{
  "id": 3509717,
  "title": "The Download: the Kids issue arrives, and Bill Gates reveals his AI fears",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/the-download-the-kids-issue-arrives-and-bill-gates-reveals-his-ai",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-26T12:10:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MIT Technology Review",
    "slug": "mit-technology-review",
    "url": "https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/26/1143000/the-download-kids-issue-launch-bill-gates-ai-fears/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "This edition of The Download, our weekly technology newsletter, introduces a special issue dedicated to kids. Countries worldwide are restricting children's technology usage, with schools replacing iPads and Chromebooks with traditional books. Even tech industry workers are keeping their kids away from technology, locking down their devices and banning social media. However, technology is inescapable, and this issue of MIT Technology Review aims to help children navigate this new world. With contributions from the editors of Anyway, a magazine for teens and tweens, the stories cover various topics, including how young people perceive AI, support networks for kids, and the implications of children's robot friends dying. The issue also explores why children outperform AI, the effectiveness of monitoring apps in online safety, and how schools can promote smarter AI use. Additionally, an exclusive new fiction piece explores the evolving role of technology in childhood, featuring an interview with Bill Gates, who expresses growing concerns about AI's rapid advancement and the lack of proper safeguards.",
  "summary": "This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Introducing: the Kids issue If the desire to limit kids’ use of technology was once a subcurrent, it has become a raging flood. Countries around the world are banning children from…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}