ChatGPT o1, AI-Powered Careers Advisors & Unprecedented Investment in AI-Powered Workplace Coaching

Hello, Fellow Learning Futurists 👋

A warm welcome to the October edition of Learning Futures! It’s been another busy month in the world of learning innovation. Key developments include:

1. AceUp’s $22.5M Series A: is AI-powered coaching being lined up to reshape professional development?

2. AI-Powered Career Exploration in K-12: Oregon’s new career tool for students offers a glimpse into the future of personalised careers support.

3. Klarna’s Shift to AI Solutions: Does the discontinuation of traditional SaaS tools in favour of in-house AI tools reflect a growing trend toward AI-powered operational efficiency?

4. OpenAI’s ChatGPT o1: Does the release of the latest model from OpenAI bring with it new opportunities to delegate thinking and reasoning as well as doing?

5. NotebookLM: Google’s multimodal content creation tool has some interesting practical and pedagogical benefits for teachers, researchers and students.

Let’s dive in and explore what these developments mean for your day-to-day work! 🚀