👩‍🎓AI + Students: What’s Changing

OpenAI has just made its premium ChatGPT Plus subscription available for free to all college students in the U.S. and Canada through May, just in time for final exams! This gives students access to advanced features like O3-mini reasoning model, image generation, voice interaction, and powerful research tools, all designed to help them tackle their studies more effectively.

This move intensifies competition with Anthropic, which recently launched Claude for Education, a tailored version of Claude aimed at higher education institutions. It features a “learning mode” designed to help students learn by guiding their reasoning rather than simply providing answers.

The race is on as AI startups are rapidly reshaping the education landscape, changing the way students learn and work. In this edition, we’ll take a behind-the-scenes look at these edtech startups and explore how students feel about using AI tools.

Here is an overview of today’s newsletter:

• Key takeaways from edtech leaders in our recent AI x Education webinar

• Insights on student perspectives and real-world use cases of AI

• Exploring AI’s potential to enhance student collaboration and group work

• How AI edtech platforms are making learning more accessible around the world

🚀 Practical AI Usage and Policies

⭐️ Insights from our AI x Education Webinar Series

At our recent AI x Education webinar, AI in the Classroom: Practical Insights from Leading Edtech Innovators, Bill Salak (CTO/COO of Brainly) and France Hoang (co-founder/CEO of Boodlebox) shared insights from their experiences building AI-powered education platforms that serve hundreds of thousands of students worldwide. Check out the webinar recording below!

TLDR

• AI alone isn't enough - successful educational technology must address genuine friction points in today's learning landscape while complementing traditional education methods.

• Educational assessment needs to shift focus from products (essays, projects) to processes, as AI can easily generate the former without indicating true student knowledge.

• Future-ready education requires developing domain expertise, responsible AI usage skills, and strengthened human capabilities like collaboration and critical thinking.

⭐️ Latest Reports on AI

Anthropic Education Report: How University Students Use Claude

Anthropic recently reviewed over a million anonymized student interactions on their LLM, Claude.ai, a leading AI tool among students. The analysis revealed that STEM students, especially those studying Computer Science, are among the earliest adopters. Despite making up just 5.4% of U.S. degrees, Computer Science students accounted for 36.8% of all conversations. Meanwhile, students in Business, Health, and the Humanities are adopting ...