🧠 AI & Education

📆 This Week

Governments are moving from AI strategy to execution with sizable investments in workforce and education pipelines. South Korea’s $220M plan to recruit 400 AI postdocs signals a push for long-term domestic R&D capacity, while China and the EU’s joint commitment to vocational AI training points to geopolitical alignment on digital competitiveness. Dubai’s pledge to train 10,000 workers by 2030 and Latin America’s large-scale trial of AI learning tools for teens and teachers and Malaysia’s trial for virtual counselors suggest a broader shift toward embedding AI into mainstream education.

🧩 Launching the AI Capability Framework

This week, QS Launched the AI Capability Framework, helping universities to assess AI maturity, identify strengths, gaps, and improvement priorities. Check out the interactive website and learn more about the Capability Framework and Assessment. ⬇️

⭐ AI Spotlight

💚 Malaysia’s Ministry of Higher Education is launching AIMI, an AI-powered virtual counselor to support university students with stress, anxiety, and depression.

👩🏻‍💻 Efekta Education Group has piloted an AI English learning program in Latin America, aiming to personalize instruction for up to 4M, 11-17 year-old students and their teachers.

💡 U.S. nonprofit InsideTrack has partnered with Salesforce’s Agents for Impact to build an AI coaching tool that analyzes student data and generates session summaries and action plans.

🔎 Learning Companions

A new generation of AI-powered learning platforms is taking shape, designed not as content platforms or tutoring tools, but as persistent, intelligent guides for learners navigating academic, personal, and professional journeys. Learning Companions span higher education and workforce learning, meeting students where they are—on campus, at home, or on the job.

HolonIQ’s analysis unpacks this evolving space, exploring the early signals, the strategic moves by institutions and providers, and the broader implications for education and work. There is clear momentum, and growing curiosity, around how learner support will evolve. If you aren't already a customer, request a Demo today for access to HolonIQ's market data, analysis and briefings.

🤝 Policy & Partnerships

⚛ Technological University of the Shannon and Dell are launching an AI platform to support research in LLMs, real-time data, cybersecurity, healthcare, sustainability, and robotics.

✨ Brunel University and Salesforce launched “Square AI” to integrate generative AI into teaching and campus operations, focusing on digital literacy and institutional change.

🦾 Samsung’s R&D Institute Noida and IIT Madras signed a five-year MoU for joint research in AI for Indian languages, healthcare, and generative AI, including student training and fellowships.

🗽 2025 Back to School Summit, Sept 9-11, NYC

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Spotlight: Shape the Future of AI in Education

The Summit brings together global leaders to explore how institutions, governments, and innovators are working to ensure AI is used responsibly and equitably. Learn from founding members of the Responsible AI Consortium (RAIC), which connects institutions advancing ethical AI in higher education. Discover how Empire AI is building New York’s public AI infrastructure to support research, access, and innovation. Hear from Valerie Singer of AWS on the evolving role of AI in global education and workforce systems. Explore how national policies and institutional strategies are building AI literacy and rethinking the skills students need for an AI-driven world.

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