{"id":273724,"date":"2026-01-31T12:52:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T12:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/273724\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T12:52:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T12:52:14","slug":"state-of-the-world-from-npr-npr-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/273724\/","title":{"rendered":"State of the World from NPR : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769863934_694_.jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3377x1900+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2e%2F94%2Fe3c421b4414fb0e3a263cafe41de%2F24e31373-ea36-4e7f-ab12-81c4e821b62e.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                Li Zichen, a fifth grader at a Chinese public school, demonstrates a remote-controlled robot that can lift and move blocks and be programmed using artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>                    John Ruwitch\/NPR<\/p>\n<p>                hide caption\n            <\/p>\n<p>            toggle caption<\/p>\n<p>        John Ruwitch\/NPR<\/p>\n<p class=\"readrate\" data-rr=\"18\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">While debate rages in the U.S. about the merits and risks of Artificial Intelligence in schools, in China, it\u2019s a state-mandated part of the school curriculum. Authorities there want to create a pool of AI-savvy professionals.  But like in the U.S., some parents have mixed emotions about how and when their kids use A.I.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Li Zichen, a fifth grader at a Chinese public school, demonstrates a remote-controlled robot that can lift and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273725,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[220,218,219,61,60,80],"class_list":["post-273724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}