This AI Literacy Review covers the Good Things Foundation’s AI Gateway, Hour of AI initiative, Singapore’s mandatory AI literacy course for public servants, Google’s AI literacy hub and AI quests, UK and US Governments’ AI and education initiatives, Pew Research on Americans’ view of AI, AI literacy on The Today Show, AI literacy in HR, AI transparency, the National Education Association’s grant from Microsoft, Alabama and AI literacy, books and guides on AI literacy, arguments for more AI literacy courses, and more.
General
The Good Things Foundation in the UK launches the AI Gateway with free learning content to help everyone understand AI and develop more confidence using it, featuring video explainers, printable resources, example prompts, and knowledge checks.
The Hour of AI sponsored by Amazon Web Services (AWS) is launching in 2026, building on the Hour of Code initiative to help students, educators, and the public build AI literacy and understand and create with AI through resources and activities.
Pew Research Center’s report How Americans View AI and Its Impact on People and Society by Brian Kennedy et. al finds that 95% of U.S. adults have heard at least a little about AI, 53% think AI will worsen people’s ability to think creatively, and 50% are more concerned than excited about AI use in daily life.
In Why AI readiness requires digital literacy and inclusion Michelle Du and Nicol Turner Lee discuss how AI literacy initiatives should focus on building basic digital literacy skills and access, and their concern with the emerging AI divide.
NBC’s Today Show features a segment on skills to stand out in the workplace including AI literacy.
The New York Times opinion guest essay Parents, Your Job Has Changed in the A.I. Era by Jenny Anderson and Rebecca Winthrop explores the impact of AI on education and what parents need to know about AI and AI literacy programs in schools.
AI Literacy for CHROs: What You Need to Know (and What Your CEO Already Thinks You Do) covers some considerations for CHROs who want to build AI literacy, what questions to ask vendors about AI, and what topics to be prepared for in executive-level discussions.
In AI Literacy in Job Descriptions Are on the Rise: What Does It Mean? in The HR Digest, Anuradha Mukherjee discusses the vagueness in AI literacy appearing in job descriptions and what employers and employees can consider from an HR perspective.
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) working paper How People Use ChatGPT by Aaron Chatterji et al. analyzes millions of ChatGPT prompts and finds the three most common topics are Practical Guidance, Seeking Information, and Writing and that non-work-related messages have grown to over 70% of all usage.
In AI Speaks for the World… But Whose Humanity Does It Learn From? Frederic Jacquet discusses the Harvard study showing how AI models tend to reflect Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic worldviews due to the training data used, and the issues associated with this.
On the issue of AI transparency, Kelly Webb-Davies in AI disclosure? Maybe it’s nunya. argues that AI can be useful for many people in the writing process and that linguistic discrimination means many don’t feel comfortable with being more transparent about having used AI, so as long as writers are in control of the AI tool, they shouldn’t be blamed for using it.
Owen Matson writes about the Cognitive Dissonance of AI Literacy and different theories relating to how we understand cognition and the nature of knowledge.
Laurie Bridges uncovers a 2003 paper by Latanya Sweeney titled That’s AI? : a history and critique of the field that shows the lack of a clear definition about what artificial intelligence was long before Generative AI came around and broadened the definition even more.
Government
Singapore launches a mandatory AI literacy course for public servants to prepare them for responsible AI use and keep up with changes in technology.
Education
Google’s AI Literacy hub brings together AI resources and learning tools for parents, students, and educators, including a new podcast for parents, a video series on AI features like guided learning, and foundational AI literacy lessons.
Google launches AI Quests to teach AI literacy to youth ages 11 to 14 through immersive adventures and world problems like health and science, with lesson plans for educators.
The UK Government publishes Using AI in education: support for school and college leaders with free support materials about using AI effectively and safely, including slides, videos, and transcripts.
The White House announces a Presidential AI Challenge for K-12 students and educators that will provide toolkits, webinars, and a guidebook to help advance participants’ AI literacy.
The National Education Association (NEA) announces receipt of a $325,000 grant from Microsoft Elevate to expand efforts to support educators with AI in education through new content in their AI learning series and micro-credentials.
In How Alabama Is Leading the Way in Teaching Data Literacy in Grades 6-12 Eric Mackey covers the impact of an initiative with Alabama-based AI and data literacy platform Quanthub to train up teachers in data science so they are prepared to instruct 10,000 students in data and AI literacy across grades 6 to 12.
In Education Week’s article We’re Entering a New Phase of AI in Schools. How Are States Responding? Alyson Klein reports on how states are tackling AI professional development, such as through an AI point person, an innovator network, and grant programs to support initiatives.
