From the Lab:Slow down so the world can catch up.

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  1. 005Slow down so the world can catch up.Jacob Coxon resigned with a warning about the gamble, Dario Amodei called for pacing the frontier, and OpenAI published a warning shot and its growing record of misalignment.
  2. 004Games leave a receipt in the brain.Elon Musk amplified a chart saying frequent gamers score like non-gamers roughly 14 years younger — the careful claim is older than the meme.
  3. 003School AI rules are a national story.New York paused student-facing generative AI through eighth grade. Los Angeles restricted it on district devices for every grade. Those were From the Lab notes 001 and 002. They are not a coast-only story.
  4. 002LA barred student AI on district devices.Los Angeles Unified is the second-largest school system in the country. For the 2026–27 school year it has restricted student access to generative AI on district-issued devices — every grade.
  5. 001NYC paused student AI through eighth grade.What does intelligence cost? NYC is pausing student-facing generative AI through eighth grade, then measuring.