Education

Google released "Polar Peaks," the third installment in its AI Quests program, an interactive curriculum teaching 11-to-14-year-olds how AI works by having them clean data and test models in a simulated neuron-mapping project. The scenario…

Science & Discovery · Google

A new game-theory paper models a problem facing academic hiring committees: AI has made it cheap to produce polished-looking research output, so publication counts no longer reliably signal genuine understanding. The researchers map out…

AI & Jobs

A study had 32 people learn science topics from GPT-5-mini chatbots seeded with varying amounts of false information, all delivered with equal confidence. Quiz scores fell from 7.4 to 2.9 out of 10 as falsehoods increased. Participants…

Deepfakes & Misinformation

A study of 153 students in an undergraduate proof-based math course found heavier chatbot use tracked with worse exam scores: every additional 100 messages exchanged with the AI was associated with a 3-point exam drop, even though early…

Researchers tested four open AI models on Spain's grueling MIR medical residency exam—1,552 questions across eight years—and found the larger models scored well enough to rank for residency placement, with 41 to 43 specialties still open…

Health & Medicine

A study across nearly 600 university students in England and the Netherlands tested GPT-5.1-generated feedback on handwritten math answers over six weekly quizzes. The AI excelled at generating practice exercises, rated strong 95.5% of the…

OpenAI

A study of Indonesian K-12 teachers found a gap between enthusiasm and understanding: teachers broadly accept AI tools in classrooms for the efficiency they offer, and are aware AI poses risks to learning depth and academic honesty, but…

Researchers tested an AI tutoring setup that uses a phone camera to watch students solve calculus problems by hand in real time, rather than relying on typed input. A study of 117 adults compared tutors that only reacted to text, reacted…

OpenAI launched the Rosalind Academic Plan, offering U.S. university labs free access to GPT-Rosalind, its specialized life sciences model, plus a toolkit for orchestrating AI across medicinal chemistry, genomics, and lab work. Eligible…

Science & Discovery · OpenAI

A small study used a biology-themed game to watch how kids aged 8-10 handle AI suggestions, testing three styles of AI interaction: one that acted like a partner, one that acted like a plain tool, and a hybrid. Researchers found the…

Kids, Teens & Mental Health

A new research framework called "Residual Human States" challenges a basic assumption behind AI training tools: that if someone performs well while using AI help, they've actually learned something. Researchers examined four cases spanning…

AI Adoption

Researchers unveiled AIRRI, a system that distorts images of text—through spacing, opacity shifts, noise and other visual tricks—aiming to keep it readable for humans while text-recognition software struggles to extract it. In tests…

A study of eight secondary computing teachers found they don't just hand lesson planning to AI—they selectively delegate specific tasks (drafting examples, structuring activities) while keeping final judgment on classroom readiness for…

A new study offers a cautionary tale about optimizing AI for the wrong number. Researchers fine-tuned an AI tutor to boost its score on a pedagogical quality metric. Then 31 trained educators rated the outputs blind. The metric jumped…

OpenAI plans to add a College Planner tool to ChatGPT for Teens and is launching a teen advisory council to help shape the product. The company also released usage data: teens average under 15 minutes a day on the platform, and in nearly…

Kids, Teens & Mental Health · OpenAI

A preregistered study of 759 MBA students found that practicing with a voice-based AI discussion partner before class led to a lasting boost in participation. Students randomly assigned to use the tool before two class sessions made about…

Researchers built an AI recommendation tool to help NYC high schoolers find nearby, high-performing programs they're likely to get into, then tested it in a randomized trial during this year's admissions cycle. A naive version of such…

A study of nearly every US STEM PhD dissertation filed from 2019 to 2026 found AI-generated writing was absent before 2023 and appeared in 29% of dissertations filed this year, a share that is growing fast. The researchers, Daniel P. Gross…

AI & Jobs

Google DeepMind researchers built a writing assistant that refuses to help until you have done some work yourself. In a controlled experiment with 398 people, participants had to state a position and a supporting argument before the AI's…

AI Adoption · Google

A study tracking 211 undergraduates across a problem-solving CS course found their use of AI chatbots varied widely by subject area, even with identical instructions from instructors. Students leaned on LLMs more for algorithms and web…

