it is hard to enthusiastic about AI at the moment and the daily utterances leaders of the big software companies hardly inspire confidence. Remember in days gone by how AI proponents used to enthuse about how AI would extend access to everyone to education. Well a Google press release brings good news. Google DeepMind has shipped shipped SL2T, a sign-language-to-text model, into Gboard and Live Transcribe on the Pixel 1, starting with ASL to English. It works like voice dictation, but instead of speaking, you sign to the phone’s camera and it turns your signing into text in real time, anywhere […]

Many of those colleagues involved in the Erasmus+ AI pioneers project may remember the visit by Thuy Cat to Europe in summer 2025. In an all too short visit, Thuy met managers and practitioners from vocational schools in Germany and Italy as well as making a presentation at an AI Pioneers project meeting. This was part of her work for her Fellowship report: AI Integration for Student Engagement for the Australian International Specialised Skills Institute. Thuy’s Fellowship report has recently been published. The report explores how artificial intelligence (AI) can be integrated into vocational education and training (VET) to enhance […]