{"id":33951,"date":"2026-05-26T16:05:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T08:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/oetools\/?p=33951"},"modified":"2026-05-26T16:05:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T08:05:57","slug":"weekly-ai-news-update-15-21-may-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/oetools\/news-events\/weekly-ai-news-update-15-21-may-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly AI News Update (15 - 21 May 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"33951\" class=\"elementor elementor-33951\" 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-ac53b1b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ac53b1b\" 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-99db311\" data-id=\"99db311\" 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-1739d61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1739d61\" 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 recent article from Futurity explores teachers' perspectives on AI in the classroom, highlighting both cautious optimism and concerns about implementation, training, and equity. The piece reflects educators' mixed feelings, with many seeing potential benefits but stressing the need for clear guidelines and support. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurity.org\/what-do-teachers-think-of-ai-in-the-classroom-3334572\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=what-do-teachers-think-of-ai-in-the-classroom-3334572\">\ud83d\udd17 futurity.org<\/a><\/li><li>As more jobs require AI skills, some colleges may be failing to adequately prepare students. One critic asks: &#8220;Why would we train them using the skills of yesterday?&#8221; The gap highlights the need for updated curricula to meet evolving workforce demands. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/05\/18\/ai-workforce-college-jobs.html\">\ud83d\udd17 CNBC<\/a><\/li><li>A new article from Brookings questions whether it is time to formally measure cognitive stunting, a concept linked to early childhood development. 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