Organizations ranging from Open AI to UNESCO encourage AI use in the classroom, but many teachers aren’t sure how to handle it. Yet some promising approaches are emerging. At Cheshire Academy, for example, teachers are trained on general techniques for using AI rather than prescribed tools. They use generative AI to prepare class materials, and one teacher has developed a traffic light system that tells students when they can use AI for assignments. The school has also explored specialized tools including an AI platform for educators. Here’s how it works—and how other teachers can apply it. —Peter Hall

Applause rings out from the main tent of a robot “carnival” on the outskirts of Shanghai. There, a humanoid wearing a blinged-out top is showing off a martial art known as drunken boxing as a fellow humanoid performs a front flip to woo the crowd. The audience chants: “More, more, more.” Humanoid robots are having a moment in China. Nearly 90% of the more than 13,000 two-armed, two-legged robots delivered globally last year were made in China. Showcases like this invite the public to experience robots up close, and exposure matters, as elsewhere, humanoids’ progress has been slow.