Dan Fitzpatrick

3x Bestselling Author on AI in Education. Forbes contributor. Award Winning Education Strategist. Teacher. Named in the Top 20 AI Experts in the UK in 2025

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How Can European Schools Innovate Under The EU AI Act?

2 days ago | forbes.com | Dan Fitzpatrick

How Can European Schools Innovate Under The EU AI Act? gettyArtificial intelligence is being used in classrooms across the world, but how do schools in Europe do it while navigating the EU Artificial Intelligence Act? A recent conference on AI in European schools brought together a group of education leaders to address this question. Their discussions were watched by educators across the world as they explored AI adoption. How to lead. How to adapt.
Google’s AI Education Strategy. An Interview With Google Execs

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Dan Fitzpatrick

10 hours agoHow the Physicalist Theory of Mind Blows Itself UpAcademics often say that humans do not have souls, that our minds are only the physical matter of our brains. This is called physicalism or the …18 hours ago1 Mind-Blowing Metric Palantir Investors Must KnowPalantir Technologies (PLTR 0.97%) has become one of the hottest stocks on Wall Street.
Google’s AI Education Strategy. An Interview With Google Execs

1 week ago | forbes.com | Dan Fitzpatrick

You could feel it in the Mountain View air, something more than the usual Silicon Valley hum. It was Google I/O week, and AI was the phrase on everyone’s lips. Education, with its high stakes and profound human impact, felt like it was right in the crosshairs.
I Let Sam Altman’s Orb Scan My Eyes. Now I’m A “Verified Human”

2 weeks ago | forbes.com | Dan Fitzpatrick

One minute. That’s all it took. One surreal, slightly awkward minute standing face-to-face with a shiny metal sphere in a glass-fronted shop on Union Square, San Francisco. I stepped in curious. I walked out a "Verified Human."I had met the Orb. What’s an Orb? The Orb isn’t a sci-fi prop. It’s real, it’s shiny and it stares into your soul. Well, your eyes. It’s the centerpiece of World’s ambitious and controversial quest to verify every human on Earth.
Apple Wants To Get Into Your Head, Literally.

3 weeks ago | forbes.com | Dan Fitzpatrick

In the book Infinite Education I wrote about the advancing front of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). When exploring these AI powered implants that detect electrical signals from the brain, it’s easy to imagine a world where thought could replace touch. Apple has now entered the ring. Apple’s Move Into Brain Computer InterfacesApple's move into BCIs through a partnership with Synchron is more than a headline. It's a glimpse into the future of how we interact with machines.
As AI Advances, Is Teaching Kids To Be High-Agency Generalists The Answer?

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Dan Fitzpatrick

5 hours agoInventWood is about to mass-produce wood that’s stronger than steelIt sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but it actually comes from a lab in Maryland. In 2018, Liangbing Hu, a materials scientist at the University of Maryland, devised a way to turn ordinary wood into a material stronger than steel. It seemed like yet another headline-grabbing discovery that …5 hours agoWorried about ChatGPT saving your chat data?
As AI Advances, Is Teaching Kids To Be High-Agency Generalists The Answer?

3 weeks ago | forbes.com | Dan Fitzpatrick

It can be argued that most schools still prepare kids for a world that no longer exists. Add to the mix the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence and the gap between education and reality may be a gulf. This is the premise of a recent conversation hosted by Steven Bartlett on The Diary of a CEO podcast. Joined by Daniel Priestley, Bret Weinstein and Amjad Masad, as part of a wider conversation about the future of AI, they considered what today’s children need to learn.
Is AGI Already Here? ChatGPT o3 & The Uneven Progress Of AI

1 month ago | forbes.com | Dan Fitzpatrick

The achievement of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) has been portrayed as a single, defining moment. A lightning bolt, where machines would suddenly match or outstrip human intelligence across the board. A clean, dramatic event. But if you look around today, that idea feels more like science fiction than science fact. What we are seeing is something far less cinematic but far more real. A gradual, uneven rise of AI capabilities. AI has already overtaken some areas of human intelligence.
Inside The Trump AI Education Executive Order & Why It Matters

1 month ago | forbes.com | Dan Fitzpatrick

President Trump put AI firmly on the educational agenda when he signed an executive order today aimed at K-12 schools. The White House described this as a forward-looking initiative to prepare young Americans for a future where AI is woven into nearly every aspect of life and work. In the eyes of the administration, the order is about more than education reform. It’s about national competitiveness.
The Secret To AI In Education: We Should All Be Frustrated Pragmatists

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Dan Fitzpatrick

3 hours agoWant to Stop Procrastinating? How to Turn Objections Into ActionsIt’s natural to procrastinate when things seem too difficult or intimidating. But it doesn’t have to be. A reader emailed saying he wants to start a business, but it seems too hard. And, since he’s keeping his full-time job – which is the best approach for most aspiring entrepreneurs – he doesn’t …5 hours agoAI might be coming for your job, but it can't take your creativityThe pitfalls of designing with AI.