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Trinidad and Tobago has launched its first two AI-assisted digital textbooks for Form One students using government-issued laptops. Education Minister Dr Michael Dowlath said four more titles will be added before the new school year in September, covering Science, Information Technology, Social Studies and Spanish.

The ministry said the six textbooks could save parents between TT$1,000 and TT$1,500 per child and reduce the burden of heavy book bags. Dowlath said the digital books are designed to support, not replace, teachers, and include offline access, avatars, videos and curriculum-aligned content for students, including those with learning challenges.

Read the original article here: https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2026/04/22/trinidad-introduces-ai-assisted-digital-textbooks-schools/

Large language models are now built into search, customer service, legal work and education, but a new study warns that their rapid spread is outpacing safeguards. The study says these systems pose growing risks to privacy, security, misinformation, bias, and accountability, and that no single fix can fully contain them.

The study says the main threat is not just bad outputs but also a broader system of vulnerabilities, including prompt injection, data leakage, hallucinations, and manipulation. It argues that managing those risks will require layered governance, stronger technical controls, human oversight and clearer regulation.

Read the original article here: https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/technology/3885943-ai-hallucinations-bias-and-data-leaks-expanding-llm-risk-landscape

Shell has agreed to buy Canadian producer ARC Resources in a $16.4 billion deal, in its biggest acquisition since the 2016 BG purchase. The deal is expected to lift Shell’s output by about 370,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day and strengthen its Canadian gas position tied to LNG Canada.

Shell will pay ARC shareholders a mix of cash and shares at a 20 per cent premium to ARC’s 30-day average share price. The company said the acquisition will add about 2 billion barrels of reserves and support higher production growth targets later in the decade.

Read the original article here: https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/shell-to-acquire-canadas-arc-in-output-boosting-164-billion-deal/ar-AA21PfIU?ocid=BingNewsVerp