A developer built Lathoa, a math app for kids 10-14 where an AI character named Errol works through a problem step-by-step—sometimes slipping in a deliberate error the child has to catch and explain. Kids earn points for speed and accuracy…

Kids, Teens & Mental Health

A small pilot study (14 students) tested using ChatGPT as a "thinking partner" in an undergraduate statistics course over one semester. Students improved on statistical learning and self-reported AI literacy, but showed no gain on a…

OpenAI

Researchers used machine learning and generative AI to scan emotional content in public-school textbooks and children's literature, comparing what the text says versus what the illustrations show. The mismatch was stark: nearly half of…

Kids, Teens & Mental Health

OpenAI and ride-hailing giant Grab launched a training program to teach 30,000 drivers, delivery workers and merchants across Southeast Asia practical AI skills over two years, starting in Singapore before expanding to Thailand, Indonesia…

AI & Jobs · OpenAI

A review of 53 HCI research studies—filtered from 6,540 records across 19 academic venues—examined how families use AI chatbots and devices for education, from homework help to language learning. Researchers applied a framework called…

Kids, Teens & Mental Health

A study of 132 students in an intro programming course tested four versions of an AI teaching assistant, varying whether it gave direct answers or Socratic-style questioning, and whether it could see the student's actual code. The…

A study of 27 middle school teachers building custom chatbots for classroom use found a gap between what teachers set up and what the bots actually did. Teachers used two controls—"Purpose" (learning goals) and "Rules" (behavior…

A new benchmark called StudentBench put AI tutoring head-to-head with human tutors on GRE prep, tracking 2,383 students and over 175,000 tutoring messages. The result: AI tutoring produced statistically equivalent learning gains, and in 5…

A study combining interviews with 12 EdTech professionals and a privacy-policy audit of 48 platforms found that one-third make no meaningful disclosure about AI features despite visibly using them, and 73% offer only generic, boilerplate…

Privacy & Surveillance

Researchers built a system called Bespoke that turns an existing lecture transcript into a new video tailored to a specific industry—complete with fresh slides, narration, and charts—without a professor re-recording anything. Fed 31…

AI Adoption

A preregistered experiment with 704 people, by Sebastian Maier and colleagues at LMU Munich, set out to test whether AI assistance erodes skills — and found something more useful than a yes. Participants practiced math with an LLM…

A new academic paper compares ChatGPT in classrooms to the Thermomix, the popular all-in-one kitchen appliance that can measure, chop, and cook a meal with minimal input from the user. Just as a Thermomix can produce dinner without…

A study of science teachers building AI-powered learning apps in a professional-development workshop found they designed AI to probe student thinking, not just deliver answers—tools that surfaced misconceptions, guided dialogue, and…

Researchers built "Math with Matt," an AI algebra tutor that pairs standard problem-solving help with mindfulness check-ins, then tested it on 7th graders. Both the mindfulness version and a cognitive-only version reduced math anxiety and…

Kids, Teens & Mental Health

Researchers built StudentSim, an AI system that creates individualized digital stand-ins for real students by training on their limited past work, then tests how well those simulated students mimic actual behavior and respond to tutoring.…

A study of more than 1,000 first-year Bocconi University students, run with OpenAI's economic research team, tested how ChatGPT and critical-thinking training affect student work on a real business case. Students with ChatGPT access scored…

OpenAI

OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT for Teachers to 55 more U.S. school systems across 20 states, adding over 100,000 educators to the free program. The company now works with more than 100 K-12 organizations across 30 states, covering over…

Privacy & Surveillance · OpenAI

Researchers built short, AI-generated cybersecurity training games for college students—quizzes, choose-your-own-path scenarios, and TikTok-style mini-games—covering password hygiene and phishing recognition. Testing with 59 students (9…

Cybersecurity

A study of 203 university students using an AI course assistant found that more than 95% of 14,637 chatbot responses simply explained concepts or solved problems outright, rather than guiding students to work through answers themselves—the…

A randomized study of over 6,000 middle schoolers in Tennessee tested an AI tutoring add-on to a math practice platform. The surprise: AI help alone didn't reliably boost learning. Students using it moved slower and attempted fewer…

