Author: IBL News

IBL News | New York

Kaplan this month released its new AI-driven learning and study tools for personalized, in-context, unlimited support, immediate feedback, test prep, and advising at scale.

“We are combining decades of experience, highest quality course material, pedagogical best practices, psychometric rigor, and unique data with state-of-the-art models and technology architecture,” said Sergo Grigalashvili, a top executive at Kaplan. “Feedback from our students is overwhelmingly positive.”

Kaplan AI includes test-prep models that predict learners’ scores and outcomes, as well as their learning behaviors and patterns.

Its AI mentor is designed to provide instant, detailed answers that understand the explanation behind every question. The learner can also tailor the way it explains the information.

This AI Tutor is already available in many of Kaplan’s products, including ACT, AP, Bar, GMAT, MCAT, SIE, and USMLE prep.

For essay grading, the AI assistant provides instant, strategic feedback, pinpointing users’ strengths, identifying areas for improvement, and giving them a competitive edge in their applications, according to the company.

The college advising test prep pro, essay editor, and industry insider tool is built on 85+ years of data.

Beyond the educational industry, Kaplan has issued a wealth management professional assistant for financial advisors. This AI tool, intended to save time day to day and elevate client services, includes fact-checking for real-world, complex client scenarios and real-time insights.

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IBL News | Tempe, Arizona

“AI empowers learners to drive their own journeys,” said ASU President Michael Crow in an opening speech during the two-day conference “Agentic AI and the Student Experience”, which took place in Tempe, Arizona, last week. “No two people learn the same way.”

During his keynote, Crow explored the concept of learning without limits and stated.

“You have a right to learn the way that you want to learn, the right to learn in the way that your intelligence works, your right to learn the way your mind works to achieve these things that you want to achieve.”

As an advocate for the transformative potential of technology, Crow shared his vision: “AI is the first tool that allows us to both confront technological threats and seize new opportunities.”

He encouraged attendees not to succumb to the technological disruption but to create new sociological opportunities. We never had anything like that that worked in both directions.”

“The most complicated object in the universe is your brain. I don’t believe you were given that, only to not use it to its maximum potential, creativity, and individual learning.”

As one of the nation’s top schools in innovation, Crow called on leaders to explore how agentic AI can help dismantle traditional barriers to education and expand access at scale.

During the event, representatives of ASI showcased the institution’s new AI platform, CreateAI, for building internal projects.