The Current

With artificial intelligence on the rise, teaching staff at many universities are taking a hard look at how they teach and assess their students. Carleton University Religion Professor Shawna Dolansky talks about why she's banned all technology from her classrooms. McMaster University Physical Engineering Professor Mike Welland discusses how he's integrating AI into his teaching. And Samuel Madden, the co-chair of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Ad Hoc Committee on AI Use in Teaching, Learning and Research Training, talks about their report into AI leading to "cognitive surrender" among students.

The White House press pool is banding together to suspend its video coverage of U.S. President Donald Trump. It comes after Trump banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House. The Atlantic staff writer David A. Graham talks about why Trump is taking this step now and what it means for press freedom in the U.S.

The American author argues in her The Atlantic cover story "Empire of Grift" that Donald Trump and his circle have revolutionized U.S. foreign policy for private gain. Some of it is ideological. Much of it is driven by self-interest. Anne Applebaum says Canada is right to adapt. And she wonders if America understands what it has become.

Bea Bruske, president of the Canadian Labour Congress, joins us to weigh in on freshly introduced government legislation that aims to increase speed and certainty around major infrastructure projects — which labour leaders worry could infringe on workers' right to strike.

Across the country, schools are grappling with how to use artificial intelligence in the classroom and it's sparking a debate over how to balance the risks of AI in education against the benefits. Ben Humphreys is a member of the group Parents for AI Caution in Educational Spaces Vancouver and is calling for a two year pause on the technology in schools. Simon Worley is a high school teacher in North Vancouver who's incorporating AI in his classroom. Dr Dana Suskind is the Co-Director of the TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health at the University of Chicago and the author of "Human Raised: Nurturing Connection, Curiosity & Lifelong Learning in the Age of AI."