Crossing the Chasm: the Month AI-Ed Matured?
Hello Fellow Learning Futurists 👋
Welcome to the June edition of Learning Futures, where we track the shifts transforming how we teach, learn and think in an AI-shaped world.
While there's been a LOT of talk and action in the world of AI & learning in the last year, something about developments in June 2025 feels different. Where previous months brought us product launches and policy announcements, this month marked something deeper—the moment AI in education crossed the chasm from testing to scaling, from pilot to policy.
Here's what shaped the AI-edu landscape in June 2025:
Harvard's breakthrough study that will rewrite how we think about AI tutoring (and why it changes everything)
Google's I/O surprise that caught the education world off guard—plus two new tools that hint at AI's creative future
The Big Three's education play—but their competing visions reveal a fundamental split in how AI should serve learning
The 92% student adoption milestone—and why the real challenge isn't technology, but equity
Three governments make major AI-ed policy moves—signalling a global shift toward AI literacy as a civic responsibility and requirement
Ready to explore how these trends will reshape your work?
Let's dive in. 🚀