{"id":33564,"date":"2026-04-14T10:31:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T02:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/oetools\/?p=33564"},"modified":"2026-04-14T14:37:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T06:37:19","slug":"weekly-ai-news-update-09-april-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/oetools\/news-events\/weekly-ai-news-update-09-april-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly AI News Update (3 - 9 April 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"33564\" class=\"elementor elementor-33564\" 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-543014c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"543014c\" 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-4a17fee\" data-id=\"4a17fee\" 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-0d540aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0d540aa\" 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 Turnitin executive argues that the debate over whether schools should use AI is now obsolete, as two-thirds of Australian teachers already use the technology. The focus must shift to transparency and genuine AI literacy, which means teaching students to use AI as a thinking aid without replacing cognitive effort. He advocates for visible declarations of AI use, process-focused assessment, and tools that provide insight into how students develop their work, rather than simply detecting whether AI was used. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theeducatoronline.com\/k12\/news\/how-schools-can-build-genuine-ai-literacy\/288876\">\ud83d\udd17 The Educator<\/a><\/li><li>The BBC has published a guide for parents on using AI safely in home education, noting that half of UK children now use AI tools. It recommends using large language models to generate personalised study plans and quizzes while maintaining active supervision, verifying outputs against reliable sources, and ensuring AI supplements rather than replaces a child&#8217;s own thinking and creativity. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/bitesize\/articles\/z64hqyc#zjgxdnb\">\ud83d\udd17 BBC<\/a><\/li><li>A secondary school in North Yorkshire is trialling AI to mark mock exams in humanities subjects, finding that it provides detailed, rapid feedback and depersonalises grading. While the technology initially increased teacher workload as staff marked alongside the system, the headteacher reported being impressed with its accuracy, noting it costs 45p per extended answer. Experts confirm that final responsibility for marking remains with teachers, and transparency about AI use is essential. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c6207xenj1do\">\ud83d\udd17 BBC<\/a><\/li><li>UT Southwestern Medical School is using AI to assess medical students&#8217; clinical skills, replacing over 91% of human grading on post-encounter notes and delivering feedback within days instead of weeks. The system uses multimodal AI (text, audio, video) to evaluate competencies against standardised rubrics, with educators reporting that detailed, rapid feedback marks a significant advance over traditional assessment methods.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.utsouthwestern.edu\/research\/scientific-report\/articles\/ai-innovations-in-medical-education.html\"> \ud83d\udd17 UT Southwestern<\/a><\/li><li>Anthropic has appointed Sofia Wilson, a former teacher and Stanford PhD candidate, to lead its K-12 education expansion in the US. 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