What's up, sunshine? Happy Friday.
Friday. I'm Ky Wire here with your 10
minutes of news right here on CNN 10. We
made it to the best day of the week. So,
let's lock in, learn, and finish this
week off strong. Our lead story of the
day is about artificial intelligence,
AI. Did you know that in China, AI
courses are becoming a mandatory part of
the school day? Students are learning
coding. They're learning algorithms at
an early age. As so many of us around
the world are thinking about AI and how
it could shape our future. This move is
raising questions about just how early
students should prepare for an AIdriven
future. In the United States, teens are
facing those questions as they make
decisions about college, career, and
their skills. CNN's Claire Duffy talked
to a few students who are figuring that
out right now and she is here to share
what they have said. Hi Claire.
>> Coy, as you know, high school is already
a time of big decisions and now
artificial intelligence is adding a new
layer to how high school students think
about what their future might look like.
As students start thinking about life
after graduation, AI is also influencing
how they think about future college and
career plans, especially with
entry-level jobs poised to be the most
disrupted by this new technology. Has
your view or your plans around what to
study in college or what you want to
pursue as a career, has that changed
because of AI?
>> I know many of my classmates, for
example, um many of them are there's
been an increase in people going to
healthcare because they feel like it's
more AI proof. Um, and I know a few of
my college counselors at school said
that just within the past two years when
AI has nearly been doubling in usage,
there's been a 34% decline in CS major
rates. Um, over the last two years,
>> Karissa Tang has been researching how AI
is impacting student jobs, the kind of
work that so many high schoolers rely
on. What I found is that just within the
top 10 teenage jobs, AI will displace
27% of them, which is over 700,000 jobs
by 2030. So, for example, the top
teenage jobs according to the US Bureau
of Labor Statistics is being a cashier,
a faster counter worker, a cook. So, we
already see AI displacing these these
roles.
>> Other teens say that uncertainty is
exactly why they're trying to understand
AI right now. I know if that I go into
politics, I'm going to have to have like
a general knowledge of how to use AI um
to better understand like or better make
my work quicker and more efficient. Um
and I think that's like really important
when looking at like competitiveness. If
you want to be competitive in a space,
you have to be um on top of AI. And I
think that's only getting more and more
true.
>> Lincoln Von is already using AI as a
tool to support his work and prepare for
his future. I would personally tell my
peers um try to incorporate AI into what
you love. So for me it's looked like
politics but for someone who is um going
into a different major um whether it be
art or computer science or engineering
um anything it looks like learning the
tools and the ins and outs of what AI
looks like in your field right now um
and where it's projected to go in the
future.
>> But not every teen sees AI as something
to embrace. I think it's a very slippery
slope from using it as a tool to help us
um to letting it do things for us. And I
just think nothing good can come of
that, especially from for our
generation. Um I think if we let it do
things for us, like right for us, it's
not only killing our creativity, but
also
our like critical thinking skills. And I
think that can be so dangerous.
>> Civil Ruby Broadhead wants to work in
dance and theater. And she worries that
artificial intelligence could change the
nature of art.
>> Kind of what's beautiful about seeing
this art and this content is that it's
people making it and it's not truthful
anymore if we're not doing it. Three
teens, three perspectives, one shared
reality. And whether they embrace AI or
question it, one thing does seem clear.
This new technology is already shaping
the path forward for this next
generation of workers. Coy,
>> thank you. Claire, she is Claire S.
Duffy on the socials. And if you want to
hear more of Claire's interviews and
other fascinating tech stories, be sure
to check out her podcast, Terms of
Service with Claire Duffy. All right, we
have to check out one of the coolest
videos of the week. The US Coast Guard
helps to free a luxury cruise ship in a,
let's call it, isolating situation.
Stuck in a thick field of floating ice
off the coast of Antarctica earlier this
month. The Coast Guard's flagship
icebreaker, the Polar Star was deployed
to rescue the ship. The Polar Star is
the Coast Guard's most powerful ship,
and it conducted the rescue on its 50th
birthday. Happy birthday. It's nearly
400 ft long and can bust through ice up
to 21 ft thick. Its engines produce a
whopping 75,000 horsepower or sea
horsepower. The first pass didn't work.
Cruise ship was uh still stuck there in
a frozen field. What else could they do?
Anna going to give it another go. Second
time was a charm. Cruise ship was free
and Olaf they went. Well done team Polar
Star. They've since returned to their
normal deployment, Operation Deep
Freeze, an ongoing mission supporting
scientific research in the region.
Pop quiz hot shot. Which birds hold the
Guinness World Record for largest nest?
Osprey, albatross, bald eagle, or snowy
owl? Woohoo!
If you said bald eagles, you are
talented. A nest built by a pair of the
patriotic predators measured nearly 10
ft wide and 20 ft deep, clocking in at
more than 4,000 lbs. Talk about living
large.
Now to some exciting news. In
California's Big Bear Valley, where a
beloved pair of birds are expecting,
Jackie and Shadow are the only known
pair of bald eagles currently nesting
year round in the San Bernardino
National Forest. They become like
celebrities over the years with
thousands of fans tuning into a live
stream of their nest earlier this week.
Celebration time as Jackie laid her
first two eggs of the season. But
eagle-eyed fans, they noticed something.
Signs that more could be on the way.
They've been leaving the eggs unattended
for periods of time, a behavior known as
delayed incubation. It slows the
development of the eggs until they are
all laid, upping the eagllet's chances
of survival. It's part of a miraculous
comeback for the national bird. In 1963,
there were only about 400 breeding pairs
left in the wild, but in 2007, they were
removed from the federal endangered
species list. And thanks to things like
the Endangered Species Act and the
banning of the Harmful Pesticide DDT,
there are now more than 300,000 bald
eagles across North America.
Today's story getting a Sven out of
Sven. A caring and daring rescue down
under giving one lucky koala a second
chance. Our Angus Watson has more on how
Australian farmers helped rescue this
marooned marsupial from a forest fire.
>> This is Kevin. The koala escaped burning
treetops as fires raged through this
farm in Australia.
>> It is hot and dusty and smoky.
The farmers saw Kevin struggling and
hurried him to safety.
>> You keep eating. It's okay.
>> After they fed and rehydrated him, a vet
nurse said Kevin had recovered well
enough to return to the wild. He's one
of the lucky ones, unheard as he headed
back home. All right, superstars, shout
out time. This first one goes to Mrs.
Prozor at West Broward High School in
Pemrook Pines, Florida. Thank you for
the kind comment that you left us on our
YouTube channel. And we have a shout out
going to Miss Marquez at Manzano High
School in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Your
students, you started this full-on candy
business. Send us these super sweet
freeze-dried Jolly Ranchers and
Skittles. Oh my gosh, you are too sweet.
Thank you very much. Finally, a
follow-up. My former stomping grounds,
New Cumberland Middle School, my former
teammate, Mr. McKay. Now, Mr. Madlin did
put the shout out request in first.
That's why I said him. He has always
been faster than you, by the He's a
receiver. You are a lineman. But you did
help pave the way for rushing records at
Cedar Cliff. Rise up. Play that Friday
music. Nadair. Have an awesome weekend,
everyone. You never know how or when,
but you may be the light that someone
needs. You're more powerful than you
know. I'm Ky Wire. This is CNN 10. It's
been a blessing to spend this week with
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