Norway tells primary schools to keep generative AI out of pupils' work

Norwegian prime minister Jonas Gahr Store announced school guidelines that generally prohibit generative AI for primary pupils. Older students face restrictions rather than a total ban. The policy takes effect in the next academic year.

The announcement named the classroom as the place of the limit. It did not publish a list of banned products. The distinction was age: a general prohibition for primary school and tighter rules above that.

The same week the Bank of Japan raised its policy rate to 1 percent from 0.75 percent, the highest level since 1995. That was a monetary decision, not an education one. It showed technology was not the only system being reset.

Japan revised a cabinet order so visa issuance fees for foreigners will rise fivefold on July 1, the first change since 1978. The fee was an entry rule, again separate from Norway's schools. Both were government rules with a start date.

Malaysian researchers identified Pleurocordyceps cornusynnemata, a fungus in Borneo that parasitizes Ophiocordyceps fungi infecting ants. They also reported a previously undocumented spider-infecting fungus. The biology find was field science beside the school-policy story.

Norway's guideline was the technology decision aimed at children. It starts next academic year. It draws a line between primary pupils and older students rather than a single rule for every age.