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Kara Kennedy, PhD

@karakennedy.bsky.social
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Educator, Writer, Sci-Fi Scholar, Expert in tech & AI literacy Elected Member, Local Board

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Kara Kennedy, PhD @karakennedy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Is New Zealand ready to take advantage of the opportunities AI offers? Check out the presentations from the Aotearoa AI Summit 2026 conference held in Wellington on September 8-9: ailiteracy.institute/aotearoa-ai-...
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Aotearoa AI Summit 2026 Notes - AI Literacy Institute
Notes from Aotearoa AI Summit 2026: New Zealand needs strategic policy now, and has opportunities to be a strong, trusted player in the AI space.
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Kara Kennedy, PhD @karakennedy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Is it possible to teach AI literacy…without using AI? One self-styled anti-AI librarian says yes. The September 1, 2026 AI Literacy Review covers her reflections on teaching an AI literacy course that didn’t require students to use AI, and lots more: ailiteracy.institute/ai-literacy-...
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AI Literacy Review – September 1, 2026 - AI Literacy Institute
An anti-AI librarian's reflections on teaching an AI literacy course, Day of AI's K-12 curriculum, and AI literacy and entrepreneurship education.
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Kara Kennedy, PhD @karakennedy.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Who knew?! 38% of baby boomers across 16 countries are defying stereotypes and actively learning about AI through online resources. The May 5, 2026 AI Literacy Review covers the EY and AARP report on baby boomers’ AI literacy, plus more. Check it out: ailiteracy.institute/ai-literacy-...
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AI Literacy Review – May 5, 2026 - AI Literacy Institute
EY and AARP’s report on baby boomers’ AI literacy, BBC’s AI literacies framework for public service media, Google's Catholic-school AI literacy initiative.
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Kara Kennedy, PhD @karakennedy.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The US Government hopes workers will text their way to AI literacy, while Catholic education considers AI literacy for the soul. Check out the April 7, 2026 AI Literacy Review with updates on initiatives, research, and education in the AI literacy space: ailiteracy.institute/ai-literacy-...
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AI Literacy Review – April 7, 2026 - AI Literacy Institute
US Government’s free AI literacy text message course and National Policy Framework, AI literacy in Catholic education, AI moralization and resistance.
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Kara Kennedy, PhD @karakennedy.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
The AI Literacy Review - March 3, 2026 covers the US Department of Labor’s AI Literacy Framework, UNICEF Innocenti’s ‘Skills for an AI world’ initiative, Anthropic’s AI Fluency Index, AI health literacy, whether copyright kills competition, and more: ailiteracy.institute/ai-literacy-...
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AI Literacy Review – March 3, 2026 - AI Literacy Institute
US Department of Labor’s AI Literacy Framework, UNICEF Innocenti’s ‘Skills for an AI world’ initiative, AI literacy framework for Singapore.
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Dune Scholar @dunescholar.com · 27/02/2026
My latest article "Dune's Discomfort with Religion" is up on the American Philosophical Association's site. I look again at the way the new Dune films distort the portrayal of key characters and concepts from the book. Find it here: blog.apaonline.org/2026/02/26/d...
Dune's Discomfort with Religion on APA site
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Kara Kennedy, PhD @karakennedy.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
The AI Literacy Review - Dec 2, 2025 features American Medical Association’s policy to expand AI training, Association of American Medical Colleges’ AI Competencies for Medical Educators, gov and educational initiatives, gamified AI literacy, and more: ailiteracy.institute/ai-literacy-...
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AI Literacy Review – December 2, 2025 - AI Literacy Institute
This AI Literacy Review features the American Medical Association’s policy to expand training in AI, the Association of American Medical Colleges’ Artificial Intelligence Competencies for Medical Educ...
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Kara Kennedy, PhD @karakennedy.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
The Nov 4, 2025 AI Literacy Review covers AI driver's license concept for AI literacy, illustrative map of connections between humans & AI development, more frameworks and centers and research on AI literacy, and libraries and AI: ailiteracy.institute/ai-literacy-...
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AI Literacy Review – November 4, 2025 - AI Literacy Institute
Mike Taubman’s AI driver’s license concept, an illustrative mapping of connections between humans and AI development, AI literacy launches and frameworks.
