{"id":29716,"date":"2025-08-22T15:30:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T07:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/oetools\/?p=29716"},"modified":"2025-08-22T15:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T07:33:09","slug":"weekly-ai-news-update-15-21-august-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/oetools\/news-events\/weekly-ai-news-update-15-21-august-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly AI News Update (15-21 August 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"29716\" class=\"elementor elementor-29716\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider wavo-column-gap-default elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cc027c5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cc027c5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d7b6a35\" data-id=\"d7b6a35\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48329aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48329aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Hong Kong Metropolitan University hosted acclaimed science fiction writer Stanley Chen Qiufan as Artist-in-Residence, engaging students through lectures and workshops on creativity, worldbuilding, and the evolving intersections of artificial intelligence and literature. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/news\/exploring-creativity-in-the-ai-era-hkmus-artist-in-residence-programme-with-renowned-sci-fi-author-stanley-chen-qiufan\/\">Hong Kong Metropolitan University<\/a><\/li><li>DeepSeek has released V3.1, featuring hybrid inference modes, enhanced multi-step reasoning, faster response times, and improved tool-use efficiency, alongside open-source weights and extended context capabilities, marking progress toward advanced agent-based AI systems. <a href=\"https:\/\/api-docs.deepseek.com\/news\/news250821\">DeepSeek<\/a><\/li><li>Hong Kong business leaders are undertaking AI training through the AI-5000 Initiative, equipping themselves to directly mentor 5,000 secondary students across 50 schools, fostering equitable access, ethical practice, and future leadership in artificial intelligence. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/hong-kong\/education\/article\/3322154\/hong-kong-ceos-get-crash-course-ai-pass-skills-5000-students\">South China Morning Post<\/a><\/li><li>Khan Academy CEO Sal Khan envisions AI as a transformative classroom assistant, advancing personalisation, engagement, and creativity, whilst safeguarding teachers' indispensable role in cultivating communication, accountability, and essential social development in education. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/reel\/video\/p0ljv0fy\/the-best-case-scenario-for-ai-in-schools\">BBC<\/a><\/li><li>OpenAI has introduced Study Mode in ChatGPT, offering step-by-step, interactive guidance to support deeper learning. 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