Weekly AI News Update (26-02 October 2025)

Anthropic has released Claude Sonnet 4.5, a frontier AI model with enhanced coding, reasoning, and alignment capabilities. Updates include Claude Code checkpoints, a VS Code extension, the Claude Agent SDK, and strengthened safety measures. Anthropic
UNESCO's Digital Learning Week hosted a workshop on AI in education, training policymakers in ethical design, data governance and project development, while emphasising purposeful application, teacher involvement and equitable data access. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
A recent report by Anthropic, based on 74,000 faculty conversations with its AI chatbot Claude, shows professors increasingly use generative AI for curriculum design (57%), research (13%), and administrative tasks. Surveyed faculty expressed concerns about AI's effectiveness in grading. National Public Radio
Zhejiang University advances AI education with the 2025 “AI+X 2.0” micro-major, AI STEP initiative, national AI textbook base, DeepSeek courses, AI teaching assistants, and the upcoming “Qizhen Wenzhi” competition. Media OutReach Newswire
At the inaugural AI in Education at Oxford (AIEOU) conference, experts highlighted four principles for AI in education: pedagogy-driven design, learner-protective regulation, effective implementation, and equity-focused impact. Oxford University Press