Google is rolling out five AI learning features in Search timed to the school year: interactive visuals and simulations for tricky concepts, free practice quizzes for standardized tests (SAT, ACT, GRE, MCAT and others, built with prep…

Google

A university piloted a two-tier program to teach AI literacy: short in-class presentations across 18 courses, plus optional one-on-one sessions where trained undergraduate tutors coached classmates through building real projects with AI.…

OpenAI launched ChatGPT for Teens, a separate experience for users identified as 13-17 through age estimation or self-reporting. It layers in parental controls, homework-focused tools like Study Mode and quizzes, and what OpenAI says are…

Kids, Teens & Mental Health · OpenAI

Researchers ran six AI models and human students through the same quantitative reasoning and chemistry tests, then used statistical analysis to map the underlying "skills" driving performance. Subject-matter experts could label most of the…

A study of computer science students working with AI coding assistants found their questions cluster into just a handful of types—not the wide variety instructors might expect—and that the kinds of questions asked shift noticeably as…

Two studies converge on the same lesson for schools deploying AI tutors. A two-year randomized trial across 18 Tennessee middle schools found Khan Academy's Khanmigo produced only modest math gains—about 1.3 national percentile ranks per…

A new benchmark called ELBench tested nine AI models—including ChatGPT, other general-purpose systems, and two built specifically for education—on safety, basic teaching ability, and higher-order pedagogical judgment. The surprising…

AI Safety & Risk

A parent frustrated that a science magazine for kids came in only two flavors—too advanced for a 10-year-old, too babyish for the next one down—used AI to build a middle option. They iterated repeatedly on sentence length, pacing, and how…

Cohere is teaming up with the University of Waterloo to create a new certificate program in "AI Transformation and Change Management," run through the school's Future of Work Institute. The non-credit program, launching Fall 2026, will mix…

AI Adoption · Canada

Researchers reviewed 23 public syllabi from university courses that teach students how to build software using generative AI tools, examining learning goals, assignments, topics, and which AI tools students use. The courses vary widely in…

AI Agents

OpenAI rolled out three ChatGPT plugins tailored for K-12 teachers, college instructors, and college students, bundling ready-made prompts and workflows so users can apply AI to lesson planning, grading, or coursework without writing…

OpenAI

Google and Kaggle wrapped a free five-day course on building and deploying AI agents, drawing more than 353,000 registered participants and over 6,000 capstone submissions. It's the latest in a series that has pulled in 2 million learners…

AI Agents · Google

Researchers worked with the team building an AI-powered digital textbook to create a scoring system for judging chatbot answers before they reach students. Rather than leaving quality control to gut feeling, they co-developed five…

An evaluation framework called EduZone tested ten major AI chatbots on how safely they handle K-12 classroom scenarios, covering 28 risk types from both student and teacher perspectives. The researchers found that safety guardrails often…

AI Safety & Risk · Kids, Teens & Mental Health

A new pre-registered study adds hard data to a growing worry: the AI judges companies use to grade their own tutoring bots are unreliable. Researchers found that generic "helpfulness" scores from models like Claude and GPT couldn't tell…

A study of 170 computing students at two U.S. universities found they rated AI-generated instructional videos on Markdown—a basic text-formatting language—as accurate and high-quality after watching three short clips made with the tool…

A new evaluation tool called Int-Bench tested how AI models behave as tutors, watching them decide when to jump in while a student AI worked through coding bugs, math problems, and brain teasers. The finding: AI tutors intervene far more…

Researchers built MedGame, a system that converts static medical case studies into interactive branching-story games, along with a benchmark of 5,000 clinical cases to test how well AI models generate these narratives. The team reports…

Health & Medicine

A study tracking 156,000 students and nearly 88,000 courses at a large U.S. university from 2015 to 2025 found no evidence that ChatGPT's availability inflated grades. Researchers compared courses before and after the chatbot's release…

OpenAI

A study analyzing nearly 129,000 real ChatGPT-style conversations found people aren't just asking for answers and copy-pasting them—they're often learning in the process. Researchers detected some form of cognitive engagement in about 32%…

AI Adoption · OpenAI

OpenAI published a detailed policy statement on teen safety, arguing that excluding teenagers from AI tools would leave them unprepared for a defining technology. The company says nearly 9 in 10 teen ChatGPT users engage weekly for…

