Microsoft just promised AI to one million Filipino teachers.
Microsoft committed Copilot access to 1 million Filipino public school teachers, all four Filipino teens medalled at their first AI Olympiad, and Roblox agreed to fold the National ID into how it verifies users.
1 million Filipino teachers, one AI assistant
Microsoft says it will give 1 million Filipino public school teachers access to Copilot, its AI assistant, under a renewed partnership with the Department of Education announced Thursday.
4 Filipino teens, 4 medals, first try
All four members of the Philippines' first team at the International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence won medals, one silver and three bronze, against 466 students from 108 countries and territories in Astana, Kazakhstan.
Roblox will check users with the National ID
Roblox told Philippine officials it will fold the National ID into how it verifies users, and will limit children's chat to their own age group, the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center said.
An AI copyright claim pulled a free game
Luanti, a free platform where anyone can build and play blocky games, says its Android app was pulled from Google Play after a firm called Tracer.AI filed a copyright notice for Minecraft owner Microsoft, and that its app carries no Minecraft code or art.
A judge says the Pentagon broke the law
A US federal judge ruled that the Pentagon acted illegally when it branded AI company Anthropic a supply chain risk in February, writing that the punishment was for Anthropic's criticism of the government rather than any real risk it would sabotage its own AI.