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam’s Centre for Teaching and Learning publishes the Handbook of AI Literacy Student Edition as a general intro to Gen. AI for students during their academic journey. It opens with a powerful line: “Imagine…You’re in the university library, it’s late afternoon and your essay is due tomorrow. You open ChatGPT and type: “Write an introduction for an essay on the influence of social media on democracy.” Within five seconds, a seemingly perfect paragraph appears. You hesitate. Is this allowed?”
A Guide to AI in Schools: Perspectives for the Perplexed by educators and for educators by Julie M. Smith et. al is published by MIT Teaching Systems Lab to spark thought and discussion about what teachers are doing with AI in classrooms. It is Creative Commons licensed.
Arizona State University scholars including Michael Simeone publish the white paper Escaping Flatland: Understanding Multi-Dimensional Potentials of AI Literacies in College Research and Writing which covers the topic of developing critical and culturally aware literacy around AI, drawing on a concept from Edwin Abbott’s science fictional story Flatland.
In ‘AIA-PCEK’: A new framework for teaching with AI Aziz Mimoudi introduces a new framework for teachers based on the TPACK model to better accommodate the dynamic nature of AI.
The editorial team at The Brown Daily Herald argues that Brown University should establish an AI literacy requirement for first-year students to give clear guidance on expectations and create AI teaching assistants to help students outside of office hours.
In ChatGPT bans evolve into ‘AI literacy’ as colleges scramble to answer the question: ‘what is cheating?’ Jocelyn Gecker from the Associated Press writes about how schools are struggling to adapt to the presence of AI chatbots that can complete assignments so quickly and easily, and that AI literacy has become a buzzword in education.
In How to Make Time for Computer Education and AI Literacy in an Elementary School Day Andreas Tsouchlaris and Pat Keeney make recommendations for lesson planning and emphasizing the relevance of computing skills for young students.
In Bridging AI literacy and UTAUT constructs: structural equation modeling of AI adoption among Chinese university students, Ke Qi, Gong Yunhong, and Ke Changping study how AI literacy interacts with the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT)—Performance Expectancy, Effort Expectancy, Social Influence, and Facilitating Conditions and shapes students’ intention to adopt AI.
In AI Mastery May Not Be For Everyone, But AI Literacy Should Be, Fiona M. Hollands, Daniella DiPaola, Cynthia Breazeal, and Safinah Ali discuss the impact of their short-format, modular AI literacy courses on teachers’ and students’ knowledge and perceptions of AI, finding that teachers saw an increase in knowledge of AI concepts and increase optimism about AI’s benefits.
In AI Literacy: Elementary and Secondary Teachers’ Use of AI-Tools, Reported Confidence, and Professional Development Needs, Zoi A. Traga Philippakos and Louis Rocconi explore how educators in grades 3-12 use AI tools, what their confidence level is, and what professional development they need. They found that out of 242 teachers, less than half were currently using AI tools, and their key need to boost confidence was workshops.
Geneva High School English teacher George Goga plans to teach an AI literacy course covering what AI is, pros and cons, and the ethics related to it and the class planned for January is already at capacity.
BBC Bitesize offers a quick guide on how to use AI for homework developed by AI educator Dan Fitzpatrick to help teen students develop more understanding of AI and try out sample prompts.
In Beyond Teacher Readiness: Reimagining AI Literacy as Collaborative Inquiry, Nick Potkalitsky critiques the dominant narrative about how teachers must master AI literacy before teaching their students and suggests that schools should make classrooms safe action spaces where teachers become co-investigators who explore AI collaboratively alongside their students.
In Schools cannot teach AI literacy without a way to measure it, Amit Sevak of assessment organization ETS argues that assessing AI literacy needs to be integrated into curriculum design and measured consistently to avoid having uneven preparation for students in schools.
Education company Pearson launches AI literacy modules to help students build skills in AI that will be available in courses across STEM, business, health, and humanities.
In Why AI Literacy is the New Imperative for America’s Children, Zak Ringelstein of Zigazoo, a social network for kids, announces the company is launching an AI short-form video curriculum for K-12 and an AI Science Fair to help teach children about AI and critical thinking skills needed in the future.
In Using the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy to Enhance AI Literacy, Med Kharbach pairs the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy with different kinds of activities that AI could assist with and which AI tools might be useful at each level.
ChatGPT publishes 100 chats for college students organized by study, career, and life to show how other students are prompting AI tools and give ideas for what AI can be prompted about.
