Welcome to FOSIL, Education and School Libraries Podcast, where Darrly Toerien and I (Elizabeth Hutchinson) talk about what we feel is important in school libraries and education now.

Today’s discussion continues from last week’s podcast, which was part 2 of this conversation, where we focused on the CONNECT stage of FOSIL.

This week, we focus on the INVESTIGATE and CONSTRUCT stages in relation to Gen AI. Highlighting the importance of students being able to think, write and analyse information for themselves. We cover age restrictions, duty of care and what we really want our students to engage in learning.

Links talked about in this podcast

* Frank Landymore, Analysis Finds That Google’s AI Overviews Are Providing Misinformation at a Scale Possibly Unprecedented in the History of Human Civilization (8 April 2026)

* BBC, Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory (22 October 2025)

* Pedro Noguera, dean of the USC Rossier School of Education, Educators should seriously consider a pause on AI in classrooms (04/09/26)

* The AI School Librarian, Should Schools Pause AI? The Question We Cannot Ignore Right Now (17 April 2026)

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