IIEST Shibpur and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence. The agreement was signed on September 22, with the centre physically located at the institute's High-Performance Computing Lab in the Electrical Engineering Department. The two sides said the platform will let faculty, researchers and students work on AI-related research and applications while strengthening interaction between academia and the technology industry.
The UAE approved an AI curriculum this month for public and private schools, covering data, algorithms, applications, risks and ethical use of technology. The government also plans to train 22,000 teachers and educators to use AI in teaching, assessment and lesson planning. Several schools said younger pupils are taught through screen-free "unplugged" programmes, with supervised use of approved AI tools starting around age 13.
Indian educational games and toys startup Skillmatics is in advanced talks with Premji Invest, ChrysCapital and A91 Partners to raise INR 600-700 crore (about USD 60-75 million) at a valuation of roughly USD 420 million. The round is largely structured as a secondary sale, giving existing investors including Peak XV Partners an exit, with only about USD 20-25 million going toward business expansion. The company last raised USD 16 million in 2022 at a USD 128 million valuation and has since grown revenue roughly eightfold, with the United States accounting for about 85% of revenue.
Reuters reported on September 23, 2026 that Verizon will launch a portal offering AI training from IBM, Google, Microsoft, Anthropic, Coursera and OpenAI. The original item lists only the participating providers and does not disclose the launch date, course content, target audience or pricing. The report was carried by moomoo, with Reuters credited as the original source.
The US Department of Education issued guidance last week separating recreational technology from instructional technology and raising the bar for instructional technology, including AI. It calls for judging products by demonstrated learning outcomes rather than usage, building evidence into renewals, and expecting vendors to publish independent evaluations and disclose what their products cannot do. The article also cites a two-year randomized trial across 18 Tennessee middle schools: 96% of students tried an AI tutor at least once, but turned to it in only 17% of the moments when they had gotten something wrong.
