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A bill moving through California’s legislature would require schools to test kindergarteners' math skills.

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"It would be great if (AI) would support people in their religious identity," BYU researcher tells Athens summit.

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Starship Technologies is redeploying 1,200 delivery robots from U.S. college campuses to grocery delivery, but crowded city ...