AI, education, tools, and the ideas that connect them.
Results from the AAC&U 2026 survey of 1,057 college faculty are alarming: 73% have personally dealt with AI-related academic integrity violations, and 78% say cheating has increased since generative AI arrived. The credibility of higher education is under strain.
On April 14, 2026, the AI tool landscape shifted again. Claude Code introduced cloud-based automation Routines and a multi-session desktop. Notion unveiled voice input and AI agents that are now 35–50% cheaper to run. Gemini 2.5 Pro officially claimed the title of the world's best learning AI by integrating LearnLM.
On August 2, 2026, the EU AI Act becomes fully applicable. Education is classified alongside healthcare as a special protection domain, and AI systems that infer student emotions are outright banned. Here is what European schools need to change — and what it means for educators worldwide.
As of March 2026, roughly 60% of schools worldwide ban or restrict smartphones — up from 40% just a year earlier. France is expanding its ban to high schools, Germany is tightening rules state by state. AI walks into the classroom; the smartphone waits outside. How should we make sense of this paradox?
Anthropic shipped over 30 versions of Claude Code — from v2.1.69 to v2.1.101 — in just five weeks. Here is what matters: the NO_FLICKER rendering engine, Focus View, a Vertex AI setup wizard, interactive /powerup tutorials, and enterprise-grade sandboxing.