{"id":30854,"date":"2025-10-24T08:00:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T00:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/oetools\/?p=30854"},"modified":"2025-10-23T16:01:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T08:01:31","slug":"weekly-ai-news-update-17-23-october-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/oetools\/news-events\/weekly-ai-news-update-17-23-october-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly AI News Update (17-23 October 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"30854\" class=\"elementor elementor-30854\" 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-5716654 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5716654\" 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-6f17d96\" data-id=\"6f17d96\" 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-89383f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"89383f6\" 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>Beijing has introduced compulsory artificial intelligence education across all primary and secondary public schools, requiring at least eight class hours per semester. The initiative standardises AI curricula, emphasising practical, project-based learning and human-machine collaboration skills. <a href=\"https:\/\/global.chinadaily.com.cn\/a\/202510\/21\/WS68f6d9bea310f735438b601e.html\">China Daily<\/a><\/li><li>The Hong Kong Education Bureau has launched the \u201cDigital Education: AI in Education Training Series\u201d for the 2025\/26 school year to enhance teachers' AI literacy and application skills, alongside a territory-wide student digital literacy reward scheme. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stheadline.com\/edu-news\/3510299\/%E6%95%99%E8%82%B2%E5%B1%80%E6%8E%A8%E6%95%B8%E5%AD%97%E6%95%99%E8%82%B2%E5%9F%B9%E8%A8%93%E7%B3%BB%E5%88%97-%E5%8A%A9%E6%95%99%E5%B8%AB%E6%8E%8C%E6%8F%A1%E4%BA%BA%E5%B7%A5%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD\">Sing Tao Daily<\/a><\/li><li>UNESCO's recent global masterclass gathered nearly 800 educators from 97 countries to discuss AI's role in education. Experts emphasised ethical use, teacher empowerment, inclusive frameworks, and human-centred approaches to ensure AI supports\u2014rather than replaces\u2014pedagogy. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesco.org\/en\/articles\/ai-classroom-empowering-teachers-future-learning\">United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization<\/a><\/li><li>A UK university has introduced staff training to identify wrongful student use of AI while promoting ethical application. Academics are guided to distinguish misconduct from legitimate AI support under revised institutional policies. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c2kn3gn8vl9o\">BBC<\/a><\/li><li>Google has launched Google Skills, a unified learning platform offering nearly 3,000 AI and technology courses, labs, and credentials. 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