AI as Mirror, Not Master: MDI Teachers Team Up With State, College to Teach Responsible AI Use. Mount Desert Island Schools Build a Human-First, Grassroots Approach to AI in Education.

AI as Mirror, Not Master: MDI Teachers Team Up With State, College to Teach Responsible AI Use.

Mount Desert Island Schools Build a Human-First, Grassroots Approach to AI in Education. Carrie Jones and Shaun Farrar Apr 11, 2026 BAR HARBOR—Seventh graders from across the Mount Desert Island region gathered at College of the Atlantic at the end of March to learn about artificial intelligence, not how to cheat with it, educators stressed, not how to rely too much on it, but how to question … Continue reading AI as Mirror, Not Master: MDI Teachers Team Up With State, College to Teach Responsible AI Use.

More Than Minutes: AI, Recruitment, and Transparency Discussed by Bar Harbor Appeals Board

More Than Minutes: AI, Recruitment, and Transparency Discussed by Bar Harbor Appeals Board

Carrie Jones Jan 14, 2026 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Havana BAR HARBOR—Whether the town staff should use artificial intelligence (AI), how to recruit new appeals board members, and if the board could be told when there are lawsuits involving its decisions were major topics of discussion during the Bar Harbor Appeals Board meeting, January 13. The meeting’s agenda listed approval of minutes … Continue reading More Than Minutes: AI, Recruitment, and Transparency Discussed by Bar Harbor Appeals Board

From Digital Heart Models to Digital Fundraisers: Jackson Lab Leans Into AI Multiple firsts for the Jackson Laboratory this week: Lab develops world's first autonomous AI engagement officer

From Digital Heart Models to Digital Fundraisers: Jackson Lab Leans Into AI

Multiple firsts for the Jackson Laboratory this week: Lab develops world’s first autonomous AI engagement officer Carrie Jones Dec 06, 2025 BAR HARBOR—Late this week, Bar Harbor’s Jackson Laboratory (JAX) officially received a $30.6 million federal grant that’s meant to be singularly focused on biomedical breakthroughs. JAX is a non-profit biomedical research institution founded on Mount Desert Island in 1929. The lab will use this money, … Continue reading From Digital Heart Models to Digital Fundraisers: Jackson Lab Leans Into AI