After combining with Udemy in May 2026, Coursera previewed Project Helix, an AI-native skills platform for enterprises, targeting broad launch in 1H 2027. The company said its 2026 Global Skills Report and AI-Human Skills Synergy Index show strong U.S. demand for AI skills, security, and agentic workflow content. Verizon will tap Coursera content alongside IBM, Google, and Microsoft in a $70M national AI education program.
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Bihar's Department of Science, Technology and Technical Education (DSTTE) and Google LLC signed a Statement of Intent (SoI) to collaborate on AI enablement and digital infrastructure. Under the SoI, Google has proposed training teachers in Hindi and English through the Google AI Educator Series, with content contextualised to local needs. The agreement aims to promote AI literacy and capacity building among teachers in Bihar and to create a digital ecosystem for effective use of digital and AI technologies in classroom teaching and learning.
Indian edtech company Arivihan has raised $10 million in Series A funding co-led by existing investors Accel and Prosus Ventures. The company plans to use the funds to expand into more states, launch new programs for CBSE students, and strengthen its AI and vernacular-language capabilities. Founded in 2022 and based in Indore, Arivihan offers video lessons, doubt resolution and personalized study plans, with 80% of its subscribers coming from Tier-III and rural areas.
Adelaide University's Computer Science Education Research (CSER) Group is partnering with the Raspberry Pi Foundation to bring the Experience AI program to Australia. The team localised Raspberry Pi Foundation and Google DeepMind materials to align with the Australian curriculum, offering teachers free materials including lesson plans, slide decks, videos, student activities and assessments. Teacher professional learning involves six hours of interactive workshops and webinars split into two three-hour sessions, with a certificate on completion, open to all year levels with no prior knowledge assumed.
According to a Duozhi report dated September 30, 2026, Gauth, ByteDance's overseas education app, fully launched its AI Course on September 1, 2026, adding more than 200 math courses to its initial history offerings, covering U.S. high school content such as Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Geometry and AP Calculus, and opening a user-created course feature. In the same period, Doubao Learning in China launched a Synchronous Course feature linking explanation, follow-up questioning, practice and review into a closed loop. Official data shows Gauth has been downloaded over 200 million times since its 2020 launch, with mathematics the most consulted subject globally.
South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT announced the results of the 2026 AI-Centric University competitive project, selecting Donga University in Busan. The city of Busan and Donga University will invest a total of 25.2 billion won over eight years from 2026 to 2033, including 21.2 billion won in national funding. The project is titled Demonstration-Based AI-Centric University Leading the Physical AI Transformation (Physical AX) for Specialized Industries in the Southeastern Region, covering manufacturing, energy, maritime, port and shipbuilding sectors.
South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT held a joint launch ceremony for AI-centric universities and AX graduate schools on Sept. 29 at Yonsei University in Seoul. Three new AI-centric universities were selected this year, along with 15 universities converted from existing software-focused universities; 15 universities are participating in AX graduate schools. AI-centric universities require all students, regardless of major, to receive basic AI education, with 3 billion won per university per year for up to eight years.
Voorhees University in South Carolina announced the creation of an Artificial Intelligence Institute of Technology and Research Center (AIITRC), funded by a $1,188,800 grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, to transform Bedford Hall into a hub for AI education, workforce training, research and community engagement. The center will integrate AI skills across academic programs, expand undergraduate AI research, prepare students for AI-related careers in industry, government and education, and offer workforce training and community programming for residents and organizations in Denmark, Bamberg and surrounding rural communities. The performance period runs from Oct. 1, 2026, through Sept. 30, 2031, and the university has developed a long-term sustainability plan covering endowment growth, workforce training revenue, future grants, industry partnerships, sponsored research and philanthropic support.
Harvard researchers found that students using an AI tutor learned more than twice as much physics as those learning in a classroom. The study involved 194 undergraduate students, with each student trying both methods. Students using the AI tutor scored a median of 4.5 on a test, compared with 3.5 for classroom learners, and spent 49 minutes learning compared with about 60 minutes. Learners reported high motivation with the AI tutor.
A Beijing Daily client survey found that primary and secondary school students commonly use AI to do homework, with essays the worst-hit area; some students adjust AI-generated text to hide traces. A 2025 survey by Sun Hongyan of the China Youth and Children Research Center covering students in seven provinces and municipalities found over 60% had used generative AI, mainly to help finish homework, and nearly 20% to have it write assignments. Beijing No. 18 High School has had students draft AI usage principles since 2024, with version 3.0 planned for November 2026.
Pearson announced on September 29, 2026 that it has agreed to acquire Workera, an AI-native skills intelligence platform. Workera combines agentic AI, psychometrics and adaptive assessment to measure demonstrated proficiency through role-specific scenarios and simulations, and its customers include ServiceNow, Accenture and the United States Space Force. The acquisition is expected to close in H2 2026 subject to customary closing conditions and any required regulatory filings or approvals, after which Workera will become part of Pearson's Enterprise Learning & Skills business unit.
Coursera released the eighth edition of its Global Skills Report on September 29, 2026, introducing the AI-Human Skills Synergy Index covering 98 countries. The United States ranks eighth overall, first in policy, infrastructure and technology readiness, but 27th in learner proficiency and behavior. AI security enrollments among US learners rose 358% year over year, and critical thinking enrollments rose 206%.
A September 2024 Harvard Gazette report described preliminary findings from a Harvard physics experiment involving 194 students. Students in Physical Sciences 2 experienced two lessons over consecutive weeks, alternating between an instructor-guided active-learning lesson and a custom AI tutor used at home. Preliminary analysis found the AI-tutored group's learning gains were about double those of the classroom group, with higher reported engagement and motivation. The study was led by Harvard lecturers Gregory Kestin and Kelly Miller, and the final research was still pending publication at the time.
On September 29, 2026, the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) Uttarakhand and the Kotak Education Foundation (KEF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to build AI literacy and competency among teachers and strengthen digital and technology-enabled education across the state. The two sides will jointly work on content development, online course design, technical support, and the implementation and dissemination of online courses for teachers. The courses are expected to be delivered through platforms such as DIKSHA, UK e-Srijan and Mission Karmayogi, with KEF adapting and rolling out its AI course for educators for the state's teachers.
A Harvard randomized crossover experiment with 194 undergraduates compared a custom AI tutor with an active-learning classroom. Led by Gregory Kestin and Kelly Miller, it covered physics topics including surface tension and fluid flow, with students experiencing both methods. Students using the AI tutor recorded more than twice the learning gains of the classroom group, with a median post-test score of 4.5 versus 3.5, while spending less time and reporting higher engagement and motivation.
The nonprofit EdReports released a new brief reviewing AI features from 10 K-12 curriculum and edtech vendors. Only one of the 10 vendors provided third-party evidence that its embedded AI features improved educational outcomes. The brief also states that existing frameworks often analyze privacy and safety of AI integrations, but lack consistent ways to determine whether AI can strengthen learning or preserve curriculum coherence.
