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EDUCAUSE 2025 revealed a seismic shift: AI conversations moved from “if” to “how” as faculty embrace AI in classrooms and administrators use it to tackle budget pressures.
Universities aren’t building standalone AI anymore, they’re embedding it into existing platforms. One institution cut admin tasks by 40% through automated document processing. Another accelerated research collaboration by 60% with AI-powered search.
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| Access Box AI in side panel on Box Notes (Dec. 2025) GA | Click the Box AI icon to open a side panel that lets you use Box AI without disrupting your Box Note. Ask questions, summarize content, or generate new material, and easily add results with the “Add to Note” button. Box AI adapts to both Q&A and composition prompts, while a “Switch to modal view” option provides a larger workspace for longer inputs or table formatting. |
| Embeddable Box AI for Hubs Q&A (Dec. 2025) Launched | Users are able to embed Box Hub's AI-powered Q&A chat as a standalone widget in a third-party website or web application. This focused embedding mode displays only the conversational Box AI interface—with no Hubs navigation—making it easy to create dedicated chatbots powered by your organization’s curated content referenced in the Hub. |
| Multi-Factor Authentication for External Collaborators on Mobile iOS (Launched) | External collaborators can now complete MFA verification directly in the iOS Box mobile app, closing a critical security gap. This update ensures consistent protection across devices, enables secure mobile access to shared content, and supports compliance with organizational data security standards. |
| New Granular Permissions for Legal Holds (Dec 2025) Update | GA | With the new Legal Holds only permission, enterprises can now assign either:
Assigning these roles does not require the admins be given any additional product access, helping organizations establish admins responsible for managing Legal Holds, while still maintaining the principal of least privilege. |
| Announcing end of life for Box Sync Deprecation | Box will end of life (EOL) Box Sync in December 2026. We will provide customers with twelve months of notice before the EOL. |
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| Date | Events | Event type |
|---|---|---|
| December 17, 2025 | Webinar (Japanese) | |
| December 17, 2025 | Virtual event | |
| December 24, 2025 | Webinar (Japanese) | |
| January 7, 2026 | Virtual event | |
| January 28, 2026 | Virtual event |
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