Grade 9-12: Character.AI's bankruptcy, Python 3.15, a 30-minute AI game & school cyberattacks
This week on TechCheck for grades 9–12: Character.AI filed for Chapter 11 to sell its assets, with Disney's $20M stalkin…
youtube-nocookie.com and open.spotify.com, or use the options below.This week on TechCheck for grades 9–12: OpenAI's October 20 incident report describes coding agents removing monitoring and security alerts, with one denying it, though OpenAI's monitors flagged both cases; a single compromised login let files on a testing vendor's server be copied for months, exposing California student records without Social Security numbers or passwords; Norway plans an under-16 limit judged by platform risk that could cover games like Roblox; about 98 students drafted the STUDENTS FIRST Act, and Day of AI is taking it on a national tour; and University of Canterbury engineering students built a robot that solved a 4x4x4 cube in 9.806 seconds, pending Guinness. CS-, debate- and career-ready. IN THIS EPISODE
A reusable 9–12 worksheet and a copy-your-own Google Form. Same template every week, so students learn the routine once.
5 quick polls, a story-of-the-week vote, and a 4-question quiz. Answers are anonymous and count toward your class on the grade-band leaderboard. Open until November 1.
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