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• But one of my main concerns as I look into AI is not only state actors, but non-state actors and the
• use of AI.
• question. bank robberies at the speed of AI, and bank robberies at the speed of AI, and how<00:18:46.200
• There's a lot of folks going with AI.
• uh meeting quantum the specter of AI uh meeting quantum mechanics,<00:20:25.560> which<00:20:

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Call to Order and Roll Call: 00:01:36 Homeland Security: 00:03:46 Kentucky Manufacturing Extension Partnership: 00:36:29, 958, all

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• AI is where the Internet was 30 years ago. It's going to change everything.
• We're Massachusetts, where we actually pioneered the science behind AI.
• AI is going to help us cure those diseases faster.
• AI is going to help us and is helping our administration right now speed and improve the delivery of
• It's why I've funded $100 million toward an AI hub to back the scientists, the startups, the companies

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House and Senate met in joint convention for the Governor’s annual State of the Commonwealth address. Before the address, the chamber handled routine organizational motions, including recesses, the appointment of committees to escort the Lieutenant Governor, constitutional officers, and the Governor into the chamber, the posting of colors, the Pledge of Allegiance, the national anthem, and an invocation and benediction. The joint convention then heard Governor Maura Healey’s address, followed by remarks from legislative leaders and a closing benediction. In her speech, Governor Healey said the state is strong and highlighted accomplishments from the past session, including tax cuts, expanded child care support, the Affordable Homes Act, transportation improvements, federal funding gains, veterans’ services, and health care measures. She also emphasized ongoing priorities such as reducing housing costs, improving transit and infrastructure, expanding primary care and mental health services, supporting education and career pathways, strengthening clean energy and AI investment, and protecting reproductive health care. She called for abolishing tenant broker’s fees, creating a statewide graduation standards council after the MCAS requirement change, and continuing efforts to address the emergency shelter system and other cost pressures. No roll call votes were taken on legislation during the address itself, but the convention adopted the various ceremonial orders and motions by voice vote. After the Governor’s remarks and the benediction, the joint convention adjourned, and the House later adjourned to meet the following Tuesday in informal session.

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• The seventh best program on Capitol TV is now in session: the House AI and Innovation Committee.
• than that, I appreciate all the great work this committee is doing around emerging issues surrounding AI
• I know there's been a lot of talk out and about in our communities and our districts about AI in general
• AI-generated or altered images.
• While my bill only very minorly touches on AI, I'm very happy that it's in this committee.

Bills: HB2133, HB2592

Keywords: sexual material, consent, synthetic depiction, privacy, internet regulation, rights protection, artificial intelligence, government regulation, innovation, procurement, administrative burdens, 1182, all

Summary: The House AI and Innovation Committee first heard an informational presentation from Arizona Public Service (APS) on the rapid growth of data centers and AI-related electricity demand in Arizona. APS said Phoenix now ranks near the top in North America for data center development and projected its peak load could rise from 8.7 gigawatts to 12 gigawatts by 2035, with about 19 gigawatts of potential data center demand in its queue. APS emphasized three principles for serving this growth: maintaining reliability for existing customers, preventing data center costs from being shifted to residential and small business customers, and preserving capacity for other growth. APS described its proposed approach as a combination of a pending Corporation Commission rate case and bilateral contracts, including minimum bill requirements, queue management, long-term financial commitments, and direct cost assignment to data center customers. Committee members asked about rate impacts, self-generation, behind-the-meter power, seasonal load, and possible future nuclear or other generation options; APS said it is pursuing an all-of-the-above resource strategy and that the proposed data center rate increase is 45 percent, though not yet approved. The committee then considered House Bill 2133, which would require commercial entities that knowingly distribute or publish sexual material online to obtain reasonable consent and age verification, including for synthetic or AI-generated altered images, and would impose civil penalties for violations. A five-page amendment narrowed the bill by excluding internet service providers, affiliates, search engines, and cloud providers from liability for content they do not create or directly host. The sponsor said the bill is intended to protect people in adult content from exploitation and non-consensual use, including revenge porn and trafficking-related material, and to extend protections to synthetic media. Members discussed the penalty structure, with the sponsor explaining it was modeled on similar penalties in related laws and set at $10,000 per day of violation. After no public opposition was presented, the committee adopted the amendment and voted 5-0, with 2 members present, to return HB 2133 as amended with a due pass recommendation.

