DfE invites bids from AI tutoring pilot partners | Schools Week buff.ly/2LUdapK < an NEU survey found only 14% of its members in English state schools supported AI tutoring, while 49% disagreed with the policy (25% strongly disagreed), and 36% had no opinion either way.
Teachers' pensions delays 'unacceptable', says minister | Schools Week buff.ly/BBR5dvz < Capita “had been implementing an IT development to reduce processing times on these cases, but unfortunately it has not produced the intended results”. Surprise surprise. Crapita|
3 Mistakes School Superintendents Say They've Made in Rolling Out AI | US EdWeek buff.ly/E8aol51 < the same classic mistakes made when rolling out any education technology - we never learn? 🙂
AI agents using Anthropic MCP could be a vector for supply chain attacks, claim researchers | IT Pro buff.ly/TORiHmK < Surprise, surprise.
"By shifting the blame rather than hardening the protocol, the industry leaves user data & organizational infrastructure exposed.”
How the Donald sees himself, compared to how the rest of us see him?
Maybe his next move will be to walk across the Strait of Hormuz?
After his posting of this image, and his attack on the Pope, I'm wondering how the American US Christian Right are now viewing his presidency?
Not Trump's week. Hungarians are delighted that the visit of J.D.Vance to support Viktor Orban helped ensure that Orban was defeated in a neck and neck election, by dropping his vote by 3%+. How will Trump now apologise to his hero Putin for this strategic failure?
The Art of the Deal is how to win a war while leaving the enemy in a stronger strategic position than they were when you started it.
Everyone's happy!
(Except the US taxpayers who lost billions, the many who lost lives or loved ones, and most of the world.)
Remember when Trump fawned over his wealthy donors, calling them “rich as hell” while promising to give them tax cuts?
That's one campaign promise he didn't break.
But everyone else didn't get so lucky. [@itep.org]
Do we really want to see the King being sent to visit a foul-mouthed war criminal?
That's not diplomacy, it's complicity.
Time the grey suits at the palace thought again...
If a US President wanted to be a dictator, he would:
- talk up a 3rd term
- ignore Congress
- stack the judiciary
- sack opposing army generals
- pardon criminals that would fight for him
- ignore rules-based order
- set up a militia
So far, so bad.
Think on, America
Middle East crisis: Trump uses expletive-ridden social media post to threaten Iran’s infrastructure www.theguardian.com/world/live/2... < what happens when you sack 12 generals, and then have to resort to war crimes after not listening to them, but to a news anchorman you made Sec. of War!
Who says Americans are self-centred and inward-looking? 😄
“And we literally have planes flying over Tehran and other parts of their country; they can’t do a thing about it,”
The ever-reliable Donald Trump demonstrating his firm grasp of military strategy and logistics as Commander in Chief yesterday
Turns out that all these American chatbots closely resemble Trump political appointments.
It is really REALLY difficult to train them not to be sycophantic, stopping them always agreeing with you, and paying you unnecessary compliments.
Stanford Report
Announcement of Expanded Screening and Vetting for Visa Applicants | US Gov travel.state.gov/con... < welcome to the US, 1984-style, in 2026. The Ministry of Truth will vet your visa application on behalf of the thinnest-skinned President ever.
Celebrating schools where staff feel understood and supported - Edurio home.edurio.com/news/celebra... < a brilliant idea from Edurio.
A radically different way of measuring a successful school.
Agents of Chaos buff.ly/PZ07hLy < stress-testing AI agents. Observed behaviors include unauthorized compliance with non-owners, disclosure of sensitive information, destructive system-level actions, denial-of-service conditions, identity spoofing vulnerabilities, and partial system takeover. 😯
Trump names Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison and Jensen Huang to be on AI Tech Regulation Panel | Wall St Journal buff.ly/PnZyxKI < what was that old line about "the lunatics have taken over the asylum"?
#ILookAtTheOtherSideWhen playing with these cards
#ILookAtTheOtherSideWhen tossing a coin..
#ILookAtTheOtherSideWhen am walking down the street
#ILookAtTheOtherSideWhen I am on the Dark Side
Meta ordered to pay $375m after being found liable in child exploitation case | Meta | The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/... < good to see a techbro finally held to account - let's see more of this!
Exclusive | Mark Zuckerberg Is Building an AI Agent to Help Him Be CEO | Wall St Journal buff.ly/VbQDHm4 < in a couple of years it will probably fire him and bring in its own people!
So if Trump says he has 'completely obliterated Iran's nuclear and missile capability', who the hell is sending all these rockets into Israel, the various Arab neighbours and the Straits of Hormuz?
It's not over till the fat President sings!
Trump's inadvertent contribution to the battle against global warning that he doesn't believe in?
Making America Great Again by increasing costs and reducing flights
Great night with Los Pacaminos at the Hampton Hub. Thirty-four years playing the music you love really helps!
Excellent band, wonderful venue, superb beers, and a friendly audience that loves its music.
What's not to like!
Highly recommend both band and venue.
Out out for a bit of Tex-Mex with Los Pacaminos at the Hampton Hub. The predominant audience hair colour is white - I may be among my people! 😊
Be afraid..... be very afraid!
SWARM equips live cockroaches with digital backpacks carrying cameras, microphones, & AI processors. They can be steered by sending electrical impulses to their antennae — which can make them turn, slow, or stop on request.
In dire Straits....
or why it is always good to think things through first.