Trump Draft Order Boosts AI Learning in Schools -

Let’s unpack the week’s tech releases, news, and highlights:

🎓 Trump draft order backs AI learning in schools but faces funding and political hurdles.

📚 Lesson of the Week: Balancing bias and variance to enhance AI learning models that generalize effectively.

🧩 OpenAI may acquire Chrome amid antitrust case delays, impacting its own AI learning search index.

📱 Weekly Tech Tip: Use Google Maps Offline.

🚀 What’s New: Unlock skills, badge display, LTI 1.3 support, and enhanced security for improved AI learning.

📘 Book of the Week: “The AI Playbook” by Eric Siegel – a practical framework for business-focused AI learning.

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New Trump Order Could Reshape AI Learning

AI robot assisting student studying at desk.
A draft executive order from former President Donald Trump proposes a national push to integrate AI learning into K-12 education.

It outlines federal support for teacher training, student AI learning literacy, and public-private partnerships, while also proposing a task force and student competition.

However, limited federal resources and political tensions may challenge implementation.

Lesson of the Week

This week’s lesson from “Applying Machine Learning” explores how to balance bias and variance for effective AI learning models that generalize well.

Question of the Week:

What best describes the bias-variance trade-off in machine learning?

Select one:

A) The inverse relationship between bias error and variance error

B) Using either bias error or variance error in a loss function

C) Minimizing irreducible error to remove bias toward a majority class

D) Injecting variance into a dataset to reduce historical bias

See if you’re right–the answer is at the bottom!

OpenAI Eyes Chrome in Antitrust Case

In a landmark development tied to the U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust case against Google, OpenAI has expressed interest in acquiring Chrome if Google is forced to divest the browser.

During court proceedings, OpenAI’s product chief testified about prior outreach to Google for a potential search partnership, citing ongoing issues with their current unnamed provider.

Additionally, OpenAI acknowledged delays in developing its own search index, initially planned to support most ChatGPT queries by the end of 2025.

Weekly Tech Tip

Use Google Maps Offline

Avoid getting lost without signal–download maps before you go.

Here’s how:

Open Google Maps > Tap your profile photo > Offline maps
Tap Select Your Own Map, zoom/pan to area, and tap Download
Or, search a city > tap Download from the info window (iPhone only)
Need mobile data? Tap ⚙️ in Offline maps > Download over Wi-Fi or mobile

Stay on track even without service.

What's New

Last week, we introduced skill unlocks after lockout, added badge links to case-based learning, enabled LTI 1.3 Advantage support, and rolled out enhanced security measures across the platform to streamline your AI learning experience.

Book of the Week

In “The AI Playbook,” Eric Siegel presents a practical six-step framework for successfully deploying AI learning in business contexts, addressing common initiative failures outside top tech firms.

The book combines real-world case studies with accessible technical background, bridging the gap between business and data professionals to ensure collaborative, value-driven AI learning outcomes.