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• of the things that the targeted spray technology does, this is an illustration of where we're using AI
• The point is that AI and robotics, we think, can be developed to benefit not just large growers but also
• The point is that AI and robotics we think can be developed to benefit not just large growers but also
• We have people in this industry trained in engineering, genetics, AI, robotics... ...people in this industry
• trained in engineering, genetics, AI, robotics, aquatic animal health, and climate resilience systems

Summary: The Committee on Agriculture convened, took roll, and heard Senate Bill 58 by Senator Harrow, which would create regulation for companion animal cremation. Harrow described a case involving mishandled pet remains and said the bill would require written service descriptions, prohibit false or misleading statements, require certification with returned remains, authorize Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services rulemaking, and impose civil penalties for violations. With no questions or public opposition, the committee voted the bill favorably. The committee then heard presentations on robotics in agriculture and aquaculture. Dr. Nathan Boyd of UF/IFAS discussed the rapid growth of agricultural robotics, including AI-driven weed detection, targeted spraying, autonomous tractors, and harvesting technology, emphasizing reduced pesticide use, lower input costs, and labor-saving automation. Dr. Nicole Kirchoff of Live Advantage Bait and Adrian Johnson of the Florida Shellfish Aquaculture Association highlighted aquaculture’s economic and environmental value, Florida’s strong position in the industry, and challenges including hurricane losses, lack of insurance, land-use instability, capital access, and water quality. They urged support for working waterfronts, risk mitigation, and policies to help the sector commercialize and expand. The committee also heard from dairy producers Kevin Lusher and Jacob Larson. Lusher described his family’s dairy and artisan cheese business, noting reliance on USDA grants, rising costs, labor shortages, and regulatory burdens, and asked for more grant support, marketing for Fresh From Florida products, and permanent funding for Farmers Feeding Florida. Larson discussed the broader dairy market, declining herd sizes due to efficiency gains, high production costs in Florida, and competition from out-of-state processing, suggesting incentives for local processing and supply management. Finally, FDOT Chief Planner Wayway Schen presented on arterial and local road funding programs, including ART, ARTW, SCOP, SCRAP, CIGP, and TRIP, and said rural road needs remain significant, with more than $16 billion in unfunded or partially funded project needs. The committee adjourned after brief discussion and thanks to the presenters.

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• We've seen a rise in AI chatbots that are being, you know, they're encouraging self-harm, suicide.
• Um we've seen a rise in AI chat guys.
• Um we've seen a rise in AI chat bots<00:34:56.560> that<00:34:56.800> are<00:34:56.879>
• interacting with AI chatbots and that may have had an effect.
• <00:36:02.000> was Columbia um where uh Open AI was Columbia um where uh Open AI was actually

Bills: HF3653, HF2717, HF3451, HF3857

Keywords: education finance, safe schools revenue, school safety, charter schools, funding, safe schools, school security, school levy, pupil units, safe schools aid, cooperative units, intermediate school district, school resource officer, peace officer liaison, sheriff liaison, drug abuse prevention, gang resistance education, violence prevention, suicide prevention, mental health services

