Heise's iX is hosting a compact webinar on the EU AI Act, aimed at helping companies understand what the regulation requires of them. Sessions cover labeling duties, staff AI competence, and obligations tied to high-risk AI systems, with a focus on practical implementation. It is a paid training offer rather than a regulatory announcement.
A law professor ran a two-year classroom experiment comparing three setups: a full AI ban, unrestricted AI access, and guided AI training. Students who worked without AI placed last in both years, while the researcher says the outcome overturned his prior assumption that unguided AI use would be harmful. He now argues structured instruction on AI tools matters more than prohibition.
Data from a global OECD education study indicates that students who turn to AI for studying tend to get worse academic results than peers who do not. The relationship is not uniform, however, as some specific ways of using these tools were associated with modest gains, particularly for those who received instruction on how to use them. The findings suggest that how AI is used in learning matters more than whether it is used at all.
OpenAI is scaling up programs aimed at the news sector, reaching both journalism students and working media professionals. The initiative combines skill-building, access to the company's AI tools, and collaborative arrangements with schools and publishers. The goal is to embed AI literacy and practice across the full pipeline of news production.
WHY IT MATTERS ↘By training students, educators, and newsrooms on its tools, OpenAI is seeding early-career adoption that could make its stack the default across the media pipeline, raising switching costs against Google and other AI vendors. It also converts potential licensing adversaries into institutional partners, a governance play that buys both content access and reputational cover in the ongoing copyright fight.