Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Microsoft and University of Illinois Build StudentSim to Train AI Tutors (+4 more)

5 stories, about 11 minutes of reading.

Tech

Microsoft and University of Illinois Build StudentSim to Train AI Tutors (2 minute read)

Researchers from Microsoft and the University of Illinois created StudentSim, a system that builds realistic digital replicas of individual students to help improve AI tutors.

OpenAI Launches Astra for Law, a GPT-6 Tool for Legal Research (3 minute read)

OpenAI Group PBC has introduced Astra for Law, a specialized legal research configuration built on top of the GPT-6 Astra model.

Tech

Google Releases Agent Development Kit for Kotlin 1.0 with On-Device AI (2 minute read)

Google has launched the production-ready Agent Development Kit for Kotlin 1.0 to support Android and JVM applications.

Tech

Daily AI Usage in the U.S. More Than Doubled Between March and August 2026 (1 minute read)

Data from Epoch AI and Ipsos reveals that the percentage of American adults using artificial intelligence almost every day jumped from eight percent to 19 percent in six months.

Entertainment

Runway Previews Research Into Real-Time AI Video Generation and Streaming (3 minute read)

Runway is researching real-time video generation to let users stream and steer AI videos instantly instead of waiting for finished clips.

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Microsoft and University of Illinois Build StudentSim to Train AI Tutors (+4 more) (Tuesday, September 22, 2026) | AI and Tech News