Summary: The committee first adopted the March 3rd minutes by voice vote after Representative Lee moved them and there was no discussion. Members then reviewed hearing rules on decorum, safety, and participation before taking testimony from Dr. James Densley and Dr. Jillian Peterson of the Violence Prevention Project Research Center at Hamline University. The presenters summarized research on mass shootings and K-12 school shootings, drawing on a database of homicides in school settings from 2000 to 2025 and a smaller set of 15 K-12 mass shooting cases. They said school shooters are usually insiders, most often current or former students, and typically young males. They described common patterns including a noticeable crisis before attacks, perpetrators viewing the shooting as a final act, studying prior shooters online, and “leakage” in which most tell someone in advance. They also emphasized that many perpetrators use unsecured firearms from family members and argued that prevention should combine reporting systems, behavioral threat assessment, counseling, mentoring, secure storage, and other layered interventions rather than rely on a single solution. The presenters also discussed broader violence trends in the Twin Cities, saying much school violence is spillover from community violence and that pandemic-era disruptions and weakened trust in institutions contributed to serious violence. They cited a national survey finding that exposure to gun violence is associated with PTSD, anxiety, depression, and fear of public spaces, especially among young people. During member questions, Representative Wam asked for clarification on the data set and the rural/small-town share of the survey sample.

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• , and if you look I looked it up on AI, and if you look through<00:09:47.160> AI<00:09:48.120>
• quick<00:09:48.560> search,<00:09:48.800> it's<00:09:48.920> a through AI
• on a quick search, it's a through AI on a quick search, it's a very<00:09:49.200> complicated
• On a quick search on AI, AI, AI, on<00:09:55.880> a<00:09:55.920> $50,000<00:09:56.880>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: Minnesota Senate Republicans held a press conference unveiling a package of affordability and tax-relief bills aimed at property taxes, taxes on tips and overtime, and vehicle registration costs. Leader Mark Johnson said the proposals were meant to counter rising costs for wages, homeownership, and driving, and argued that Democrats’ policies had made life more expensive. Several senators echoed that theme, saying Minnesotans need immediate relief and that the state has room to act because of a reported surplus. Senator Michael Kunesh described a property-tax cap bill that would limit increases for cities and counties to inflation plus 50% of population growth, with higher increases requiring voter approval. He said constituents, including seniors, a disabled veteran, and young people, are seeing unsustainable property-tax hikes, and he argued that state and federal mandates have driven local costs. In response to a question about added county workload from federal SNAP and Medicaid changes, he said the solution is both to pause new mandates and to cap property-tax growth. Senator Karin Housley outlined a proposal to end state taxes on tips and overtime, with deductions up to $25,000 for tips and $12,500 for overtime, phased out at $150,000 for individuals and $300,000 for families. She said the measure would help workers keep more of what they earn and would not cost small businesses directly. Senator John Jasinski proposed rolling back vehicle registration tab fees to pre-2023 levels, saying Minnesota’s fees are far higher than neighboring states and that the change would save drivers money over time. Senator Julia Coleman also supported the package, saying the bills would provide practical relief for families facing high housing, driving, and work-related costs. No votes were taken; the event ended with questions from reporters about fiscal impacts, offsets, and whether the proposals would worsen the state’s structural budget imbalance.

Transcript Highlights:

• this last session, Senator Huffman, she passed legislation making it illegal to possess or distribute AI
• the purpose of HB 4911, it updates existing statutes to ensure protection for children in the age of AI
• Um, just last year, there was a Texas mother, um, she found an AI generated explicit image of her daughter
• other words, what we have, what we're starting to see in our cases are actual images that are entirely AI
• generated, and AI is one of those things that every day improves in quality.

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• AI has the power to nickeled and dimed.
• creating a vicious cycle of AI-powered creating a vicious cycle of AI-powered poverty<01:01:56.560
• mo- no mistake, the rising power of AI mo- no mistake, the rising power of AI opens<01:02:11.520
• Amazon Flex recently installed AI cameras that actually spy on workers.
• Amazon Flex uh recently installed AI Amazon Flex uh recently installed AI cameras<01:23:22.280><

Bills: HF3878, HF4131, HF3796, HF4097

Keywords: airport workers, wage standards, labor rights, minimum wage, economic equity, surveillance, price discrimination, wage discrimination, consumer rights, automated decision systems, Minnesota Statutes, suitable seating, employee seating, workplace seating, occupational safety, workplace safety, labor standards, employer requirements, chair, stool

