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Good morning. This is Melanie Asmar with Chalkbeat Colorado.

“The city is telling us that AI is inevitable, but won’t tell me what devices and applications my children are using.” That was one of more than 100 New Yorkers who testified about artificial intelligence at a meeting last week. As Chalkbeat New York reporter Lizzie Walsh reports, most of the speakers were opposed to any AI in the classroom. Read more in today’s top story.

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