Kids, Teens & Mental Health · OpenAI

Cohere and the University of Toronto announced a multi-year partnership to deploy Cohere's agentic AI platform, North, as the orchestration layer for the university's enterprise-wide AI system. The deal positions North to handle workflows…

AI Agents · Canada

Researchers conducted what they describe as the first systematic study of whether AI models can write reliable grading rubrics for evaluating scientific paper reproductions. The finding: AI-generated rubrics can approach human-level…

Science & Discovery

Google DeepMind launched ATL Saathi, a Gemini-powered pilot application providing 24/7 planning and training support to educators in India's Atal Tinkering Labs—a government network reaching 11 million students. The tool, developed with…

Google

A study of 64 undergraduate concept maps reveals that students understand generative AI primarily at a surface level—they can name tools and applications but struggle to explain how the technology works or when to use it appropriately.…

A pre-registered study found that AI chatbots—not generative models like ChatGPT, but simpler automated messaging systems—improved student performance in large undergraduate courses. Students who received chatbot outreach earned higher…

A study of 52 educational YouTube videos found that content framing ChatGPT as a quick output generator reaches audiences just as large as videos teaching deeper AI skills—despite weaker pedagogical value. Researchers used network analysis…

OpenAI

A study of nearly 78,000 distance-learning students examined actual usage logs—not self-reported surveys—of an AI tutoring assistant. The findings: AI learning tools are already woven into many students' routines, but adoption varies…

A new paper warns that AI coding assistants may be creating 'Knowledge Debt'—developers shipping code they don't fully understand because the AI handled it. The researchers argue that while agents boost short-term productivity, they…

AI Agents

Two new studies of introductory computer-science students find that AI code generators are changing what students struggle with—and how they learn. In one, of more than 900 students, learners found writing prompts easier and more enjoyable…

A study from Dartmouth reports that an AI tutor in a statistics course achieved learning gains of 0.71 to 1.30 standard deviations—a substantial effect size if it holds up. But the finding comes with major caveats: the study lacked…

A German study using "speed-dating" conversations between 16 students and 15 teachers found significant gaps in how each group views AI's role in classrooms. Students and teachers disagreed on fundamental questions: how much to trust AI…

A study of 60 university students found that AI-generated data comics—sequential visual narratives explaining data, similar to comic strips—outperformed conventional charts and graphs in comprehension tasks. Students grasped insights more…

Researchers tested a prototype AI tool called Concept Catalyst that gives K-12 teachers visible, manipulable controls over how generative AI produces curriculum materials. In interviews with 10 middle and high school engineering teachers…

A Brown University economics professor alleges he has detected mass AI-assisted cheating involving at least 50 students on a March midterm in his advanced mathematical economics course. Professor Roberto Serrano claims he has "conclusive…

A study of 40 children ages 7-12 found that AI-assisted storytelling dramatically narrowed the quality gap between students—by 83.5%—but did so by lifting weaker performers rather than enhancing top ones. The researchers call this a…

Kids, Teens & Mental Health

Researchers partnered with community organizations to design and test an AI literacy session for 54 adults in a predominantly African American neighborhood in the Midwest. The qualitative study found that participants' concerns about AI…

A study of 30 academics at universities in Vietnam and the UK found that formal frameworks for assessing student AI use can either improve learning design or become empty compliance exercises—depending entirely on execution. When the AI…

A developer frustrated with traditional language-learning apps built LingoChunk, a tool that converts native audio—podcasts, YouTube videos, interviews—into Anki flashcards and shadowing drills. The app transcribes audio, identifies root…

Lightning Learning Studios launched Yochai, an AI designed to study Torah in the traditional 'chevruta' style—a Socratic dialogue where two learners push each other toward insight rather than just trading answers. The tool draws on a…

China has overhauled its higher-education system around artificial intelligence, eliminating more than 12,000 university degree programs it deemed outdated and adding over 10,000 new courses built around AI, robotics and advanced…

China & Geopolitics

Researchers at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) redesigned a 13-week Theory of Computation course by eliminating lectures entirely. Students learned through self-directed study with AI assistance, then took…

Researchers studying AI-assisted test question development found that when humans and language models disagree about educational quality, the disagreements follow predictable patterns rather than occurring randomly. The study tested two…

