Rachel Lawler

3 weeks ago | edtechinnovationhub.com | Rachel Lawler

The development means Buddy.ai’s 20 million annual users can be assured that learning English with the tool is safe and privacy-friendly. As generative AI chatbots become more readily available, many parents have concerns around online safety and privacy. Common concerns include exposing children to inappropriate content, misinformation and a lack of data protections. Because AI tools require data, which means off-the-shelf platforms are designed to collect as much as possible.

3 weeks ago | edtechinnovationhub.com | Rachel Lawler

Published in the report Asking to learn: What student queries to Generative AI reveal about cognitive engagement, the research analyzes nearly 130,000 queries from 8,700 students using Pearson’s AI-powered study tool in Campbell Biology. The study compared student inputs into the tool with the revised Bloom’s Taxonomy - a learning science framework that breaks down learning into cognitive processes.

3 weeks ago | edtechinnovationhub.com | Rachel Lawler

Based on these figures, humanities degrees could be at risk of becoming extinct within the next 100 years, as the analysis suggests just 9,961 humanities degrees will be granted in the U.S. in 2215. Save My Exams examined the number of degrees granted each year, as published by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, from 1987 to 2002 and compared this to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species criteria.

3 weeks ago | edtechinnovationhub.com | Rachel Lawler

The experiment involved 176 researchers from 34 institutions across seven countries and aimed to measure the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon, known as g-2. This provides an extremely sensitive test of the Standard Model of particle physics. The final measurement reached a precision of 127 parts-per-billion, surpassing the experiment’s goal of 140 parts-per-billion.

3 weeks ago | edtechinnovationhub.com | Rachel Lawler

The report, titled How the Workforce Learns Generative AI in 2025, argues there is a “clear business case” for building confidence in workforce AI skills. The researchers surveyed 2,700 employees at companies with more than 1,000 members of staff across five continents about GenAI. While 48 percent of professionals expect GenAI to change their job responsibilities, 78 percent said they lack the confidence to use these tools effectively.