The Los Alamos Daily Post has been selected as one of 15 newsrooms worldwide to join a Trusting News initiative aimed at enhancing AI literacy among journalists and their audiences. This initiative, supported by the Patrick J.
AI Research Foundations has been launched to overcome regional barriers in AI education and is targeted at undergraduate students and early career researchers, combining Google DeepMind's AI expertise with UCL's engineering education. The curriculum, available on the Google Cloud Skills Boost platform, aims to broaden participation in AI by equipping learners with practical skills for addressing research challenges and driving positive social impact.
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Penn State honored 42 graduate students with awards recognizing their contributions in research, teaching, and outreach, highlighting their diverse projects ranging from sustainability in architecture to innovations in wireless security and health monitoring. These students, including Sai Venkata Gayathri Ayyagari, Jacob Seiler, and Saiber Shaikh, have made significant impacts in their respective fields, demonstrating leadership and advancing knowledge in areas such as materials science, sustainability, and counselor education.
Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), in collaboration with Times Higher Education, is hosting the Global AI Summit 2025 to discuss responsible AI in post-secondary education. The event gathers international experts to explore ethical AI development and deployment, emphasizing collaboration between academia, industry, and policymakers to ensure AI benefits are shared equitably.
OpenAI hosted its first Higher Education Forum in San Francisco, bringing together educators and researchers to discuss the impact of AI on higher education and to foster collaboration between academic institutions and AI developers. The event featured presentations, discussions, and networking opportunities, with participants sharing AI-driven teaching methods and exploring ways to make education more personal, equitable, and engaging.
The Hechinger Report highlights the growing importance of AI literacy in education and the workforce, emphasizing the need for a consistent, measurable framework to assess AI readiness. Recent initiatives, such as the U.
The Passaic school district in New Jersey is implementing AI literacy lessons for K-8 students, focusing on understanding AI, its ethical implications, and responsible use, in response to the increasing presence of AI tools like ChatGPT. While some experts argue that AI literacy should focus more on practical applications in learning contexts, others express concerns about the potential cognitive and ethical downsides of AI, emphasizing the need for a balanced approach in education.
Stanford's SCALE Initiative and OpenAI are collaborating on a research project to study the impact of ChatGPT on education, focusing on its use in K-12 classrooms and its effects on learning metrics such as proficiency skills, knowledge retention, and engagement. The research aims to fill the knowledge gap regarding the efficacy of AI tools in education, with OpenAI providing data from real classrooms to support the study while adhering to data privacy and security guidelines.
