{"id":33735,"date":"2026-05-15T09:32:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T01:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/oetools\/?p=33735"},"modified":"2026-05-15T09:33:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T01:33:46","slug":"weekly-ai-news-update-8-14-may-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/oetools\/news-events\/weekly-ai-news-update-8-14-may-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly AI News Update (8 - 14 May 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"33735\" class=\"elementor elementor-33735\" 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-07de896 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"07de896\" 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-76a2852\" data-id=\"76a2852\" 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-b353397 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b353397\" 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>The Stanford Social Innovation Review article examines the need to reshape the education social contract for the age of AI, highlighting how technological advances require a fundamental rethinking of the roles and responsibilities of educational institutions, educators, and learners. <a href=\"https:\/\/ssir.org\/articles\/entry\/smith-education-social-contract\">\ud83d\udd17 Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR)<\/a><\/li><li>China has launched a global artificial intelligence education platform, according to AzerNews. 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