AI just changed again - what schools and universities need to know this week

This week delivered one of the biggest waves of AI news in recent memory - and Dan and Ray unpack what it all means for schools, universities and vocational education. From Microsoft's upcoming Copilot upgrades to Google's jaw-dropping Gemini 3 and Nano Banana Pro image model, the landscape for teachers shifted fast. They explore how these tools are already reshaping lesson design, image generation, student support and academic workflows - and why NotebookLM might quietly be the most important education tool Google has ever released.

They also break down newly released case studies from the Australian Industry Group, discuss Claude's expansion through Azure, and look at how sectors like health, logistics and vocational training are adopting AI at speed.

In the second half, the episode dives into three significant peer-reviewed research papers - including new evidence of gender bias in AI explanations, emerging AI-pedagogy frameworks, and fresh insights into how students actually use (and feel about) AI in their studies.

• Useful review of Gemini 3 by Ethan Mollick
  https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/three-years-from-gpt-3-to-gemini 
  
  
• Examples of the infographics we created with Google's NotebookLM can be found on these two links:
  The podcast episode infographic from the Aaron Driver, of UNE, interview
  https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ai-in-education-podcast_aiineducation-notebooklm-podcast-activity-7398861734071083008-08GD
  The podcast series infographic from Series 14 "the Humans of AI"
  https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rayfleming_aiineducation-podcast-notebooklm-activity-7398515648089468928-vOUS 
  
  

• NotebookLM announcements
  https://x.com/notebooklm/status/1989078069454270649?s=46&t=p57lLRpTCXGNBiwhIjsl7Q 

• Google announce new Gemini certifications for education
  https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/education/gemini-certifications-education/ 

• 29 teachers sharing their stories about using AI with students
  https://cogniti.ai/2025-cogniti-mini-symposium-resources/ 

Australian Industry Group

• Report: AI positive for companies, their people and Australian industry
  https://www.australianindustrygroup.com.au/news/reports/2025/artificial-intelligence-positive-for-companies-their-people-and-australian-industry/