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AI Is Now Routine in Classrooms and First Jobs, Pushing a Rethink of Teaching and Training

New evidence highlights gains from tutor‑style AI, with risks when use goes unchecked.

Overview

  • Educators report widespread student reliance on chatbots as policies and teacher training lag, with surveys noting rising use and uneven readiness across schools.
  • Experimental results cited from a Turkish high school show lower exam scores with unrestricted GPT‑4 for homework, a gap that disappears when AI is constrained to tutor‑style prompts, with complementary programs pairing GPT tutors and humans also improving outcomes.
  • Large tech firms are pouring about $300 billion this year into AI data centers and cloud capacity, fueling growth even as analysts question profitability and warn about heavy energy demand.
  • The UK’s AI Safety Institute is in Mexico this week to present the International AI Safety Report 2025 and launch regional talks with Latin American governments, industry and civil society on safe, equitable deployment.
  • Corporate adoption is expanding but uneven: Deloitte finds 58% of global business service organizations starting GenAI pilots focused on finance and IT, while an Argentina survey shows high personal use alongside limited formal training and calls for clearer governance.