The White House considering tighter regulation of new AI models, cellphone bans do not improve test scores, and one of iRobot's co-founders is now making weird little robot companions

-The New York Times reports that the White House may create a new working group to oversee AI development. -Smartphone bans in the classroom might not be the panacea that governments and school administrations want them to be. -Colin Angle, the guy who co-founded iRobot and helped put robot vacuums in millions of homes, just unveiled his new venture called Familiar Machines & Magic and it's making robots for companionship, and not for sweeping floors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices