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DoorDash has settled with New York City after an investigation found delivery workers were underpaid or paid late. Under the agreement, more than 260,000 workers will receive over $115 million, part of a broader $131.5 million settlement with the city.
The Honey Deuce, a vodka-and-lemonade cocktail sold at the US Open since 2007, has become a viral social-media fixture every fall, prompting other beverage brands to try to engineer similarly buzzy signature drinks. Its staying power predates modern platforms like Instagram and TikTok, yet it continues to dominate seasonal online chatter tied to the tennis tournament.
Microsoft has signed an agreement with the American Federation of Teachers and its New York affiliate, the United Federation of Teachers, laying out ten enforceable privacy and safety commitments for AI use in schools. The rules bar Microsoft from training models on student or teacher data, limit data collection, ban AI companions, and require human oversight for high-stakes decisions. Districts can add these terms to contracts starting in November without renegotiating existing agreements.
New York City Public Schools banned student-facing AI tools for all K-8 classrooms this week, allowing only a limited set of approved programs for high schoolers, while Los Angeles Unified is enacting a similarly tighter policy for the 2026-27 school year. The move reverses the more permissive stance both districts adopted starting in 2023, after they initially banned ChatGPT outright when it launched in late 2022.
New York City has enacted a one-year moratorium barring student-facing generative AI tools for public school students from preschool through eighth grade starting the 2026-2027 school year. High schoolers may only use approved AI in supervised pilot programs and must receive AI-literacy lessons twice a year, while companion chatbots are banned at every grade level. The policy also caps daily screen time and restricts teachers from using AI for grading or disciplinary decisions.
Gloria Steinem, the American feminist writer and activist, died peacefully at her Manhattan home surrounded by loved ones, according to a statement posted to her Instagram account. She was 92 and had continued working for equality until the end of her life. Steinem was widely known for her decades of journalism, books and activism on women's rights and other causes.
Creator Daria Zabnieva's AI-produced show 'Bad Cat' has gone viral, drawing millions of viewers with its parody of a 1990s sitcom setting, complete with a smoking feline lead and Friends-inspired apartment decor. The series uses AI-generated visuals and characters despite widespread criticism of so-called 'AI slop' content flooding social platforms.
New York City's education department has imposed a one-year blanket ban on AI tools for students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. High school students will still have access to AI, but only in limited, approved ways.
New York City has imposed a temporary ban on artificial intelligence use in classrooms through middle school, while also setting new limits on student screen time. High school students, by contrast, will gain access to AI literacy courses under the new policy.
A new NBER working paper examines how New York City's congestion relief zone, launched January 5, 2025, affected emergency medical service response near the toll boundary at 60th Street. Using half a million EMS dispatch records and traffic camera data, researchers found hospital transport times fell by 54-59 seconds and total EMS travel time dropped by roughly 63-70 seconds within a 5-kilometer band around the zone's edge.