{"id":33067,"date":"2026-03-13T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T01:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/oetools\/?p=33067"},"modified":"2026-03-17T17:31:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T09:31:16","slug":"weekly-ai-news-update-06-12-march2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/oetools\/news-events\/weekly-ai-news-update-06-12-march2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly AI News Update (06-12 March2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"33067\" class=\"elementor elementor-33067\" 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-dc732c1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dc732c1\" 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-bf6a664\" data-id=\"bf6a664\" 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-81d02dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"81d02dc\" 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>All 20 Malaysian public universities have adopted Google&#8217;s Gemini for Education, reaching 600,000 students and 75,000 faculty to advance AI-driven education goals by 2030.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/company-news\/inside-google\/around-the-globe\/google-asia\/gemini-malaysia-universities\/\">\ud83d\udd17 Google<\/a><\/li><li>A Brookings Institution study, based on interviews across 50 countries, finds that while well-designed AI tools can enhance learning, student overreliance risks undermining learning capacity. Researchers recommend parents seek &#8220;AI tools that teach, not tell&#8221; and remain engaged with their children&#8217;s digital learning experiences. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dcnewsnow.com\/tech-talk\/tech-talk-study-looks-at-pros-and-cons-of-ai-in-schools\/\">\ud83d\udd17 DC News<\/a><\/li><li>An Australian education expert argues that AI does not replace human expertise but elevates its importance, emphasising that true learning requires the judgement to know when not to use AI and the value of shared inquiry over automated answers. <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.aare.edu.au\/do-we-still-need-expertise-now-we-have-ai-we-can-find-out-together\/\">\ud83d\udd17 EduResearch Matters<\/a><\/li><li>A research partnership is developing generative AI tools designed to enrich, rather than replace, caregiver-child interactions in early childhood education. By co-creating culturally relevant e-books and clinic resources with Latino communities in California and Michigan, the project demonstrates how AI can amplify family voices and foster connection, provided it is guided by community collaboration and pedagogical expertise. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattlepi.com\/news\/generative-ai-can-play-a-role-uplifting-family-a22070364\">\ud83d\udd17 seattlepi<\/a><\/li><li>A Ghanaian academic&#8217;s paper argues that higher education needs a new class of &#8216;Academic Large Language Models&#8217; (A-LLMs) trained exclusively on peer-reviewed, curated scholarly databases rather than general internet data. 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