Straia raised $3.1 million in a seed round led by Speedrun, bringing its total funding to $4.5 million. Its AI platform helps colleges organize data for advisers and administrators.
Senators Richard Blumenthal and Josh Hawley asked Google CEO Sundar Pichai what the company knows about how its AI products in schools affect children, setting a Nov. 2 deadline.
Oman and the United Kingdom signed letters of intent covering responsible AI use in education and cooperation in the space sector. An education pilot will use AI tools to support English learning in selected Omani secondary schools.
Rollie Jobs is expanding its AI workforce intelligence platform for universities, with the University of Notre Dame among its higher education partners.
Advtech acquired a 25% stake in MathU, gaining a board seat and exclusive rights to its current and future AI enhanced education tools.
Sharjah's private education regulator has set an AI ethics framework letting students use tools like ChatGPT for research but not to write their work.
A few dozen San Diego State students marched to call on the CSU system to end its ChatGPT contract with OpenAI, renewed for $39 million.
The Association of Human Mathematicians has attracted more than 1,000 professors and PhD students who pledge not to work for AI companies and to limit their use of AI models in research.
The partners will fund workshops and other initiatives focused on evaluating AI assisted results, using new tools and creating standards for AI use in mathematics.
Google is expanding access to tools that create classroom STEM simulations, review technical documents and analyze geographic data.
Emory University now offers Claude for Education to students, faculty, and staff. Standard licenses are free, while departments can fund premium access for $50 per license each month.
An AACSB International survey found that 87% of business school leaders consider AI readiness a high strategic priority, but only about one in five rate their schools as highly prepared.
Pakistan's education ministry and Gauth signed an agreement that includes 4,000 free subscriptions for students and teachers. Daanish school teachers will receive 1,000 of the subscriptions.
Davenport University received a $3 million federal grant to integrate AI skills into academic programs and student support services.
Christine Apollos is seeking a new arbitration hearing after an arbitrator consulted two AI models while reviewing her claim that a principal used AI to write an evaluation recommending her dismissal.
Nearly 300 schoolgirls completed an online program covering AI foundations, applications and ethical use.
Parents, educators and the Nova Scotia Teachers Union are calling for consistent classroom AI rules as regional education authorities take different approaches.
Jisc and Google have started a two year partnership to help UK universities and colleges adopt AI across teaching, research and administration.
Andhra Pradesh has directed about 80,000 government school teachers to complete an online artificial intelligence course by the end of October.
The Springfield Education Association is organizing a petition for a moratorium on new AI technology affecting students and school staff.
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