AI notetakers like Read AI, Fireflies, Fathom, and Granola transcribe and summarize online meetings, while newer physical devices record in-person conversations and generate AI-powered notes, action items, and insights.
Moltbook, a social network where AI agents hang together, may be ‘the most interesting place on the internet right now’
Moltbook is a social network where AI bots chat with each other, mixing practical technical discussions with quirky or fictional role-playing that blurs the line between real information and invented personas. This shared AI “story world” can create confusing, coordinated …
What if I told you this school had no teachers?’: Is AI schooling the future of education or a risky bet?
Alpha promotes itself as a teacher-free school model where students learn academics through personalized AI tutors and apps, founded by entrepreneur Joe Liemandt and expanding from Austin to cities nationwide under the Alpha School brand. The schools emphasize AI-led mastery …
Google’s NotebookLM can now turn your docs into AI videos on Android and iOS
The mobile version of NotebookLM app can now turn your documents into AI-generated videos, making it easier to understand dense material without scrolling through long pages of text.
AI Can Teach Our Students the Art of Dialogue
The same technology that’s ruining essay writing as a pedagogical tool can help students learn how to reason via conversations.
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/ai-can-teach-our-students-the-art-of-dialogue…
To keep AI out of her classroom, this high school English teacher went analog
Teacher Chanea Bond has replaced laptops with paper in her Fort Worth classroom, requiring students to journal and complete nearly all work by hand. She uses this mostly analog approach to reduce reliance on generative AI and keep learning more …
Why universities need to radically rethink exams in the age of AI
Academia is unprepared for the rise in chatbot use among students, but with the right AI tools, personalized learning could soon become a reality.
The Cheapest Personal AI Device You Can Own: $50 Raspberry Pi Whisplay Runs Gemini, Claude, and ChatGPT
A Pi Zero 2 W with a Whisplay HAT avoids the flaws of smartphones and failed AI gadgets by being a fully DIY, open, fixable AI chat device you actually own. Its modular design lets you swap AI backends freely, …
Who’s Grading You on Coursera? The Shift from Human Peers to AI
Coursera is turning to AI because its peer-assessment system is failing and the platform must keep scaling to attract investment. The question is whether AI stabilizes its declining credibility or ends up accelerating that decline.
https://www.classcentral.com/report/coursera-peer-assessment-still-broken…
How institutions worldwide used Google for Education tools in 2025
Google’s Gemini for Education expanded dramatically in 2025, now used in over 1,000 U.S. higher-ed institutions and reaching more than 10 million students, with over 150 new AI features launched globally. Educators worldwide report major time savings and transformative impacts, …
OpenAI is teaching AI models to ‘confess’ when they hallucinate — here’s what that actually means
OpenAI is testing a “confessions” system that trains new AI models to openly report their own mistakes, rule-breaking, uncertainties, and possible hallucinations through a second output channel. It’s not a ChatGPT feature yet, but early research suggests it could become …
AI Tutors, With a Little Human Help, Offer ‘Reliable’ Instruction, Study Finds
New UK research finds ‘extremely personalized’ AI math tutors don’t hallucinate or produce unsafe messages in sessions with kids.
Is the future of education outside universities?
New technologies and academic funding cuts are upending the ways we learn today. Newly enrolled student Annalee Newitz finds some silver linings.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26835691-900-is-the-future-of-education-outside-universities…
Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI
Controversy has erupted after 21% of manuscript reviews for an international AI conference were found to be generated by artificial intelligence.
5 tech predictions for 2026 and beyond, according to Amazon CTO Dr. Werner Vogels
From AI companions combating loneliness to quantum-safe security, Amazon’s CTO predicts what’s coming in the years ahead.
https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/werner-vogels-amazon-cto-predictions-2026…