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Kara Kennedy, PhD @karakennedy.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
AI Literacy Review - Oct 7 covers Good Things Foundation's AI Gateway of free content, Hour of AI, Singapore's mandatory AI literacy course for public servants, Google’s AI literacy hub, NBER's How People Use ChatGPT, Alabama’s AI literacy efforts, & more: ailiteracy.institute/ai-literacy-...
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AI Literacy Review – October 7, 2025 - AI Literacy Institute
Good Things Foundation's AI Gateway, Hour of AI, Singapore's AI literacy course, Google's AI literacy hub & AI quests, UK and US AI and education.
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Kara Kennedy, PhD @karakennedy.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Microsoft’s 2025 AI in Education Report calls AI fluency a workforce imperative but says training hasn’t kept up. The Sep 9, 2025 AI Literacy Review covers AI literacy for community education, UNESCO's future of AI and education, and more! ailiteracy.institute/ai-literacy-...
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AI Literacy Review – September 9, 2025 - AI Literacy Institute
UN’s AI governance initiatives, UNESCO’s AI and future of education essay collection, Anthropic and Microsoft’s education reports, AI literacy initiatives.
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Kara Kennedy, PhD @karakennedy.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
🚀 I’ve launched my first AI literacy course on Privacy and Risks with Gen. AI! People often ask whether AI tools like ChatGPT are safe to use. I developed this short course to raise awareness and address privacy-related risks. Sign up for free: learn.ailiteracy.institute/products/cou...
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Privacy and Risks with Generative AI
This course covers the basics about privacy and risks with Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT. Learn about local and cloud-based AI, popular tools' privacy policies, risks, and techniques for protect...
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Kara Kennedy, PhD @karakennedy.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
The Aug 5 AI Literacy Review covers UK Charity Digital Skills Report, Microsoft’s $4 billion AI training initiative, IKEA’s AI literacy, Saudi Arabia’s AI in schools, launch of AI in Education learning platform, Peer & AI Review resource, & more. ailiteracy.institute/ai-literacy-...
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AI Literacy Review – August 5, 2025 - AI Literacy Institute
This AI Literacy Review looks at Microsoft’s $4 billion AI training initiative, IKEA’s AI literacy training, 9th UK Charity Digital Skills Report, and more.
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Kara Kennedy, PhD @karakennedy.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
I’m excited to be running for Waitematā Local Board in Auckland in the local government election! I’m part of the City Vision team alongside Alexandra Bonham, Anahera Rawiri, Peter Elliott, Theo van de Klundert, Connor Sharp, & Caitlin Wilson. We're committed to a vibrant and thriving Auckland.
Candidate photo for Waitemata Local Board election
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Kara Kennedy, PhD @karakennedy.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
I’m excited to support free scholarships for the Google AI Essentials online course for people in New Zealand. I’ll be running live support sessions on Teams, starting on 29 July. Individuals can register by completing this Google Form: forms.gle/HpccKVpNXHfo...
free scholarships for Google AI Essentials course for New Zealand
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Kara Kennedy, PhD @karakennedy.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
How are librarians thinking about AI literacy and leadership in this changing space? The AI Literacy Review for July 8 looks at 2 new books on AI and libraries, the American Library Association’s newsletter-based course, global AI literacy initiatives, & more. ailiteracy.institute/ai-literacy-...
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AI Literacy Review – July 8, 2025 - AI Literacy Institute
UK to train 7.5 million workers in AI, American Library Association's AI literacy newsletter course, AI toolkit for school districts, and more.
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Kara Kennedy, PhD @karakennedy.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
The June 3, 2025 AI Literacy Review covers draft AI literacy framework for edu by European Commission, OECD, & Code .org; Alan Turing Institute on Gen. AI and children, Anthropic's AI Fluency course, Fibre Fale's AI course for Pacific communities, & more. ailiteracy.institute/ai-literacy-...
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AI Literacy Review – June 3, 2025 - AI Literacy Institute
Draft AI literacy framework for education by the European Commission, OECD, and Code.org, Alan Turing Institute's study of AI use by children, and more.
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Kara Kennedy, PhD @karakennedy.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
What's the impact of White House’s executive order on AI and education? The May 6 AI Literacy Review looks at Datacamp and LexisNexis' reports, AI & Democratic Values Index, Will the Humanities Survive AI?, 2029 PISA AI literacy assessment, & more. #AIliteracy ailiteracy.institute/ai-literacy-...
