62 stories tagged Education
Hamza Khalid, a 16-year-old from Pakistan, has been recognized as a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert, the youngest to achieve this title. The program supports educators in integrating technology into education.
A new Nature study introduces Research Agents, AI assistants that convert research papers into interactive tools capable of answering questions, summarizing findings, and debating conclusions, making complex science more accessible.
ETH Zurich tested 100 developers in a controlled 'vibe coding' environment. The study found that developers with strong computer science foundations significantly outperformed others, challenging the idea that vibe coding can replace traditional training.
New York City has banned AI use in public schools for students up to 8th grade, a move education experts say could set a precedent for other US states. The policy targets generative AI tools to protect academic integrity and student privacy.
OpenAI's new report details how students and educators use ChatGPT for personalized study aids, lesson planning, and language practice, making learning a continuous process beyond the classroom.
OpenAI and Thailand’s Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research, and Innovation (MHESI) are launching an eight-week accelerator program. The initiative will support 10 startups in health, wellness, and education to develop AI prototypes into trusted products.
A randomized study of over 1,000 university students found that those who used ChatGPT alongside critical-thinking training scored higher on assignments and produced more original work than students who used ChatGPT alone or received no intervention.
Google and Kaggle hosted a free online course on AI agents, attracting 353,000 participants. The course covered building and deploying AI agents, with hands-on projects and expert guidance.
Researchers propose EduRiskX, a neuro-symbolic AI framework that combines a temporal Transformer with F-Logic reasoning to predict academic risk in online education earlier and with greater interpretability than existing black-box models.
OpenAI is bringing ChatGPT for Teachers to 55 new U.S. school systems, providing secure AI tools, training, and support to over 100,000 educators and staff for lesson planning, grading, and personalized learning.
Harvard Business School’s HBS Foundry program now includes AI avatars of instructors to give feedback on practice pitches and meetings. This blend of human expertise and AI technology aims to make startup training more accessible and interactive.
OpenAI launched ChatGPT for Teens, a version of its AI chatbot designed for younger users. It includes stronger safety features and parental controls to help teens learn and use AI responsibly.
Andrew Ng has published a detailed map of the most important skills for AI engineers, covering machine learning, data engineering, software engineering, and soft skills. The resource provides a clear roadmap for professionals and newcomers entering the field.
A Hacker News discussion reveals how people are using AI tools like ChatGPT and Khan Academy's AI assistant to master complex subjects, retain information, and create personalized learning workflows — a use case some argue is more impactful than AI in software development.
AI Guides has released a series of free courses to help beginners understand and use AI tools. The courses cover everything from basic concepts to practical applications.
Researchers introduced KNOWPLAN, an AI system that first reconstructs a university's curriculum from scattered sources (catalogs, PDFs, JSON endpoints) and then optimizes a student-specific degree path. By separating these two steps, the system avoids hidden errors common in traditional planning tools.
The Allen Institute for AI released TutorMoments, an open-source dataset that teaches AI tutors when to step in and when to let students struggle, aiming to reduce interruptions and improve learning outcomes.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman demonstrated a practical use case for parents: using ChatGPT to generate personalized bedtime stories and educational activities tailored to a child's age and interests.
A professor at a university embedded an invisible, obscure question in an assignment to catch 32 out of 35 students using AI to cheat. The trap exploited AI's tendency to produce generic or incorrect answers to unusual prompts, revealing a simple but effective detection method for educators.
OpenLanguageModel (OLM) is an open-source PyTorch library that makes small language model pretraining readable and composable. Its code mirrors the architecture using components like Block, Residual, Repeat, and Parallel, enabling use in teaching notebooks, full pretraining runs, and research ablations without modification.
A new study proposes using GPT-5 variants to summarize long essays before automated grading, overcoming transformer input-length limits and improving scoring reliability. The method, tested on the ASAP 2.0 dataset, could enable faster, more accurate feedback in educational assessment.
Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI have announced free access to their premium AI tools—including advanced language models, coding assistants, and design software—for all students, removing previous paywalls and democratizing access to cutting-edge educational technology.
OpenAI has introduced age-appropriate protections, learning tools, and parental controls for ChatGPT, designed to give teenagers a safe environment for homework, creativity, and exploration.
OpenAI Academy and the Walton Family Foundation are offering free, hands-on workshops to help K–12 educators integrate AI tools into their classrooms. These AI Skills Jams provide practical training to make teaching more engaging and effective.