AI has impacted many aspects of life in recent years, but maybe no more so than how we teach and learn. At the University of Delaware, the Academic Technology Services team is using AI this fall to give teachers and students more learning tools. In this edition of Enlighten Me, Delaware Public Media’s Kyle McKinnon sat down with Erin Sicuranza and Jevonia Harris of UD’s Academic Technology Services team to learn more about how the university is using AI.
Monday, September 16, 2024
An Ethics Expert’s Perspective on AI and Higher Ed - Johnni Medina, Pace University
In education, I think we're going to see a growing level of inequality in outcomes. Some students are going to graduate with educations that are pristine, that are at levels that could not have been even reached 20 years ago, because they will have been able to use AI to research so deeply into a subject they enjoy. But I’m afraid, we are also going to see some graduates who have been able to fake it, in essence, the whole four years.
Sunday, September 15, 2024
Stony Brook University Launches AI Innovation Institute - Stony Brook News
“As a university-wide enterprise, the AI Innovation Institute (AI3) is intended to accelerate, coordinate and organize AI innovation and education across Stony Brook,” Provost Lejuez said. “The institute will serve to empower the entire university community and beyond, catalyzing core AI research, curriculum innovation, and societal change in the ever-evolving landscape of knowledge work.” A national search will be launched to identify the inaugural director. The search will be co-chaired by Steve Skiena, distinguished professor in the Department of Computer Science and director of the Institute for AI-driven Discovery and Innovation, and Robert Harrison, professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics and director of the Institute for Advanced Computational Science (IACS).
Yale's $150 million, five-year AI investment is about 'shaping the future' - Brian Zahn, New Haven Register
Yale University's announcement last week that it would invest $150 million in the development of artificial intelligence programs over five years was met with praise from higher education officials within and outside of the Yale community. In an Aug. 28 letter to the Yale community, Yale Provost Scott Strobel said the investment follows a report from the Yale Task Force on Artificial Intelligence and will be allocated to fulfill four main goals: building 450 graphics processing units on a staggered basis to allow researchers to process large data sets and conduct advanced simulations; launching a proprietary generative AI platform called Clarity; recruiting "more than twenty" faculty members with an academic focus on AI technology and piloting curriculum review grants; and promoting collaboration and innovation between departments.
https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/yale-150-million-5-year-ai-investment-shaping-19747105.phpSaturday, September 14, 2024
KU English professors awarded NEH grant for 2025 AI, digital literacy institute - Kathryn Conrad, University of Kansas
Two University of Kansas researchers have been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities grant to teach critical artificial intelligence literacy to secondary and higher education humanities instructors. Kathryn Conrad and Sean Kamperman received an NEH Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities grant for $218,732 to fund their project, AI & Digital Literacy: Toward an Inclusive and Empowering Teaching Practice, an in-person institute administered in partnership with the National Humanities Center, in June 2025. KU is one of only four institutions to receive this highly competitive grant in 2024.
Western Governors University, Aera Bring AI to Student Support Services - Abby Sourwine, GovTeech
Western Governor’s University (WGU) announced last week that it will use the Aera Decision Cloud to assist with student support. The platform will sort through academic activity data at the entirely online institution and use it to recommend courses of action to assist students in need. “With nearly 1.1 million online students in the U.S. and retention rates 20 percent lower for online and adult learners across the higher-ed landscape, there’s a clear opportunity to improve outcomes,” Joe Dery, vice president and dean of WGU’s School of Technology, wrote in an email to Government Technology. “We know that timely outreach can significantly enhance student persistence, and by evolving our approach, we can better deliver this support at scale within our flexible education model.”
