Week in Edtech 3/19/25: OpenAI’s Writing Model, Gemini Canvas Goes Free, Zoom’s Chain of Draft, China Adds AI to Schools, EdTech Office Closes, and More! Feat. Annie Chechitelli of Turnitin & Sara Mauskopf of Winnie

Send us a text Join hosts Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they break down a pivotal week of AI announcements, edtech disruption, and education policy shifts. ✨ Episode Highlights: [00:00:00] China introduces AI education for 6-year-olds, sparking urgency for U.S. to respond [00:05:23] OpenAI teases a creative writing model as Google and Anthropic push into coding AI [00:07:59] Gemini Canvas and Deep Research go free, redefining educational productivity tools [00:11:09] Copyright clash: OpenAI wants to train on protected content, creatives push back [00:14:02] Gemini’s UI outpaces OpenAI with real classroom use cases [00:17:54] Chain of Draft from Zoom cuts AI costs by 90% and mimics human note-taking [00:18:34] Baidu, Alibaba launch emotion-reading and multi-modal AI models in China [00:20:50] Manus, China’s autonomous AI agent, sparks global interest in multi-agent systems [00:23:36] U.S. vs. China: centralized AI strategy meets decentralized innovation culture [00:27:57] U.S. Education Dept. shutters Office of Ed Tech, leaving a national guidance gap Plus, special guests: [00:30:11] Annie Chechitelli, CPO at Turnitin, on launching Clarity for ethical student AI use [01:03:49] Sara Mauskopf, CEO & Co-founder of Winnie, on expanding into K-12 and the rise of school choice 😎 Stay updated with Edtech Insiders! Follow our Podcast on:Apple PodcastsSpotifyAmazon MusicSign up for the Edtech Insiders newsletter.Follow Edtech Insiders on LinkedIn! 🎉 Presenting Sponsor: This season of Edtech Insiders is once again brought to you by Tuck Advisors, the M&A firm for EdTech companies. Run by serial entrepreneurs with over 25 years of experience founding, investing in, and selling companies, Tuck believes you deserve M&A advisors who work as hard as you do.