AI + Education Insights

TeachAI Released New Framework for K-12 Education
Lindy Matthews Lindy Matthews

TeachAI Released New Framework for K-12 Education

TeachAI and the OECD have released a comprehensive AI Literacy Framework for primary and secondary education, featuring four core domains (Engaging, Creating, Managing, and Designing AI) with 22 practical competencies that emphasize critical thinking and ethics over technical skills.

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AI Companions Pose Risk to Teens
Lindy Matthews Lindy Matthews

AI Companions Pose Risk to Teens

A new Stanford and Common Sense Media report finds that popular AI companion platforms like Character AI create serious dangers for minors, including blurred reality perception, harmful advice on major decisions, and mental health risks.

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EO Addresses AI in Education
Lindy Matthews Lindy Matthews

EO Addresses AI in Education

A new Executive Order on "Advancing AI Education for American Youth" aims to embed AI education across K-12, but raises critical questions about implementation. Read our full analysis and the Executive Order factsheet.

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New RAND Research Reveals Growing AI Training Gap
Lindy Matthews Lindy Matthews

New RAND Research Reveals Growing AI Training Gap

New RAND research reveals a growing AI training gap: while overall district AI professional development has doubled, low-poverty districts outperform high-poverty districts, potentially widening the digital divide as AI becomes increasingly central to education.

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OpenAI Academy & Claude for Education Debut
Lindy Matthews Lindy Matthews

OpenAI Academy & Claude for Education Debut

OpenAI and Anthropic are advancing educational technology with OpenAI's new AI literacy trainings and the introduction of "Claude for Education," a version of Claude designed for higher education. While it aims to enhance critical thinking, there are concerns about its accuracy in solving math problems, highlighting limitations.

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Testing GPT-4o's Image Capabilities for Education
Lindy Matthews Lindy Matthews

Testing GPT-4o's Image Capabilities for Education

OpenAI's new GPT-4o image generator shows significant improvements, including better text rendering and consistent characters, but our AI for Education team found it still falls short on complex tasks like creating accurately labeled cell diagrams, despite being promoted as a "game-changer for educators.

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The Blurring Lines: An Ethical Deep Dive into Hyper-Realistic Voice AI
Lindy Matthews Lindy Matthews

The Blurring Lines: An Ethical Deep Dive into Hyper-Realistic Voice AI

In a recent webinar on AI ethics, our team explored the fascinating and troubling world of voice AI through a conversation with "Miles," a hyper-realistic AI system from Sesame AI. The interaction highlighted critical ethical concerns about AI's increasing ability to sound human, emphasizing the urgent need for AI literacy, transparency, and responsible development.

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2025 Leading Women in AI Honors
Lindy Matthews Lindy Matthews

2025 Leading Women in AI Honors

Our CEO Amanda Bickerstaff has been honored as one of THE AI SHOW @ ASU+GSV's 2025 Leading Women in AI, celebrating her contributions alongside other outstanding leaders in the field.

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Key AI Updates
Lindy Matthews Lindy Matthews

Key AI Updates

The past few weeks saw some interesting new updates in the world of GenAI and education, including new releases by Anthropic, OpenAI, and Figure Robotics and the disappearance of some great AI resources from the Office of Educational Technology.

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AI’s Impact on Professional Writing
Lindy Matthews Lindy Matthews

AI’s Impact on Professional Writing

A recent study from Stanford shows that large language models (LLMs) have rapidly affected how we write across multiple domains of society—often in ways we may not fully appreciate.

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AI + Education Family FEUD!
Lindy Matthews Lindy Matthews

AI + Education Family FEUD!

We are co-hosting the first ever AI + Education Family FEUD at this year's THE AI SHOW @ ASU+GSV. If you’ve ever wondered who gets surveyed to determine the top answers, this time we'd love it to be you!

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The Gender Gap & GenAI
Lindy Matthews Lindy Matthews

The Gender Gap & GenAI

New research shows that women are using AI tools at lower rates than men across nearly all regions, sectors, and occupations. Here’s a link to the full study plus our summary on what they found, why it’s happening, and what it means.

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New Report on Student AI Adoption
Lindy Matthews Lindy Matthews

New Report on Student AI Adoption

OpenAI just released a new report highlighting college student adoption of ChatGPT, citing over a third of college-aged young adults are using the AI chatbot.

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OpenAI’s New Roadmap
Lindy Matthews Lindy Matthews

OpenAI’s New Roadmap

Explore how AI companies are rethinking user interfaces to create more intuitive and comprehensive AI experiences. Examine trends consolidating multiple capabilities into unified systems, the balance between accessibility and advanced features, and how these changes might shape how people interact with AI tools daily.

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AI & Children’s Safety
Lindy Matthews Lindy Matthews

AI & Children’s Safety

California's new Senate Bill aimed at protecting children and the UK Youth Manifesto for Responsible AI.

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BBC News with CEO Amanda Bickerstaff
Daniel Kosta Daniel Kosta

BBC News with CEO Amanda Bickerstaff

BBC News invited AI for Education CEO Amanda Bickerstaff to discuss the critical need for AI literacy and responsible integration in education vs. the simple but potentially myopic outright ban favored by others.

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New AI State Guidance Released
Lindy Matthews Lindy Matthews

New AI State Guidance Released

Georgia became the 25th state to publish state-level AI guidelines for K-12 education. Use our resource to check out the latest AI state guidance!

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