South Korea is investing 1.4 trillion won to mass-produce AI talent. But the head of the country's top education research institute warns that the system is still training students to find answers in an age when AI already does that better. Seoul National University's AI expansion was just rejected. The structural cracks are showing.
The 2026 HEPI/Kortext Student Generative AI Survey (third annual) finds that 95% of UK undergraduates now use AI β up from 66% in 2024. Yet universities remain deeply polarised: encouraging and discouraging AI in almost equal measure. Students are navigating this alone.
Japan's Ministry of Education (MEXT) released its Generative AI Guidelines version 2.0 in December 2024, moving from caution to careful adoption. With 50,000 teachers trained and a Digital DX Roadmap in place, Japan is building a human-centred, step-by-step AI education model β with the next curriculum update due in 2026.
The Lumina Foundation-Gallup 2026 State of Higher Education Study finds that 57% of US college students use AI weekly, and 16% have already changed their major because of AI. Meanwhile, half of institutions still formally discourage or prohibit AI β a policy gap with real consequences.
On May 11, 2026, the EU Education Council adopted landmark conclusions on AI in education. Teachers are not targets for replacement β they are guides, mentors, and critical thinkers. Why did the EU make this declaration now?