Category: Edtech

Microsoft’s head of AI, Mustafa Suleyman, predicts AI assistants with advanced long-term memory are about a year away, potentially transforming user interactions with personalized and persistent support. While some are concerned about privacy and data security, advocates argue that deep …

STORM is a research prototype for automating the knowledge curation process.

https://storm.genie.stanford.edu/…

OpenAI is working on a plan to restructure its core business into a for-profit benefit corporation, moving away from control by its nonprofit board. The shift marks a dramatic change for the AI company behind ChatGPT, potentially making it more …

The Alberta School Boards Association (ASBA) has released its Artificial Intelligence Policy Guidance to help school boards integrate AI in K-12 education for the 2024/25 school year. The guidance covers ethical AI use, data privacy, and equity, encouraging educators and …

Google.org, the tech company’s philanthropy arm, plans to invest over $25 million to support five education nonprofits in helping educators and students learn more about how to use artificial intelligence.

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/google-spends-25m-on-ai-training-for-teachers/2024/09…

A recent paper from Harvard researchers argues that while AI excels at optimizing known problems, it struggles with the “hard problem” of independently discovering and defining new scientific questions, a task still reliant on human creativity and insight.

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Researchers at Arizona State University, Harvard University, and Georgia Institute of Technology view AI as a tool, not as a threat.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91186463/ai-ignition-schools-2024…

We are going to talk about artificial intelligence in education in broad, general terms. I will first discuss what AI is and how it works, ever so briefly, and then look at the three major topics of the conference: context, …

Strever shares her unique perspective on AI, having lived through the invention of both the computer and the calculator.

https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/what-a-63-year-teaching-veteran-thinks-of-ai/2024/09…

Digital learning company Pearson has introduced several new AI-powered tools to help provide students personalized help from within their e-textbooks or study platforms. The tools are available through Pearson+ Channels, the video tutorial library part of the company’s e-textbook subscription …

Check out full recorded lectures, animated explainers, or frenetic YouTube experimenters: Here are the best AI courses.

https://tech.co/news/best-youtube-channels-free-ai-tutorials…