A national survey of K-12 principals finds two unexpected patterns in how schools are adopting AI. Schools with more disadvantaged students show measurably lower AI integration—not just in tools, but in policies, training, and leadership…

Norway has imposed significant restrictions on AI in elementary schools, though specific policy details remain unclear. The move positions Norway among the first countries to limit AI tools for younger students. Community reaction is…

Regulation & Policy · Europe & UK

Researchers built an AI tutoring system that dynamically switches its teaching approach based on how a conversation is going—and tested it with real high school students. The system analyzes 14 pedagogical features from the conversation…

Researchers found that generic AI tutoring can backfire in family learning settings—the AI tends to take over, reducing parents' teaching role and children's active reasoning. Their solution, ParaTutor, separates support by role: coaching…

Kids, Teens & Mental Health · OpenAI

Researchers have proposed LectūraAgents, a multi-agent AI framework designed to deliver personalized teaching at scale. The system uses a hierarchical structure where a lead "ProfessorAgent" coordinates specialized subordinate agents to…

AI Agents

OpenAI launched three new courses through its OpenAI Academy platform: AI Foundations, Applied AI Foundations, and Agents and Workflows. The curriculum creates a progression from basic AI literacy through practical implementation to…

AI Adoption · OpenAI

Google DeepMind tested whether AI tutoring could actually teach—not just give answers—in a rigorous 8-week trial with 1,763 students in Sierra Leone. The results: students using Gemini's "Guided Learning" mode gained 1.2-1.7 years of math…

Google

Researchers built a system that analyzes what students ask AI teaching assistants to identify which course topics are causing the most trouble. By mapping questions to a curriculum graph extracted by GPT-4, instructors can see where…

Researchers used AI to analyze over 600 hours of recorded parent-child conversations from two Chicago-area home-visiting programs, identifying acoustic features in parental speech that predict children's skill development. The signal…

Kids, Teens & Mental Health

Researchers developed SENSEI, a framework that diagnoses why users make mistakes rather than just correcting individual errors. Instead of saying 'click here instead,' it identifies the underlying misconception causing the problem. In user…

A classroom experiment with 252 students found that simply warning learners an AI tutor might make mistakes changed how they used it—students who received the warning requested significantly more hints than those who didn't, even though…

A draft of Canada's long-delayed national AI strategy, obtained by CBC News and titled "AI for All," sets out a 2031 push to close the country's AI-adoption gap: free AI-literacy training for all Canadians (including one million…

Regulation & Policy · Canada

Researchers have proposed 'Guided Sensemaking,' a platform that uses multiple AI agents to help users structure arguments and deliberate on complex questions—rather than just getting AI to produce answers. The system is designed for…

AI Adoption

More than 600 University of California faculty members have signed an open letter demanding UC reinstate SAT or ACT requirements for STEM applicants starting fall 2027. The letter, led by UC Berkeley mathematicians, cites what signatories…

OpenAI expanded its Education for Countries program at the Education World Forum in London, adding Singapore to a coalition that includes Estonia, Greece, Italy, Slovakia, Trinidad & Tobago, Kazakhstan, the UAE, and Jordan. The initiative…

OpenAI

A study across three semesters found that weekly oral code reviews may let CS students use AI freely without sacrificing learning. Researchers at one university required students to verbally explain their code each week while allowing…

OpenAI and Malta announced what they call a 'world's first' partnership to provide ChatGPT Plus access to all Maltese citizens. The program requires completing an AI literacy course developed by the University of Malta, after which…

AI Adoption · Europe & UK · OpenAI

A study of 60 international students found they're using ChatGPT and Gemini as "first-aid tools" for navigating American culture—getting quick help with social norms, communication challenges, and practical questions they might feel…

MIT President Sally Kornbluth warned that federal research funding cuts are hitting the institute hard: campus sponsored-research activity has shrunk 10% year-over-year, new federal research awards are down more than 20%, and graduate…

OpenAI launched a Campus Network initiative, inviting student clubs at universities worldwide to apply for partnerships. The program promises hands-on learning opportunities, workshops, research support, and early access to OpenAI tools…

OpenAI

Researchers developed ProPACT, an AI tutoring system that monitors pair programmers and predicts when collaboration is about to break down—up to 30 seconds before it happens. The system tracks where both people are looking and their…

