News & Research: The Global Shift from Policy to Practice

News Stories Covered in the Episode AI Typing Like a Human? – Graham Clay's LinkedIn post on ChatGPT Operator mimicking human keystrokes linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:72921…
The Vatican on AI Ethics – "Antiqua et Nova" report on AI, human intelligence, and ethics in education Sacerdotus: Vatican's New Document on AI: Ethical Guidelines and Human Responsibility
Australian Government's AI Study – Treasury report on Microsoft 365 Copilot, estimating it pays for itself if it saves 13 minutes per week Treasury M365 Copilot review estimates 13-minute efficiency gain needed to justify licence cost - Software - iTnews
California State University & AI – Providing 500,000 stuents access to ChatGPT Edu openai.com/index/openai-and-the-csu-system
Estonia's AI Strategy – National AI policy giving all students access to AI tutors openai.com/index/estonia-schools-and-chatgpt
Australia's New National AI Centre Director – ex-podcast co-host Lee Hicken appointed to lead the centre. For those keeping count, that's the second of the podcast hosts that's now at NAIC, with current hosts Dan & Ray still waiting for the call 😂 linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:73069…
Manus AI Release – A new AI system focused on reasoning and conversation McKay Wrigley's X post
Research Papers Discussed
"From chalkboards to chatbots: Transforming learning in Nigeria, one prompt at a time" – World Bank blog on AI tutoring in Nigeria, claiming two years of learning gains in six weeks. blogs.worldbank.org/en/education/From-chalkboa…

We discussed Ethan Mollick's LinkedIn post focusing on the multiple controlled experiments showing that students can be helped or harmed based on how they use AI
"AI Meets the Classroom: When Does ChatGPT Harm Learning?" – Study on ChatGPT's impact on learning; found that using AI without explanations led to weaker long-term retention. arxiv.org/pdf/2409.09047v1
"Generative AI Can Help Learning" – AI tutors improve test results but can hinder deeper learning if students rely too much on direct answers papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=48…
"Effective and Scalable Math Support: Experimental Evidence on the Impact of an AI- Math Tutor in Ghana" – AI tutor via WhatsApp in Ghana increased learning by the equivalent of one extra school year at $5 per student arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2402/2402.09809.pdf
"Generative AI in higher education: A global perspective of institutional adoption policies and guidelines" – Study on university AI policies worldwide; most encourage AI use but lack clarity on inclusivity and transparency sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666920…