CALIFORNIA HITS AI TEACHER BAN

California is drawing a hard line against the robot classroom: starting in 2027, public schools can’t hire AI teachers for K-12 students, after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law requiring staff and contractors to be “natural people.” The measure, AB 2148, still allows AI as a supplemental tool like tutoring software, but not as the actual employee or contractor delivering instruction — a striking rebuke to the push toward automated education as lawmakers warn of AI’s fast-rising, unknown impact.