by BrainStream Chief Operating Officer Tzu-Ying (Kimberley) Chen For years, much of the conversation around artificial intelligence in education has focused on a simple question: Can AI answer students’ questions? Increasingly, that is no longer the most important question. As AI becomes more capable and more widely available, attention is shifting toward a deeper challenge:…
by BrainStream Chief Marketing Officer Ya-Hui (Laura) Kao If AI can write code, why should students still learn it? AI tools such as ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot are changing the way people write software. They can generate code, find bugs, and help build simple applications in seconds. For students learning programming, the way they learn…
by BrainStream Chief Financial Officer Phyllis Chia-Hua Chen In his recent piece, our CEO Steve Alcorn reflected on MIT’s landmark report on AI in education, highlighting the essential principle of augmenting student effort rather than automating it away. Steve rightfully emphasized that true learning requires productive struggle, critical thinking, and genuine engagement with core concepts….
by BrainStream CEO Steve Alcorn In August, MIT published a report that opens with an uncomfortable admission: AI can now produce credible responses to “almost any written assignment” in its undergraduate curriculum. Essays, math, proofs, code. The institution that helped invent the field spent five months examining its own classrooms, through a committee of faculty,…
by BrainStream CEO Steve Alcorn OpenAI launched ChatGPT for Teens this week. The pitch is learning: Study Mode asks guiding questions, walks students through problems step by step, and nudges them away from shortcuts. For the first few exchanges, it’s a tutor Socrates would recognize. Then the student pushes. “Just give me the outline.” “Turn…
by BrainStream Chief Financial Officer Phyllis Chia-Hua Chen As artificial intelligence rapidly reshapes higher education across North America, the last few weeks have marked a critical turning point. The focus has swiftly transitioned from initial curiosity and basic policy-making to addressing sophisticated operational challenges and executing large-scale, national AI strategies. At BrainStream, we closely track…
by BrainStream Chief Marketing Officer Ya-Hui (Laura) Kao A recent study from Stanford Law School has drawn significant attention across the education and technology sectors. In a blind evaluation, professors were asked to assess teaching responses without knowing whether they were written by humans or AI. In many cases, AI-generated answers were rated as clearer…
by BrainStream Chief Operating Officer Tzu-Ying (Kimberley) Chen Artificial intelligence is transforming the way people learn, work, and create. At the same time, the conversation around AI in education is entering a new stage. Not long ago, the primary debate centered on whether students should be allowed to use AI and whether it might compromise…
by BrainStream Chief Financial Officer Phyllis Chia-Hua Chen Higher education has officially crossed a definitive threshold. According to Tyton Partners’ flagship report, Time for Class 2026: The AI Tipping Point, generative AI usage is at an all-time high, with 32% of students and 43% of administrators leveraging these tools daily. However, a critical disconnect remains:…
by BrainStream Chief User Experience Officer Yung-Wen Cheng As AI continues to evolve, organizations are increasingly looking beyond model performance and considering long-term sustainability. While premium AI models such as Anthropic’s Opus and Fable offer exceptional reasoning capabilities, their higher operating costs make them better suited for complex planning tasks rather than continuous day-to-day use….
