Weekly AI News Update (20-26 March2026)

OpenAI's Raghav Gupta states AI should serve as a personal tutor to maximise learning, not a shortcut, emphasising the need for student engagement to preserve educational friction. 🔗 The Straits Times
New Wonkhe research analyses how assessment design, not AI policy, determines whether students use artificial intelligence to support learning or to replace it. 🔗 Wonkhe
NYC Education Dept releases its AI policy after over two years of varied school-level approaches, developed whilst awaiting formal city guidance. 🔗 Chalkbeat
Generative AI assists with summarisation, structuring, and analysis in education, functioning as a tool that requires critical human oversight to enhance learning rather than replace thinking. 🔗 Analytics Insight
Boston Public Schools launches a $1 million AI literacy programme with UMass Boston, aiming to integrate ethics-focused, credit-bearing curriculum across high schools from next year. 🔗 WBUR