A law professor at the University of Missouri is using chatbots to help her students hone their thinking and argumentation skills.

The online learning firm edX introduced two new tools powered by ChatGPT, the "first of many innovations" in generative AI for the platform.

Coursera plans to add a new AI-powered coaching tool to its platform, the online education provider recently announced.

Administrators said "Gwen" can answer questions, tell jokes and use emojis to get encourage students to re-enroll.

Cornell researchers found that chatbots helped people produce more ideas and shed anxiety that sometimes accompanies group work.

Juji co-founder Michelle Zhou said her company's chatbots are more flexible and their models come pre-trained for higher education customers.

Chatbots are helping universities better understand the needs of their students and proactively guide them toward support, educational technology leaders said.

The new machine learning-powered chatbot from EdSights gives advisers key insights into the challenges students are facing and how to address them.

Commentary: Choose technology that best suits the institution's specific needs for student engagement, just as USC Aiken has, says Daniel Robb.