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9–12 Friday, September 4, 2026

Grade 9-12: Meta's $18B settlement, ChatGPT for Teens, social media ban tests, & AI-designed viruses

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About This Episode

This week on TechCheck for grades 9–12: Meta agrees to an up-to-$18 billion settlement and strict new teen-account limits (with no admission of wrongdoing, pending court approval); OpenAI launches a teen-only ChatGPT with a study mode; Australia's under-16 social-media ban runs into the reality of enforcement; a Texas app-store age-verification law stays in force as a court weighs free speech; Stanford's Evo AI designs brand-new viruses to fight drug-resistant bacteria; and a teen wins the world's top youth water prize with an AI-and-magnet cleaner. Debate- and career-ready.

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Teach with this episode

A reusable 9–12 worksheet and a copy-your-own Google Form. Same template every week, so students learn the routine once.