A study of 409 first-year computer science students found that LLM-generated personalized exercises dramatically reduced dropout on programming assignments. Standard worksheets saw 25-30% incompletion rates among struggling students…

Researchers benchmarked several LLMs on grading secondary math assessments using Nepal's Grade 10 curriculum, with human experts establishing ground truth. The surprising finding: Google's smaller Gemini models (2.5 Flash and 3 Pro)…

Google

Google Translate is adding an AI pronunciation coach to its Android app. The new feature analyzes your spoken words and gives instant feedback—available now in the U.S. and India for English, Spanish, and Hindi. Google says the service now…

Google

Google and Kaggle are offering a free five-day online course on building AI agents, running June 15-19, 2026. The course covers creating agents that use natural language as the primary programming interface—what practitioners call 'vibe…

AI Agents · Google

A German language instructor at Cornell has required students to complete assignments on manual typewriters since spring 2023, eliminating access to AI tools, online translators, and spellcheckers. The analog approach forces students to…

Google hosted its first AI for the Economy Forum in Washington D.C. with MIT FutureTech, announcing a package of workforce and research investments. The headline commitment: a $120 million Global AI Opportunity Fund for AI skills training.…

AI & Jobs · Google

A developer released an educational game that teaches GPU architecture by having players build one from scratch. The project aims to fill what the creator sees as a gap in accessible learning resources for understanding how graphics…

Chips, Data Centers & Energy

An Undark article revisiting Sweden's 2023 decision to reverse classroom digitalization sparked a lively Hacker News debate. Sweden reintroduced physical textbooks, emphasized handwriting, and allocated $137 million for physical teaching…

Researchers released ScratchMath, a benchmark of 1,720 handwritten math samples from Chinese students designed to test whether AI can do something harder than solving problems: explaining why a student got it wrong. The benchmark evaluates…

A 2015 interactive tutorial resurfaced showing how machine learning classification works using a simple real estate example—distinguishing New York from San Francisco homes. The visual walkthrough demonstrates how algorithms find…

Researchers tested an end-to-end system for grading handwritten math exams using LLMs, deploying it across six quizzes in two undergraduate courses. The hybrid approach—automated scanning, multiple LLM scoring passes, consistency checks…

AI Adoption

OpenAI announced that ChatGPT now includes interactive visual explanations for math and science topics. The feature lets users explore formulas, variables, and concepts through real-time visual displays rather than text-only responses.…

OpenAI

OpenAI announced new tools, certifications, and measurement resources aimed at helping schools and universities integrate AI into education. The initiative targets what the company calls "AI capability gaps"—disparities in students'…

OpenAI

Apple announced MacBook Neo, its most affordable laptop at $599 ($499 for education), available March 11, 2026. The 13-inch aluminum laptop runs on Apple's A18 Pro chip—the same architecture powering recent iPhones—with Apple claiming up…

Chips, Data Centers & Energy · AI Business & Money

OpenAI released what it calls the Learning Outcomes Measurement Suite, a framework for tracking how AI tools affect student learning over time across different educational settings. The company says the suite is designed to assess AI's…

OpenAI

Andrej Karpathy, former Tesla AI director and OpenAI researcher, released "microgpt"—a 200-line Python file that implements a complete GPT system from scratch with no external dependencies. The educational project includes a tokenizer…

Open-Weight Models

A developer launched Rebrain.gg, a site that replaces passive scrolling with LLM-generated quiz questions—the idea being you learn something instead of mindlessly consuming feeds. Early community reaction has been skeptical. Critics on…

A developer released Microgpt, a browser-based tool that visualizes how a tiny GPT model (4,000 parameters) learns to generate names. Inspired by Andrej Karpathy's educational work, it lets users watch activations flow through the network…

Researchers developed ReQUESTA, a multi-agent system that generates multiple-choice questions at different cognitive difficulty levels—from basic recall to deeper analysis. In a large-scale reading comprehension study, questions from this…

Microsoft published a repository with 21 Jupyter Notebook lessons covering generative AI fundamentals, including working with ChatGPT, DALL-E, and Azure services. The beginner-focused curriculum walks through building AI applications from…

AI Adoption · Microsoft