AI for Educators

By Dan Fitzpatrick | The AI EducatorEducation

AI for Educators episodes

April 11, 2025 A New Space Race For Education?
Today, we are exploring the article "AI Education Is the New Space Race. Here's How America Must Respond," written by Loni Mahanta and published in The 74.

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April 10, 2025 An AI Named Astra Just Became CEO Of A Real Company
Today, we are exploring the remarkable and provocative case of HeyBoss AI, a tech company that has taken the bold step of appointing an artificial intelligence—Astra Prime—as its Chief Executive Officer.

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April 09, 2025 Inside The Mind Of AI - And It’s Not What You Think
In today's episode, we are exploring an interesting shift in corporate hiring philosophy from Shopify, highlighted by a policy directive from CEO Tobi Lütke. As reported by CNBC, Lütke instructed managers that requests for increased headcount must now be preceded by proof that the intended role cannot be fulfilled by Artificial Intelligence. This piece examines why this development could potentially signals a fundamental change in how businesses value human labor versus AI capabilities, setting a precedent that could reshape workforce dynamics and the skills required for future employment.

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April 08, 2025 Inside The Mind Of Ai - And It’s Not What You Think
Today, we are exploring a piece of research titled "On the Biology of a Large Language Model", which tackles a common yet incomplete idea many of us have about artificial intelligence in the classroom and beyond—that AI language models simply predict the next word in a sentence.

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April 07, 2025 OpenAI Quietly Launches Its Ambitious AI Education Academy
Today, we are exploring the newly updated OpenAI Academy - an educational initiative that has recently undergone a significant transformation, expanding its reach, deepening its resources, and reimagining who gets to learn about artificial intelligence and how.

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April 04, 2025 $25,000,000 Says AI’s Coming for Your Classroom
Today we are exploring a story that speaks volumes about the current momentum and priorities in educational technology. We're unpacking the recent news from a company called SchoolAI, which just secured $25 million to expand its reach in classrooms across the globe.

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April 03, 2025 The Machine Didn’t Beat The Human. It Became The Human.
Today we are exploring a new research paper titled "Large Language Models Pass the Turing Test" by Cameron R. Jones and Benjamin K. Bergen from the Department of Cognitive Science at UC San Diego.

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April 02, 2025 Preparing Students for an AI-Driven Future with Algebra
Today we are exploring a new initiative titled "Florida Virtual School to Offer AI in Math Certificate," reported in a recent article featuring a collaboration among Florida Virtual School, the University of Florida, and the Concord Consortium.

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April 01, 2025 AI Tracked Who Teachers Give Their Attention To – The Inequality Might Shock You
Today we are exploring the findings from a research paper titled “Educator Attention: How computational tools can systematically identify the distribution of a key resource for students.” In simple terms, the paper uses AI to carefully study how teachers share their valuable attention among different students.

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March 31, 2025 Students Are Turning to AI for Mental Health & It’s Actually Working
Today, we have encouraging news to share. A recent study titled "Randomized Trial of a Generative AI Chatbot for Mental Health Treatment," authored by Dr. M.V. Heinz and colleagues demonstrates the effectiveness of a fully generative AI therapy chatbot, named Therabot, in treating clinical-level mental health symptoms.

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