{"id":44766,"topic":"ai","source":"WBMA","title":"Should Alabama students learn AI? Tuberville says yes. - WBMA","url":"https://abc3340.com/news/local/tommy-tuberville-ai-alabama-classrooms-artificial-intelligence-schools","url_hash":"5d86e14f9555492ee8734a613adacb3f4b7fd02c","author":"","summary":"<a href=\"https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiowFBVV95cUxOY2htSTRLWFp0cTFXdEVCd3FMd1pXNjR3eEdfVmIyQU5WUFFJVlhfbW14ZlhxRFFjLW4yenpNQ0tVVE1HX2VYN0xxSEJ0UW9wbVY3WmNBZm9zTjZKTHBYNjRFWF9GRjN3ZUlUMWowNFpTVU9SZncxZnA5V0sxcTlacFhDX1FfdEt5d212S2lZUXkzLWRTaWRwZF9mRFlrYjdKaFJz?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Should Alabama students learn AI? Tuberville says yes.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">WBMA</font>","content":"Should Alabama students learn AI? Tuberville says yes.\nBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBMA) — As Alabama prepares for another school year and state leaders examine the role of technology in classrooms, U.S. Sen. 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