A slew of edtech companies — edX and Coursera — have announced plans to incorporate generative AI into their products.

Pearson Online Learning Services will be sold to the Los Angeles private equity firm Regent LP.

Pearson+ reached 4.8 million registered users and 600,000 paid subscribers last year. The company plans to add more content to the service.

Pearson and Arizona State University are ending a decade-long contract that accounted for about one-third of Pearson's OPM revenue.

The badging platform Credly and the cybersecurity education provider InfoSec are the latest companies snatched up by publishers.

Data from the textbook subscription service will help Pearson better design digital learning experiences, the company's CEO said in an investor presentation.

The publisher claims Chegg is profiting from verbatim answers copied from its textbooks.

Pearson+, which gives users access to 1,500 digital titles, follows similar textbook-rental services offered by its competitors.

Pearson says the new technology will be used to help educators develop more personalized course instruction and feedback for students.

Limited information — including names, birthdays and email addresses — has been compromised for an unknown number of school and university students.