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Agentic AI and education

January 27, 2026 · 19 min

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Carlo Perrotta (University of Oxford) was researching GenAI in education long before it hit the headlines.

We talk about the latest hype around ‘Agentic AI’ and whether this is genuinely a game-changer or simply a desperate attempt to sustain the GenAI hype bubble.

Accompanying reference >>> Perrotta, C. (2024). Plug-and-play education: Knowledge and learning in the age of platforms and artificial intelligence. Routledge.

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