ChatEDU – The AI & Education Podcast From Messaging to Mastery, Texting Your Way to AI Literacy | Ep. 104
In this episode of ChatEDU, From Messaging to Mastery, Texting Your Way to AI Literacy, Matt and Liz discuss couples therapy for a man and his AI girlfriend, OpenAI shelving adult companion features, and a pivot toward coding tools.
The Rundown
Gemini now imports personal context from other apps
University of Florida's Shark AI teaches K-12 machine learning through fossils and 3D prints
14 ways to remind kids that AI is a machine, not a friend
A new study on how 13–24-year-olds interact with AI
Mayor Wu wants Boston to lead on AI literacy in schools
Wikipedia bans AI-generated articles
Landmark rulings against Meta and Google over child safety
An Irish town bans smartphones for primary students
25 states target AI in education
The White House unveils a national AI workforce training framework
Prince William County bans AI glasses in school
Educause's "Prompt to Practice" pushes faculty AI transparency
Agentic AI speeds up math research at UPenn
Solar GPS and AI are replacing physical fences for livestock
AI bots have driven a 7,851 percent surge in internet traffic
Melania Trump proposes robots to teach classical studies
Anthropic finds an economic divide between AI newbies and power users
Beneath the Surface
Liz shares her firsthand experience with "Make America AI Ready," a free, week-long AI literacy course delivered via text message, discussing how SMS makes foundational AI concepts accessible to all Americans.
The Bright Byte
Helpany uses radar sensors to monitor seniors in living communities, reducing falls by 72% without invasive cameras.
Announcements
Learning They'll Love - Dr. Elizabeth Radday
ASCD: https://tinyurl.com/bde652nn
Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/22t9hz77
Barnes and Noble: https://tinyurl.com/bdckf6zw
Our six-week AI Micro-Credential course launching this spring in partnership with Southern Connecticut State University. Group discounts are available at Skills21.org/AI/Micro.
EdAdvance is offering a Middle and High School Student AI Literacy course — email chatedu@edadvance.org to bring it to your district. www.skills21.org/ai/learnai
Skills21’s FREE social media literacy course. Check it out at https://www.skills21.org/social-balance
Register for our Spring AI Conference (5.1.26) in Litchfield, CT https://www.skills21.org/event-details/ai-in-education-spring-2026-conference
Check out our new Screen Time initiative
This episode is sponsored by
The National Center for Next Generation Manufacturing. https://www.nextgenmfg.org and EDIA edia.app.
Links
Therapy for a man and his AI girlfriend
https://tinyurl.com/yuwub6x8
Bring your AI chat history to Gemini
https://tinyurl.com/4dknmrca
Using shark teeth to teach Florida students about AI
https://tinyurl.com/2fe8ym3y
Ways to Remind Yourself (and Your Kids) AI is a Machine
https://tinyurl.com/7fhpacyy
Youth, AI, and the Relationships That Shape Them
https://tinyurl.com/yshp99bc
Boston schools and AI literacy
https://tinyurl.com/2tz2kshk
Wikipedia bans AI-generated articles
https://tinyurl.com/2cfd2pka
How courts are rewriting the rules for Big Tech and children
https://tinyurl.com/3phy49ed
A Phone-Free Childhood?
https://tinyurl.com/4wrkhxkh
One Question Every Superintendent Should Be Asking
https://tinyurl.com/ye25sff2
National AI Policy Framework
https://tinyurl.com/mstfm8nt
Guidance for the use of AI-enabled glasses
https://tinyurl.com/4mpvnp8e
Transparent GenAI Use in Higher Education
https://tinyurl.com/ytbr4uym
How AI is reshaping math research workflows
https://tinyurl.com/3szc52hd
Expansion of Virtual Fencing
https://tinyurl.com/22ykucvz
AI Traffic & Cyberthreat Benchmark Report
https://tinyurl.com/2e5rxaap
Melania and the Robot
https://tinyurl.com/523buhen
America's next class war: AI fluency
https://tinyurl.com/496ns9n7
Make America AI-Ready
https://tinyurl.com/4tc9ja7h
Radar-Based Fall Prevention and Motion Monitoring
https://helpany.com