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• AI is a national security... security imperative.
• So just last week, the Chinese AI app called...
• promote a secure... productive and beneficial use of AI.
• You mentioned China's AI app, it's called what again? DeepSeek.
• Students are using AI. They are using AI constantly.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• definitions in the Senate cognate, which you'll see here momentarily, and also the guidance around AI
• would come up with some guidance that it can then give to school divisions on how to properly employ AI
• to the Board of Education, artificial intelligence use, and instructional settings; development of AI
• safety guidance required; AI Innovation and Education Pilot Program established.
• House Bill 1186 that we just passed unanimously a few minutes ago around guidance for AI and schools.

Keywords: March 13, 2026 - Regular Session Part 2, 976, house, all

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• be expanded relatively quickly, um, we also are hearing a lot about critical minerals, um, for, um, AI
• around, how that could benefit New Mexico, um, especially with our bases, uh, a whole bunch of stuff on AI
• How state and federal regulations will affect the businesses, not only implementing but developing AI
• Um, what small tech in New Mexico is building or using AI for in our state so that we can really get
• affecting our local people, um, and then what does the immediate future and the longer term future of AI

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• Are you integrating AI into the nursing program at all?
• Students are aware of AI; they figured it out really quickly.
• , how to use AI to help them build tests, and build case studies for students to review. use AI to help
• them come up with new and different ways to teach, and we built in ways to use AI to help them study
• But students can use the program by basically feeding the AI system their or the instructors' PowerPoint

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• Um, are you seeing AI working its way into your work process yet? And if so, what are you seeing?
• So we have not integrated any type of AI into our processes.
• Um, are you seeing AI working its way Um, are you seeing AI working its way into<00:26:47.200> your
• AI into our<00:26:56.000> processes.
• that path and I think you'll find the AI that path and I think you'll find the AI task<00:28:49.200

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Interim Joint Committee on State Government met for its first meeting and heard a presentation from the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KY Stats) by Executive Director Matt Barry and Legislative Director Calli Arnold. The presentation reviewed KY Stats’ statutory background, its evolution from KESUS, its board membership, and its role in housing Kentucky’s longitudinal data system and labor market information office. Barry explained that KY Stats links data from multiple state sources, validates and cleans it, deidentifies it, and uses it to produce reports, evaluations, and responses to data requests for policymakers, practitioners, and the public. Barry described the scale of the system, noting more than 6,000 active data elements, 178 unique file types, and data from 48 sources across 26 agencies. He highlighted the agency’s privacy and security practices, including separate servers for source data and deidentified reporting data, and said KY Stats does not use real-time data. He also outlined the types of reports produced, including the annual high school feedback report and a recent life outcomes report tracking the 2017 public high school cohort’s postsecondary education, completion, wages, and employment outcomes. Members asked about the timeliness and availability of data, especially SNAP and Medicaid information, and Barry said most data arrive annually or quarterly and that Medicaid data had been used in a limited one-time project rather than as an ongoing feed. Questions also focused on artificial intelligence; Barry said KY Stats has not integrated AI but is exploring it cautiously because of privacy and security concerns. Several members encouraged further work with AI tools, while Barry emphasized that any use would need to protect confidentiality. The committee also discussed staffing and funding, with Barry saying KY Stats has about 49 total staff and annual funding of roughly $3.1 million in state general funds, plus federal labor-related funding. Committee members praised the agency’s work and suggested legislators may not fully understand its capabilities. No votes or formal actions were taken.

Transcript Highlights:

• We have a seat at the table to develop shared AI standards, guardrails, and best practices.
• , and produced the first-ever Global Standards on AI Ethics in November of 2021.
• Yes, I'm deeply concerned about China's standards within the AI framework.
• I think we need to win the AI race.
• I helped stand up the Joint AI Center within D.O.D.

