI in learning.”
young people Hatred of AI is increasingand children already Fight AI-Enabled Harassment This hurts them and disrupts their studies. And studies show that children are Offloading learning onto AI modelsWeakening their education and social development.
Last year, the American Federation of Teachers Announced $23 million partnership Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic will be working together to create an “AI Training Center for Teachers” to show teachers how to do things like lesson planning with AI. In January, AFT announces it is leaving X Because it was “sad” by non-consensual sexual exploitation material created using xAI’s grok image generator.
Six months ago, Schiff co-signed A letter urging Trump Taking steps to protect consumers from energy costs incurred by data center development. “Since his second inauguration, President Trump has worked with Meta, Google, Oracle, OpenAI, and other Big Tech companies to rapidly build power-hungry data centers across the country,” the letter said. Now, Schiff has “collaborated” with the world’s largest AI technology companies.
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