AI + Education Insights

Say Goodbye to ChatGPT-3.5
Daniel Kosta Daniel Kosta

Say Goodbye to ChatGPT-3.5

ChatGPT-3.5 is finally out. OpenAI just launched 4o-mini, which is a scaled back version of OpenAI's frontier model 4o and replacing 3.5 for all users.

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AI Image Generation for Educators
Daniel Kosta Daniel Kosta

AI Image Generation for Educators

Our latest webinar delves into the world of "AI Image Generation for Educators" and explores how this cutting-edge technology can transform your practice. Mandy DePriest and Amanda Bickerstaff review our favorite AI image-generation tools and highlight practical strategies and prompting techniques.

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Getting Smart's AI Resource Hub
Daniel Kosta Daniel Kosta

Getting Smart's AI Resource Hub

Tom Vander Ark and his team have curated the best-of-the-best resources out there from AI Literacy Frameworks for free classroom curriculum including AI for Education's free AI Literacy lessons for 7-9 and 10-12.

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Teacher AI Literacy Development Program
Daniel Kosta Daniel Kosta

Teacher AI Literacy Development Program

AI literacy is essential for teachers. AI for Education has partnered with the Federation of American Scientists in their policy sprint calling for Congress to "Establish a National Teacher AI Literacy Development Program."

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Exploring Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Daniel Kosta Daniel Kosta

Exploring Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Mandy DePriest from our team at AI for Education demonstrates how the artifacts feature works with a quick walkthrough of a common classroom use case. Watch her create an interactive, digital vocabulary quiz in seconds with no code and only a few simple prompts. Check out the recording here.

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Khanmigo for Teachers Now Free
Daniel Kosta Daniel Kosta

Khanmigo for Teachers Now Free

Khanmigo for Teachers, an AI-powered teaching assistant developed by the well-known nonprofit Khan Academy, is now available for free to all U.S. teachers through a partnership with Microsoft. Khanmigo offers a relatively user-friendly interface that allows educators to start using its tools quickly after signing up.

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AI Framework for State Education Agencies
Daniel Kosta Daniel Kosta

AI Framework for State Education Agencies

Earlier this week the ILO Group released its “Framework for Implementing AI in State Education Agencies” providing much-needed strategic guidance to help SEAs navigate the impact of AI on student preparation for college, careers, and the workforce.

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Prompt-a-thon in NYC!
Daniel Kosta Daniel Kosta

Prompt-a-thon in NYC!

We ran another incredible AI for Education Prompt-a-Thon this Saturday, teaming up with Thomas A Edison Career And Technical High School and Playlab AI to empower students and teachers to learn and create with GenAI in Queens South.

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Catawba County Partnership!
Daniel Kosta Daniel Kosta

Catawba County Partnership!

We’re excited to share that Catawba County Schools (CCS) has partnered with AI for Education on a three-year initiative to implement GenAI across their 28 schools as part of a competitive, state-funded grant program announced today by the North Carolina State Board of Education.

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The New Hiring Imperative
Daniel Kosta Daniel Kosta

The New Hiring Imperative

The Microsoft and LinkedIn 2024 Work Trend Index Annual Report is out, and unsurprisingly, AI is rapidly transforming the global workforce. Based on a survey of 31,000 people across 31 countries, here are the highlights, and what it means for education.

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U.S. Senate’s AI Roadmap
Daniel Kosta Daniel Kosta

U.S. Senate’s AI Roadmap

Yesterday the US Senate released a bipartisan “roadmap” for AI policy and priorities with a goal of “harnessing the full potential of AI while minimizing the risks of AI in the near and long term.” Educators, however, won’t be too surprised by where the focus was, and wasn’t.

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AI for Education Act
Daniel Kosta Daniel Kosta

AI for Education Act

Big news out of DC as Senator Maria Cantwell and Senator Jerry Moran have introduced the bipartisan NSF AI Education Act that would revolutionize AI education in the US.

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Parachutes vs. Backpacks
Daniel Kosta Daniel Kosta

Parachutes vs. Backpacks

In Google's pursuit to stay in the GenAI race, you may have noticed new AI Overviews (AIOs) - AI-generated summaries/answers in Google Search results that are unfortunately sometimes laughably wrong.

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By the Numbers
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By the Numbers

A new survey released by the Walton Family Foundation shows growing support from teachers, students, and parents for the use of GenAI in schools, even though training and guidance still lag far behind.

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AI Detection Fails (Again)
Daniel Kosta Daniel Kosta

AI Detection Fails (Again)

A new study from academic researchers shows (again) that these tools are extremely unreliable, and when simple anti-detection techniques are deployed their limited accuracy collapses. What it means and how we should move forward.

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LAUSD’s New AI Platform
Daniel Kosta Daniel Kosta

LAUSD’s New AI Platform

Big news in the world of AI and Education as the Los Angeles Unified School District introduces a new AI platform and chatbot named "Ed," designed to assist parents and students as a personal aid.

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