Calendar -- THE Journal

January 2002

24-26, Indianapolis, IN. Indiana Computer Educators 2002, Indiana Convention Center & RCA Dome, www.iupui.edu/~ice.

24-26, San Francisco, CA. Technology, Reading and Learning Difficulties 20th Annual Conference, Grand Hyatt San Francisco, www.trld.com.

February

3-6, Columbus, OH. Ohio SchoolNet Technology Conference 2002, Columbus Convention Center, www.osn.state.oh.us/stateconf/.

6-8, Bozeman, MT. Western Education Technology Roundup VIII, Grantree Inn, www.westerned.com.

25-27, Long Beach, CA. TechEd Long Beach, Long Beach Convention Center, http://techedevents.org/longbeach/.

March

6-8, Orlando, FL. FETC 2002, Orange County Convention Center, www.fetc.org/fetc2002/.

13-16, Seattle, WA. NCCE 2002, Washington State Convention & Trade Center, www.ncce.org/2002/index.html.

18-21, Boston, MA. Anytime Anywhere Learning Summit 2002, Sheraton Boston, www.microsoft.com/education/?ID=AALSummit2002.

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The United States, United Kingdom, European Union, and several other countries have signed "The Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence, Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law," the world's first legally binding treaty aimed at regulating the use of artificial intelligence (AI).
Iowa Department of Education to Provide Personalized Reading Tutor Tool to All Iowa Elementary Schools

The Iowa Department of Education has invested $3 million to make EPS Learning's AI-powered Reading Assistant tool available to public and nonpublic elementary schools
3 in 4 Education Institutions Have Uncovered a Cyber Attack on Their Infrastructure in the Past Year

Seventy-seven percent of institutions across K-12 and higher education have identified a cyber attack on their infrastructure within the past 12 months, according to a new survey from cybersecurity company Netwrix.
Anthropic Offers Cautious Support for New California AI Regulation Legislation

Anthropic has announced its support for an amended version of the "Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act," California’s Senate Bill 1047 (SB 1047), because of revisions to the bill the company helped to influence — but not without some reservations.