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In this week's episode of the AI and Education Podcast, Ray and Dan dive into one of the most chaotic – and entertaining – weeks in AI news so far. From councils losing millions to AI-powered scams to the idea of having a "family safe word," this one swings between hilarious and hair-raising.
They unpack what's new in AI assessment research - including TEQSA's AI guidance for universities, the "wicked problem" of AI and assessment, and why Turnitin's detection tools are under fire (again). You'll hear how South Australia's EdChat report shows teachers and students deepening their learning with AI, and which countries are quietly leading the world in classroom AI use (spoiler: it's not who you think).
Plus, a few surprise stats on politeness and prompt-writing - turns out being rude to AI might actually get better results.
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YT Channel - the podcast in video form, and Shorts
https://www.youtube.com/@aiineducationpodcast
TikTok
https://tiktok.com/@aipodcast.educati
Links to news items discussed
AI Safety
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-14/noosa-council-scam-mayor-blames-ai-imitation/105887962
Mike Tholfsen's Microsoft 365 Copilot Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbOJliF-Cn4
South Australia's Edchat Insights Report
https://www.education.sa.gov.au/docs/ict/edchat-insights-report.pdf
Enacting assessment reform in a time of artificial intelligence
https://www.teqsa.gov.au/guides-resources/resources/corporate-publications/enacting-assessment-reform-time-artificial-intelligence
And the link to 'Assessment reform for the age of artificial intelligence' - https://www.teqsa.gov.au/guides-resources/resources/corporate-publications/assessment-reform-age-artificial-intelligence
Syracuse University gives Claude Education to all students and staff
https://news.syr.edu/2025/09/22/syracuse-university-among-first-universities-to-provide-campuswide-ai-access-to-anthropics-claude-for-education/
Jordan - the whole country, one man chat app for education
https://x.com/cryptoprio/status/1974040334737846279?s=46&t=p57lLRpTCXGNBiwhIjsl7Q
California Community Colleges also rolling out Nectir to staff and students
https://www.axios.com/local/san-francisco/2025/10/06/california-community-colleges-ai-nectir-tutors
2025 "State of AI" report
https://www.stateof.ai/
Oxford University Press report on AI use by UK school students
https://fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/oxed/secondary/Teaching_the_AI_Native_Generation.pdf?internal=true
OECD's latest Teaching and Learning International Survey
https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/results-from-talis-2024_90df6235-en.html
University wrongly accuses students of using artificial intelligence to cheat
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-09/artificial-intelligence-cheating-australian-catholic-university/105863524
ACU's checklist for spotting AI written text:
https://staff.acu.edu.au/our_university/news/2025/march/turnitin-ai-indicator-tool
And in researching this, I also stumbled across the Wikipedia page "Signs of AI Writing"