Weekly AI News Update (31-06 November 2025)

Oxford University Press's Teaching the AI-Native Generation report surveyed 2,000 UK students aged 13–18, revealing 80% use AI for schoolwork but under half can identify AI misinformation. Students seek teacher guidance, clearer AI usage rules, and express both optimism about AI's learning benefits and concern over its impact on creativity and originality. 🔗Oxford University Press
AI is transforming workforce expectations, urging universities to integrate AI across disciplines, prioritise critical judgment over content production, and align curricula with outcome-based, real-world readiness for rapidly evolving industries. 🔗Microsoft WorkLab
MIT's Teaching Systems Lab has released A Guide to AI in Schools: Perspectives for the Perplexed, a resource compiling insights from over 100 educators and students to help K–12 institutions develop informed approaches to AI integration, policy formation, and classroom practice. 🔗MIT News
Anthropic and Iceland's Ministry of Education have launched a national AI education pilot, providing teachers across Iceland with access to Claude for lesson preparation, training, and research into AI's educational impact. 🔗Anthropic News
The Hong Kong Institute for AI and Science at City University of Hong Kong has launched SciencePal, an AI research assistant designed to enhance academic research efficiency through precise literature analysis, experiment support, and collaborative scientific development. 🔗Wen Wei Po