What's up, sunshine? Happy Friday. Yay.
I'm Koi Wire. We've got 10 minutes of
news from around the world. So, before
we get to the weekend, let's finish this
week strong. Big questions, big ideas,
and tiny little apartments. We'll
explain later. We're going to start in
New York City with a debate sitting
right at the intersection of public
education and artificial intelligence.
Mayor Zoran Mandani is leading the push
to ban the use of AI in kindergarten
through 8th grades in the nation's
largest school district as part of a
one-year pause on any new proposals. New
York City schools will also disable the
AI features in more than 38 previously
approved programs that officials say do
not meet their new safety and oversight
standards. High schoolers will have some
access to carefully vetted AI tools
under teacher supervision. And they'll
be required to learn AI literacy,
including how to recognize bias and
misinformation and the dangers of over
reliance. But mainstream chat bots like
ChatGpt and Claude off limits for all
grades. Teachers can still use AI for
lesson planning, but not for grading or
testing students. The tech industry
wants us to believe that AI in early
education is not only inevitable, but
that it is necessary. We do not see it
that way. I have yet to see a study
showing that AI is beneficial for
students in elementary and middle
school, with the exception, of course,
of research sponsored by the very
corporations that stand to profit. So,
when does technology help us think, and
when does it start doing the thinking
for us? New York officials say younger
students need time to struggle with hard
problems, make mistakes, and learn
alongside human teachers and classmates.
In response, some AI companies are
rolling out education tools and funding
AI training through teachers unions. New
York's policy affects roughly 600,000
younger students, and schools around the
country will be watching closely.
Women's rights trailblazer and feminist
icon Gloria Steinum has died. Steinum's
storied career spanned decades. She
became the face of second-wave feminism
in the 1960s and 70s. She co-founded
Miss Magazine and she was also
celebrated as an author and journalist.
In 2013, then President Obama awarded
her the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Here's Steinum in her own words after
receiving that honor. I feel um blessed
and enthusiastic and lucky to be part of
a movement that is fundamental. Humans
are communal animals. We we need to have
that kind of shared community which
doesn't have to do with uh how different
we are. We need to be different. We
learn from difference not from sameness
but from shared values. And I have that.
I mean that's what you have in a
movement. It's it's huge. And so it
enables you to to keep going.
>> A post on her official Instagram page
says, quote, "Gloria's greatest gift was
her ability to listen to others, to make
others feel seen and heard. Her words,
actions, and example gave people
permission to be their truest selves."
Pop quiz hot shot. Which one of these
actors did not play or voice Darth Vader
in the Star Wars movies? Jake Lloyd,
Hayden Christensen, James Earl Jones, or
Peter Mayhew?
If you said Peter Mayhew, feel the
force. Jake Lloyd, Hayden Christensen,
and James Earl Jones all portrayed
Anakin Skywalker, who went on to become
Darth Vader at some point during his
life. Peter Mayhew, he brought Chewbacca
life.
If you've ever wanted to visit a galaxy
far, far away, turns out you may only
need to go as far as Los Angeles. The
Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is set to
open this month, giving visitors an
upclose look at the art behind George
Lucas's legendary storytelling universe.
Yes, there is Star Wars with Princess
Leia and Obi-Wan. There's also pieces
from the entire Lucas archive that would
make a Banana blush. But surprise, this
is more than just the Star Wars shrine.
Lucas and his wife, Melody Hobson,
created the museum to celebrate
something much bigger. The power of
pictures to tell stories. The picture is
very powerful and the stories are very
powerful and you combine them together
and those two elements create a society.
If pod racers and X-wing fighters aren't
your thing, you can still stay on target
towards works by iconic artists like
Freda Ko and Norman Rockwell or famous
comic books, pop art, and rare concept
art from the original Star Wars trilogy.
From Banksy to battle droids, the Lucas
Museum is betting that a great story can
transcend genres, generations, maybe
even galaxies. Ah, Paris, home of the
Eiffel Tower, countless croissants. But
while the city of light is famous for
grand boulevards and beautiful
buildings, some Parisians are living in
spaces so tiny your bedroom might look
like a mansion. Much of central Paris
was densely rebuilt during the 1800s,
right? With strict rules on building
heights. More than a century later, some
of those spaces are still being used as
apartments. Our Saskia Van Dornne takes
us inside some of the French capital's
smallest abodess.
>> These are some of the smallest
apartments you'll find in Paris. Some
measure less than 100 square ft.
>> My private shower.
>> Wow. Can you open both doors at the same
time?
>> Uh, I've never tried, but I guess you
could. ish.
>> They're called shamro deun, maid's
rooms, hidden at the top of some of
Paris's grandest buildings. Built for
domestic servants, they were notoriously
cold with toilets often shared between
tenants.
As of 2022, there were still more than
90,000 of these tiny apartments across
Paris.
>> The view from the rooftop is just
amazing. Like, you see pretty much every
big original monument. My friends
commented that like, "Oh my gosh, you're
gonna have a depression in like one
month's time because it's so tiny." Like
it's a prison cell. And technically, I
guess prison cells are bigger.
>> Anatoli is an engineering student who's
called this place home for the past
year. He pays about $800 a month in
rent. Expensive by the square foot, but
still cheaper than most Parisian
apartments.
>> It's not a sacrifice, it's a trade-off.
In engineering, you you don't have good
solutions. You only have trade-offs. So,
yeah.
>> What's the trade-off here?
>> Uh, the space for the location pretty
much.
>> And there's another price to pay for
living in central Paris. Lots and lots
of stairs.
>> You do this every day.
>> It's terrible.
>> I know. It's a sports.
>> Lovely to meet you.
>> Lovely to meet you, too. Welcome.
>> We need a minute.
>> This is Gladice and she lives right at
the top on the seventh floor. It's not
just Parisians willing to squeeze into
these tiny homes. Tourists do it, too.
Paying as much as $140 a night to stay
in the heart of Paris.
And whether they're here for a night or
a year, perhaps this is part of what
they're paying for.
>> Wow.
>> You can see the view.
>> Yes. The Eiffel Tower.
>> Yeah, the Eiffel Tower.
Today's story getting a 10 out of 10.
One man's valiant push to make sure the
heroes of September 11th are never
forgotten. As the US will soon mark 25
years since the terrorist attack,
retired United Airlines flight attendant
Paul Paulie Venito is pushing an airline
beverage cart 220 miles from Boston to
ground zero in New York City. The
67-year-old has previously traveled more
than 750 miles since launching Pauliey's
push in 2021, following routes
symbolizing the flight paths of the four
hijacked planes.
>> I made a promise to myself that I would
make sure these crew members of these
aircrafts were honored and recognized
for their heroics. So, I went and got
four more beverage carts and I designed
each one for each airplane.
>> Paulie adorned each cart with pictures
of the crew members that were lost that
day. His journey will take him across 60
cities and towns over a span of 28 days.
Each step honoring the lives lost on
September 11th. Powerful stuff. All
right, no show on Monday in observance
of Labor Day. So, we're back on Tuesday.
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Remember, you are more powerful than you
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