India, June 24 -- Cognitive warmup. Norway intends to ban the use of generative AI tools by elementary school children, with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere warning (correctly, if I might add) that AI lets children skip crucial steps in their education and that schools should focus on teaching them how to read, write and do mathematics. These guidelines will be implemented with the new school year that starts sometime in August. Two parts to this. Students in Grade 1 to 7 will be completely banned from using AI, while teens between ages 14 to 16 years will be able to use generative tools with a teacher's supervision. This is still in the works; expect to hear more soon.

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