Safety Can’t Be Negotiable: AI Governance, EdTech Risk and Structural Guardrails

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Priten Soundar-Shah on Why AI Guardrails in Education Must Be Built In, Not Bolted On

Priten Soundar-Shah is an educator, philosopher, and entrepreneur at the intersection of technology and education. As CEO of Pedagogy Ventures, he leads three nonprofits focused on ed-tech ethics, civics education, and critical thinking instruction. He teaches courses on the Ethics of Ed Tech, Family & Society, and Epistemic Justice at College Unbound, and holds a B.A. in Philosophy and an M.Ed. in Education Policy and Management, both from Harvard.
He is the author of AI & The Future of Education (Wiley, 2023) and the forthcoming Ethical Ed Tech: How Educators Can Lead on AI and Digital Safety in K-12.

Priten Soundar-Shah

CEO, Pedagogy Ventures

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‘The premium market is dominated by two brands; I believe consumers would be interested in a third’: Oppo’s European CEO has a plan for narrowing the smartphone sales gap with Apple and Samsung — and chatbots like ChatGPT could hold the key

Recent data published by Counterpoint Research paints a bleak picture of the smartphone industry as it stands today. Q3 2026 (that’s the period between July and September) marked the lowest Q3 for smartphone sales in 14 years, with challenger brands like Oppo, Xiaomi, and Vivo all experiencing declines in