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• schle I'm the executive director at AI schle I'm the executive director at AI uh<00:57:25.640>
• ><00:58:06.880> share um thanks for allowing AI today to share um thanks for allowing AI today
• economy the board and staff at AI economy the board and staff at AI refreshed<00:58:17.520> our
• <01:03:22.720> connects then finally we have our AI connects then finally we have our AI connects
• <01:07:52.599> um and um put that into a um an AI um and um put that into a um an AI um interface

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Because I'm not familiar with the AI program.
• In specific appropriation 108, it talks about a zero-eyes AI firearm detection program.
• In specific appropriation 108, it talks about a zero-ey's AI firearm detention program.
• And I was curious if these AI functions are helping...
• Just to continue this line of questioning around the AI, potential AI system with SNAP benefits, I guess

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• Because I'm not familiar with the AI program.
• In specific appropriation 108, it talks about a ZeroEyes AI firearm detection program.
• And I was curious if these AI functions are helping... Representative Andrade.
• And I was curious if these AI functions are helping, And I was curious if these AI functions are helping
• Just to continue this line of questioning around the AI, potential AI system with SNAP benefits, I guess

Summary: The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for former Senator Donnell C. Childers, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognition of Officer Antonio Richardson as law enforcement officer of the day. A quorum was announced, the journal was approved, and the Speaker said the chamber would take up 11 budget conference reports, with debate and final votes on each report. The first report considered was HB 7031E, the tax package, followed by HB 501E, the state budget appropriations bill. On HB 7031E, Chair Duggan explained that the conference report included a range of tax reductions and tax-related changes, including sales tax holidays, property tax and homestead-related provisions, reductions in certain taxes and fees, and new exemptions or administrative clarifications. He said the package also added items such as sales tax relief for certain university construction projects, a tennis admissions exemption, and changes to agricultural property tax treatment, and that the amendment reduced state and local tax revenues by $272.2 million. Members questioned the bill about the child care tax credit reduction from three years to one, the homestead exemption provision for certain diplomats and foreign service personnel, the absence of gas tax relief and combined reporting, and the inclusion of firearm accessories and tennis tickets in sales tax holidays. After structured debate, the House adopted the conference report and passed HB 7031E by a vote of 88-11. The House then began the conference report on HB 501E, the $114.5 billion budget for fiscal year 2026-2027, which was described as below the prior year’s spending level and leaving more than $14 billion in reserves. Subcommittee chairs outlined major allocations across education, higher education, IT, health care, transportation and economic development, justice, state administration, and agriculture/natural resources. Highlights included increased FEFP funding and veteran teacher raises, full funding for Bright Futures, major IT modernization projects, Medicaid and behavioral health funding, transportation and local infrastructure spending, correctional and law enforcement investments, fire station and emergency response funding, and large environmental and water-quality appropriations. Members asked detailed questions about school voucher fraud oversight, scholarship funding, teacher raises, preeminence funding, ADAP changes, SNAP data tools and error rates, Medicaid rate changes, prison wastewater monitoring, and other budget items, but the transcript ends during the budget questions before final action on HB 501E is shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• Can you tell me more about this AI surveillance system?
• Because I'm not familiar with the AI program.
• In specific appropriation 108, it talks about a zero-eyes AI firearm detection program.
• And I was curious if these AI functions are helping... Representative Andrade.
• Just to continue this line of questioning around the AI, potential AI system with SNAP benefits, I guess

Summary: The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for former Senator Don Childers, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognition of Officer Antonio Richardson as law enforcement officer of the day. The chamber announced it would take up 11 budget conference committee reports, with no third-reading bills or special-order calendar items. Members were reminded that conference reports were subject to debate but not amendment, and that the required review periods had been satisfied. The first major action was on HB 7031E, the tax package. Representative Duggan explained that the conference report included a mix of retained, modified, and new tax provisions, including sales tax holidays, property tax and homestead-related changes, reductions in certain gaming and carbon-related taxes, changes to child care and documentary stamp tax credits, a new refund process for public works construction tax paid by universities and colleges, and other tax administration changes. Debate focused on the bill’s consumer impact, the reduction of the child tax credit from three years to one, the inclusion of firearm accessories in a sales tax holiday, the absence of gas tax relief and combined reporting, and the homestead exemption provision for certain deployed diplomatic and foreign service personnel. Critics argued the package favored niche or corporate interests over broad affordability relief, while supporters said it provided targeted tax relief and reflected conference negotiations. The House adopted the conference report and passed HB 7031E by a vote of 88-11. The House then began presenting the conference report for HB 501E, the state budget, which totaled $114.5 billion for fiscal year 2026-27 and was described as below the prior year’s spending level while maintaining reserves. Subcommittee chairs outlined major budget areas: pre-K-12 funding included an increase in FEFP, salary increases for veteran teachers, stabilization funding, and support for declining enrollment; higher education included full Bright Futures funding, workforce programs, college operating support, university initiatives, and school guardian expansion; IT funding focused on Palm, ACCESS, APD’s I-Connect replacement, corrections systems, emergency management systems, and cybersecurity grants; health care funding covered Medicaid, nursing home rates, waiver provider increases, ADAP funding and restructuring, child welfare, and behavioral health; transportation and economic development included housing, cultural grants, jobs and rural infrastructure, Visit Florida, Space Florida, highway patrol equipment, and local transportation projects; justice funding included correctional construction, juvenile justice facilities, law enforcement grants, and clerk and due process reimbursements; state administration included fire stations, constrained counties, building maintenance, and Safe Florida Home; and agriculture/natural resources funding emphasized Everglades restoration, water quality, land acquisition, Florida Forever, state parks, and citrus research. Members then began questioning the budget details, including school voucher accountability, school funding formulas, public defender parity, prison technology, wastewater monitoring in prisons, ADAP policy, SNAP fraud controls and AI-assisted verification, Florida Forever funding, school lunch funding, and coral reef restoration. No final vote on HB 501E appears in the transcript excerpt.

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• world that blurs the lines of in an AI world that blurs the lines of truth<00:17:48.960> and<
• They've also been including information around AI and AI literacy, which has been very neat to see, and
• They've also been including information around AI and AI literacy, which has been very neat to see, and
• They've also been including information around AI and AI literacy, which has been very neat to see, and
• Involved in creating policies around the use of AI in terms of school work and that sort of thing.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee took up House File 4138, a bill aimed at limiting harmful social media practices for minors by requiring verifiable parental consent for accounts and restricting addictive features and targeted advertising for youth users. Chair Scott offered an A2 amendment, with an oral clarification striking specific language and two commas; the committee adopted the amended A2, and the bill was then discussed as amended. The bill author described social media as addictive by design and said the measure would use age-estimation technology to identify users 15 and under, require parental consent, and provide a different, less addictive experience for youth. Supportive testimony came from the Minnesota Catholic Conference, parents Jerry and Giana Cox, and a Minnesota high school student, all arguing that social media harms youth mental health, encourages excessive use, and exposes children to manipulation, cyberbullying, and addictive design features like infinite scroll and autoplay. They said the bill would help parents, protect children, and reduce exploitation of minors’ data. Several committee members also spoke in favor, saying the bill addresses corporate negligence, youth mental health, and the need to act even if the proposal needs more work. Opposition testimony came from industry groups including the Computer and Communications Industry Association, the Information Technology Industry Council, and NetChoice. They argued the bill is vague and narrow in scope, could create uneven coverage, and may push platforms toward intrusive age-verification or digital-ID-like systems that raise privacy and data-breach concerns. They also said restrictions on personalized or algorithmic features could weaken safety tools and make it harder to protect young users. No final vote on the bill itself was taken in the excerpt, but the amended A2 was adopted and the bill remained under discussion.

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• We keep looking for that magic thing, and maybe with AI, this is coming.
• Introduce AI as a tutor.
• AI is no different than this pen and pad.
• And that is the same with AI. So we're in the process of figuring out how to embrace AI.
• AI is no different than technology. Technology, and he showed a ballpoint pen.