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    WorldSkills USA Team Earns Honors in Shanghai▼WorldSkills USA Team shines in Shanghai, earns honors at the 'Olympics of Skilled Trades'✉newsSportOlympics2 min ago

    The WorldSkills USA Team earned honors at the WorldSkills competition in Shanghai, an event often described as the 'Olympics of Skilled Trades.' The team's strong performance highlights the skill level of American competitors in trades such as manufacturing, construction and services, and adds to international attention on vocational excellence as Shanghai hosts the global contest.

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    Young users swap Google for AI tools, study warns●Study: Young users (9 to 18Y) ditch Google for AI, with unknown consequencesYhnHealthNutrition6614 min ago

    A new Norwegian science study reports that young people aged 9 to 18 are increasingly turning to AI chatbots instead of Google for information and everyday questions. Researchers say the shift is happening quickly and its consequences for how children learn, judge sources and develop search skills are not yet understood, prompting calls for closer attention from educators and parents.

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    A GitHub repository by user rohitg00 called 'ai-engineering-from-scratch' is trending, described with the tagline 'Learn it. Build it. Ship it for others.' It is a Python-based educational resource aimed at people who want to learn AI engineering from first principles and move toward shipping real applications. The repository has collected hundreds of stars today. The snippets do not reveal exactly what sparked the surge in attention, beyond apparent interest in self-taught AI engineering material.

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    China has introduced new travel restrictions that are causing concern among major technology companies and skilled workers, particularly in fields like artificial intelligence. The rules may complicate international travel for tech employees and executives, raising questions about talent mobility and business operations in China's technology sector, with observers weighing the impact on innovation and foreign investment.

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    AI is coming for the meritocracy and upward mobility●The End Of Upward Mobility – AI is coming for the meritocracyYhnSportBaseball657 min ago

    An essay in Noema Magazine argues that artificial intelligence threatens the meritocratic ladder that has long driven upward mobility. As automation spreads into white-collar and professional work, the traditional path of education leading to skilled employment and social advancement may be eroding. Readers are debating whether AI will entrench privilege rather than reward talent, and what that means for the future of class mobility in advanced economies.

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    Toyota backs program teaching regional schoolkids about AI●Toyota backs entrepreneurship social enterprise teaching regional schoolkids about AI✉newsBusinessStartups43 min ago

    Toyota is backing an entrepreneurship-focused social enterprise that teaches schoolchildren in regional areas about artificial intelligence. The partnership will support programs introducing students to AI skills and entrepreneurial thinking outside major cities. The tie-up highlights growing corporate interest in preparing young people in under-served regions for a technology-driven economy.

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    Bow Valley girls' fly-fishing program promotes conservation and inclusion▼Bow Valley girls fly-fishing program encouraging conservation, carving space for women in the sport✉newsScienceSpace Policy24 min ago

    A fly-fishing program for girls in the Bow Valley area of Alberta is teaching young anglers conservation ethics while creating space for women in a sport traditionally dominated by men. Local coverage highlights how the initiative combines hands-on fishing skills with environmental stewardship, aiming to build confidence and a lasting connection to the region's rivers and ecosystems among participants.

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    Sakana AI has introduced SAIL, a research project on scaling in-context imitation learning, aimed at teaching robotic systems new skills by letting them learn from demonstrations within context rather than through task-specific retraining. The announcement is drawing attention from robotics and AI researchers interested in whether scaling in-context learning can improve general-purpose robot behavior.

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