{
  "census": "State of AI in International Education",
  "edition": "2026",
  "publisher": "The Brief: International Education Edition",
  "organiser": "Qualy",
  "sponsor": "NexPay",
  "url": "https://thebriefinternationaleducation.com/state-of-ai/",
  "languages": [
    {
      "locale": "en",
      "url": "https://thebriefinternationaleducation.com/state-of-ai/"
    },
    {
      "locale": "pt-BR",
      "url": "https://thebriefinternationaleducation.com/pt-br/state-of-ai/"
    },
    {
      "locale": "es",
      "url": "https://thebriefinternationaleducation.com/es/state-of-ai/"
    }
  ],
  "methodology": "https://thebriefinternationaleducation.com/state-of-ai/2026/methodology/",
  "published": false,
  "sampling": "Self-selected sample of practitioners in international education. Not a probability sample; no margin of error is quoted.",
  "minimumSample": 10,
  "reliableSample": 30,
  "index": {
    "name": "The Brief AI Adoption Index",
    "version": "2026.2",
    "scale": "0–100",
    "frozen": "Formula fixed before fielding opened; changing a weight starts a new series with a new version. No response was collected under 2026.1.",
    "basis": "Complete cases only. All four components are asked in section one, so every component describes the same population.",
    "components": [
      {
        "question": "s1_ai_frequency",
        "weight": 35
      },
      {
        "question": "s1_ai_maturity",
        "weight": 35
      },
      {
        "question": "s2_ai_agentic",
        "weight": 20
      },
      {
        "question": "s1_policy",
        "weight": 10
      }
    ]
  },
  "figures": [
    {
      "slug": "ai-daily-use",
      "question": "How many education agencies use AI every day?",
      "asked": "How often do you personally use AI tools for work?",
      "questionId": "s1_ai_frequency",
      "population": "of people at education agencies",
      "url": "https://thebriefinternationaleducation.com/state-of-ai/2026/ai-daily-use/",
      "percent": null,
      "respondents": null
    },
    {
      "slug": "ai-beyond-drafting",
      "question": "How many organisations have moved AI beyond drafting and summarising?",
      "asked": "Where is your organisation on the AI ladder — not using it, basic use, producing work with it, automating with it, building with it, or innovating with it?",
      "questionId": "s1_ai_maturity",
      "population": "of organisations in international education",
      "url": "https://thebriefinternationaleducation.com/state-of-ai/2026/ai-beyond-drafting/",
      "percent": null,
      "respondents": null
    },
    {
      "slug": "agentic-ai",
      "question": "How many have AI that acts without a human approving each action?",
      "asked": "Does AI in your organisation act without a human approving each action?",
      "questionId": "s2_ai_agentic",
      "population": "of organisations in international education",
      "url": "https://thebriefinternationaleducation.com/state-of-ai/2026/agentic-ai/",
      "percent": null,
      "respondents": null
    },
    {
      "slug": "ai-integration-requests",
      "question": "How many have asked a software provider to connect their AI?",
      "asked": "In the last 12 months, have you asked a software provider to let your AI connect to their product?",
      "questionId": "s2_integration_asked",
      "population": "of organisations in international education",
      "url": "https://thebriefinternationaleducation.com/state-of-ai/2026/ai-integration-requests/",
      "percent": null,
      "respondents": null
    },
    {
      "slug": "ai-policy",
      "question": "How many have a written AI policy?",
      "asked": "Does your organisation have a policy on how AI may be used?",
      "questionId": "s1_policy",
      "population": "of organisations in international education",
      "url": "https://thebriefinternationaleducation.com/state-of-ai/2026/ai-policy/",
      "percent": null,
      "respondents": null
    }
  ],
  "citation": "State of AI in International Education 2026, The Brief.",
  "contact": "survey@thebriefinternationaleducation.com",
  "description": "The first practitioner census of how international education really uses AI — including who has actually connected it to their systems. Ten minutes, four short sections, your AI Adoption Score straight away and the findings before anyone else."
}