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9–12 Sunday, October 25, 2026 · 9 min

Grade 9-12: AI agents turned off safety checks, a student-data breach & Norway's under-16 plan

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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

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