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AI Literacy Review – May 6, 2025 - AI Literacy Institute
White House’s executive order on AI and education, Datacamp and LexisNexis reports, AI Labor Playbook, AI and Democratic Values Index, and more.
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Kara Kennedy, PhD @karakennedy.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
The April 22 AI Literacy Review features a children’s book about AI bias, Stanford’s 2025 AI Index Report, Harvard Business Review’s report on AI usage, Lloyd Bank’s AI training program, AI literacy initiatives in a museum and library, + more. ailiteracy.institute/ai-literacy-...
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AI Literacy Review – April 22, 2025 - AI Literacy Institute
Stanford’s 2025 AI Index Report, a children’s book about AI bias, a kids' board game, Harvard Business Review’s report, Anthropic’s Education Report, and more.
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Kara Kennedy, PhD @karakennedy.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
The April 8 AI Literacy Review looks at Anthropic’s “AI biology” research into Claude, how Generative AI reshapes teamwork, Meta’s pirated books training data, tech workers and execs pretending to know more about AI than they do, and more. ailiteracy.institute/ai-literacy-...
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AI Literacy Review – April 8, 2025 - AI Literacy Institute
Anthropic’s “AI biology” research into Claude, Educate AI magazine, how Generative AI reshapes teamwork, Meta’s pirated books training data, and more.
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Kara Kennedy, PhD @karakennedy.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
How might Paulo Freire's critical pedagogy from 1968 relate to AI & education? The March 25th AI Literacy Review explores this plus how AI will transform librarianship, Sydney's open-access Canvas AI course, Texas A&M and Perplexity, and more. ailiteracy.institute/ai-literacy-...
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AI Literacy Review – March 25, 2025 - AI Literacy Institute
AI literacy as LinkedIn’s fastest-growing skill, US Space Force, China and AI classes, AI and librarianship, Paulo Freire's critical pedagogy and AI.
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Kara Kennedy, PhD @karakennedy.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
The March 11th AI Literacy Review covers AI for foreign policy and legal work, global surveys about AI skills, gender gaps in AI, prompting approaches, AI literacy for librarians, Stanford’s AI literacy lessons, students’ perspectives, and more. #AIliteracy ailiteracy.institute/ai-literacy-...
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AI Literacy Review – March 11, 2025 - AI Literacy Institute
Global surveys about AI skills, gender gaps, AI uptake by marketers, AI for legal work, AI literacy for librarians, Stanford’s AI literacy lessons, and more
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Kara Kennedy, PhD @karakennedy.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
The Feb 25th AI Literacy Review covers surveys on AI usage, AI divides, AI literacy for libraries, AI in humanities and writing courses, an AI literacy microcredential, AI curricula, AI for physics teachers, and more. #AIliteracy ailiteracy.institute/ai-literacy-...
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AI Literacy Review – February 25, 2025 - AI Literacy Institute
AI usage, AI divides, AI literacy for libraries, AI in humanities and writing, AI literacy microcredential, AI curricula, and AI for physics teachers.
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Kara Kennedy, PhD @karakennedy.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Recordings from the Fantastic Futures conference are up - check out my ⚡ talk on AI literacy! www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/c...
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Kara Kennedy, PhD @karakennedy.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Nice to see this review finally getting published. “Overall, this is a closely argued, well-supported study that highlights the strength in the Bene Gesserit sisterhood throughout the six-book series.”
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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
"Claude, please create a Buzzfeed from a world that is just like our own, except that Howard Taft returned from the dead and rules the country from the TaftDome" Yes, that is the only prompt. The final two paragraphs after the list made me laugh.
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Kara Kennedy, PhD @karakennedy.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
🖼️💻Culture meets AI: check out my notes from the Fantastic Futures conference on #AI in libraries, museums, archives, and academia around the world: #FF2024 ailiteracy.institute/notes-from-f...
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Notes from Fantastic Futures Conference on AI for Libraries, Archives, and Museums 2024 - AI Literacy Institute
Notes from presentations at Fantastic Futures, international conference on AI for Libraries, Archives, and Museums (AI4LAM) in Australia, October 2024.
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Kara Kennedy, PhD @karakennedy.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Now on BlueSky 🔷
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