May 1, 2025
In this episode of the AI in Education Podcast, Ray and Dan
return from a short break with a packed roundup of AI developments
across education and beyond.
They discuss the online launch of the AEIOU interdisciplinary
research hub that Dan attended, explore the promise and pitfalls of
prompt engineering—including the idea of the “Uber prompt”—and
share first impressions of the OpenAI Academy. Ray unpacks
misleading headlines about Bill Gates “replacing teachers” with AI
and instead spotlights the real message about AI tutors.
They also dive into the 2027 AI forecast report, the emerging
impact of the EU AI Act, and Microsoft's latest Work Trend Index,
which introduces the idea of "agent bosses" in the AI-driven
workplace. And then round off with Ben Williamson’s list of AI
fails in education and a startling story of an AI radio presenter
nobody realised was fake.
Here's all the links so you too can fall down the AI news rabbithole 😊
AI in Education at Oxford University interdisciplinary
research hub
https://aieou.web.ox.ac.uk/
OpenAI Academy
https://academy.openai.com/home
AI 2027 Forecast Report
https://ai-2027.com/
2025 EDUCAUSE Students and Technology Report: Shaping
the Future of Higher Education Through Technology, Flexibility, and
Well-Being
https://library.educause.edu/resources/2025/4/2025-educause-students-and-technology-report
Melbourne & KPMG AI Sentiment Survey
https://kpmg.com/au/en/home/insights/2025/04/trust-in-ai-global-insights-2025.html
https://www.innovationaus.com/australians-the-most-pessimistic-in-the-world-on-ai/
Microsoft Work Trend Index 2025
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/work-trend-index/2025-the-year-the-frontier-firm-is-born
Ben Williamson’s AI Fails in Education on
LinkedIn
This links to all the individual stories, so head to Ben's story,
give it a like, and then click through to the warnings from the
stories!
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ben-williamson-7a501b329_top-ai-in-education-fails-so-far-millions-activity-7318038426270806016-pIzp
Australian Radio Network digitises diversity with an
artificially generated Asian female presenter
https://www.startupdaily.net/topic/artificial-intelligence-machine-learning/eye-thy-with-my-ai-australian-radio-network-digitises-diversity-with-an-artificially-generated-asian-female-presenter