Claude Design may be emerging as a powerful AI presentation tool, able to generate cohesive, well-designed slide decks more effectively than tools like Gemini in Google Slides.
https://www.makeuseof.com/claude-design-built-best-slideshow/…
“Ask YouTube” brings AI-powered conversational search to video, adds Gemini Omni to Shorts
YouTube is adding AI-powered search with “Ask YouTube,” allowing users to ask complex and follow-up questions and receive generated responses based on both Shorts and long-form videos.
Google’s Gemini Spark is the first AI agent built for people who don’t know what an AI agent is
Google has thrown down the gauntlet as the first major player to change that by announcing Gemini Spark at Google I/O 2026. It’s a 24/7 personal AI agent that prioritizes out-of-the-box user-friendliness, seamless app integrations, and entirely cloud-based processing. Gemini …
College students are noticing their AI-smoothed writing sounds strong—and not like them
Students are using generative AI widely for schoolwork, but beyond cheating concerns, it is raising deeper questions about authorship, academic identity, legitimacy, and whether AI-assisted work still feels truly their own.
https://phys.org/news/2026-05-college-students-aismoothed-strong.html…
I tried the ‘expert educator’ prompt on ChatGPT that’s gone viral — and it’s incredible
The article tests viral “expert prompt” frameworks to see which genuinely improve AI responses and which mainly create overconfident hallucinations.
To teach in the time of ChatGPT is to know pain
Generative AI is undermining meaningful learning by making it too easy for students to bypass effort, leaving instructors exhausted and pedagogically constrained.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/04/to-teach-in-the-time-of-chatgpt-is-to-know-pain…
3,500-Year-Old Hittite Handwriting Deciphered by New AI System
Researchers have developed Palaeographicum, an AI tool that analyzes handwriting patterns in Hittite cuneiform tablets, helping scholars match broken fragments, date undated texts, and potentially identify individual scribes much faster than before.
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/19/ai-decipher-hittite-handwriting…
Students Are Digital Natives. Let Them Lead the AI Revolution in Education
The article argues that AI literacy should become central to education reform and that students should help shape responsible AI policies for schools.
10 Free Google AI Tools You’re Probably Not Using Yet (But Should Be)
Google offers several free, browser-based AI tools beyond Gemini that provide practical, accessible ways to explore generative AI for work, learning, creativity, and everyday tasks.
https://aitoolsclub.com/10-free-google-ai-tools-youre-probably-not-using-yet-but-should-be…
Academia Is Enshittifying. AI Made It Faster.
A small retraction notice opens onto a large structural shift. AI did not start the rot in academic publishing. AI is the catalyst that is finishing it.
https://theslowai.substack.com/p/academia-is-enshittifying-ai-made-it-faster…
2026 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition
The new EDUCAUSE Horizon Report identifies key signals of change in teaching and learning, helping institutions anticipate major educational technology trends.
Should We Integrate AI into Our Teaching?: Evidence-Based Guidelines for Deciding When AI Belongs
A practical framework for deciding when AI genuinely supports learning and when it risks replacing productive struggle, critical thinking, and human interaction.
https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-with-technology-articles/should-we-integrate-ai-into-our-teaching-evidence-based-guidelines-for-deciding-when-ai-belongs/ …
Can AI tools assess coding assignments?
A Nature career column shares lessons from experimenting with ChatGPT to support the grading of undergraduate coding assignments.
What Will Gen Alpha Expect From Their Higher Ed Experience?
This article explores how the next generation of students may arrive in higher education expecting constant connectivity, hybrid learning, and more seamless digital experiences.
Assessing students when artificial intelligence is ubiquitous
If we continue to prioritise memorisation in an age of wall-to-wall information, we send the wrong message to our students and employers. Michelle Seref offers advice on assessment that builds critical thinking skills.