{"id":30699,"date":"2025-10-17T17:40:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T09:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/oetools\/?p=30699"},"modified":"2025-10-17T17:44:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T09:44:41","slug":"weekly-ai-news-update-10-16-october-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/oetools\/news-events\/weekly-ai-news-update-10-16-october-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly AI News Update (10-16 October 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"30699\" class=\"elementor elementor-30699\" 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-37d30b4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"37d30b4\" 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-230d725\" data-id=\"230d725\" 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-9efc871 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9efc871\" 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>A study commissioned by Oxford University Press found 62% of UK students aged 13\u201318 believe AI negatively affects their learning skills, citing reduced creativity and overreliance on quick answers despite widespread use. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/oct\/15\/pupils-fear-ai-eroding-study-ability-research\">The Guardian<\/a><\/li><li>A Cambridge University Press survey of over 3,000 researchers found 53% believe AI negatively affects academic publishing, citing risks of low-quality, AI-generated papers and research integrity issues regarding authorship and intellectual credit. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeshighereducation.com\/news\/low-quality-and-ai-generated-papers-could-overwhelm-publishing\">Times Higher Education<\/a><\/li><li>City University of Hong Kong and Alibaba Cloud signed an MoU on 8 October 2025 to advance AI education and innovation. 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