{"id":31490,"date":"2025-12-26T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T01:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/oetools\/?p=31490"},"modified":"2026-01-06T15:45:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T07:45:13","slug":"weekly-ai-news-update-19-25-december-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/oetools\/news-events\/weekly-ai-news-update-19-25-december-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly AI News Update (19-25 December 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"31490\" class=\"elementor elementor-31490\" 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-c208038 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c208038\" 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-9b7920c\" data-id=\"9b7920c\" 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-3a4e22c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a4e22c\" 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>Educators across the United States are participating in professional training to explore the practical and ethical integration of AI tools in the classroom. Organised by the National Academy for AI Instruction, these sessions aim to provide clear guidance and hands-on experience, addressing widespread concerns about academic integrity, student privacy, and the appropriate role of automation in teaching while emphasising AI as a supplement to human instruction. \ud83d\udd17 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/tech-news\/ai-school-teacher-student-train-chatgpt-rcna248726\">NBC<\/a><\/li><li>Amazon is significantly expanding its initiative to provide hands-on AI education in partnership with nonprofit PlayLab, increasing its investment to $800,000. The programme supports 18 educational partners across the United States, reaching nearly 500,000 students by equipping educators with tools to build custom AI applications and enabling students to develop AI-powered solutions for community challenges. \ud83d\udd17<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aboutamazon.com\/news\/community\/amazon-future-engineer-ai-education-students\"> Amazon<\/a><\/li><li>Based on its year-end review, Google DeepMind reports that 2025 marked a pivotal shift for AI from a tool to a utility. Key milestones included the release of its Gemini 3 model family, significant advances in agentic development platforms and creative media generation, and notable progress in applying AI to scientific discovery, healthcare, and weather forecasting, underpinned by ongoing commitments to safety and responsible development. \ud83d\udd17 <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/technology\/ai\/2025-research-breakthroughs\/#ai-models\">The Keyword Google<\/a><\/li><li>ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, plans a significant increase in capital expenditure for 2026, allocating approximately Rmb160bn ($23bn) primarily towards AI infrastructure. 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