AI + Education Insights

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.

GenAI Systems Improving at Completing Longer Tasks
A new study by METR (Model Evaluation & Threat Research) shows GenAI systems are getting exponentially better at completing longer tasks, doubling their capabilities every 7 months.

AI Literacy Tops the “Skills on the Rise” List
LinkedIn's inaugural "Skills on the Rise" list is out. It ranks the fastest-growing skills that professionals should invest in developing. AI literacy tops the list at # 1.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

CBS Morning News: “AI Use in Schools: Ban or Fan?”
AI for Education was featured on CBS Morning News where CEO Amanda Bickerstaff discussed the evolving role of AI tools in academic settings.

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!

New Pew Study Reveals Growing Teen ChatGPT Use
Teen use of ChatGPT is rising, but students are drawing their own ethical lines about how to use AI in their schoolwork.

Southern California Emergency Relief Fund
The wildfires in Southern California in January 2025 have devastated communities and severely impacted the Los Angeles Unified School District. Join us in donating to this effort!

Women in AI Fellows Announced
We’re honored to be a part of the EDSAFE AI Alliance, which announced today its second cohort of Women in AI Fellows. We know how important it is to elevate female AI thought leaders and practitioners like this to ensure AI adoption is fit-for-purpose for our schools.

Train the Trainer 6-Week Course: January 2025 Launch
Our team had a clear purpose when launching our Train the Trainer 6-week course in January: support the educators who are pioneering AI leadership in their organizations.

1 Million Website Visits in 2024!
We're humbled to share that our AI for Education website had over 1 MILLION visits in 2024! As part of our mission to provide AI literacy training to 1 million educators, we think hitting this milestone was driven by our commitment to sharing free, high-quality resources educators need.

Diving into the New AI Reasoning Models
We share highlights from Wharton Professor Ethan Mollick's exploration of the new AI reasoning models and how specialized agents hold significant promise for the future.