Friday, September 13, 2024
Microsoft is turning to AI to make its workplace more inclusive - Samantha Kelly, BBC
Microsoft says AI can be a tool to promote equity and representation – with the right safeguards. One solution it's putting forward to help address the issue of bias in AI is increasing diversity and inclusion of the teams building the technology itself. "It's never been more important as we think about building inclusive AI and inclusive tech for the future," says Lindsay-Rae McIntyre, Microsoft's chief diversity officer, who joined the firm in 2018. A former teacher for the deaf, McIntyre has spent over 20 years in human resources in the tech industry, including at IBM, and has lived and worked throughout the US as well as in Singapore and Dubai. Now, she says her team at Microsoft is increasingly focused on embedding inclusion practices into the firm's AI research and development to make sure there is better representation "at all levels of the company".
Is AI Making Degrees Useless? The White-Collar Apocalypse - Julie McCoy, Youtube
White-collar jobs are susceptible to AI automation because of the routine cognitive tasks, data analysis, and language-based tasks. Among the jobs that are at risk of automation, include financial analysts, accountants, paralegals, legal researchers, journalists, and content creators. Even middle management jobs involving routine decision-making and data analysis are susceptible to automation. AI is advancing in its ability to replicate human reasoning and behavior. McCoy mentions a CEO predicting a future with 10 billion robots in people's homes.The best way to prepare for the future is to develop skills that complement AI, such as emotional intelligence, creativity, and problem-solving skills. The future belongs to those who can collaborate with AI and use it to their advantage. (GenAI assisted with summary)
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Too Few Middle-Skills Credentials to Meet Future Job Demand - Sara Weissman, Inside Higher Ed
A new report from Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce found that colleges and other credential providers aren’t producing enough credentials that lead to well-paying, middle-skills jobs to satisfy employer demand in many metro areas across the country. The report, published today, defines high-paying middle-skills jobs as those that require an associate degree or credential, but not a bachelor’s degree, and in which more than half of early-career workers earn at least $53,000 per year. Such jobs span a wide range, from firefighters to software developers to radiologic technicians. The report found that out of 343 credential providers, 311 of them, or 91 percent, would need to more than double the number of credentials they award in such fields to avoid local shortages in the future.
Penn State launches generative AI program for faculty - EdScoop
The Pennsylvania State University on Tuesday announced a new program designed to help faculty members use generative artificial intelligence to support their teaching efforts. The program, called “AI-Enhanced Pedagogy: Exploring Generative AI as a Collaborative Partner,” includes seven “events,” each with a different activity or project. According to the program’s website, participants will use “at least” 3 generative AI tools, review and revise a course or teaching approach, and create a video that can be distributed to students that explains their instructional philosophy concerning generative AI. “The goal of this endorsement is to help create pathways to support student use of generative AI in learning activities,” reads a university announcement.
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
OpenAI **JUST** Announced GPT-5 [100X BIGGER] - Wes Roth, YouTube
(summary facilitated by GenAI)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7sFwtrnQIw&t=1s
With $50M in new funding, You.com thinks its AI can beat Google on hard questions - Devin Coldewey, TechCrunch
If you build an AI search product, you compete with Google. But Google has a lot easier time answering queries with a single, simple answer, such as “how many is a dozen?” than it does answering complex questions like “what influence did Thomas Paine’s ‘Common Sense’ have on Enlightenment ideals?” That’s why You.com is betting the company on answering the second type of question. Emboldened by a new $50 million funding round, the consistently innovative yet often overlooked AI company aims to excel where other AI companies raising billions falter.
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Samsung Launches Smartphone with Quantum Chip for Security - Bernice Baker, IOT World Today
The QRNG chip generates unpredictable, genuinely random numbers to protect the login, authentication, payment, unlock and password generation procedures for phone functionality and apps. This includes securing sensitive information such as face ID and fingerprints used for identification and screen unlocking, and data stored on-device or in external memory. “The Galaxy Quantum 5 is the latest in the Quantum series, now with premium performance and AI features, further enhancing its completeness,” said Yoo Chul-joon, head of the SK Telecom Smart Device CT department.
AI may not steal many jobs after all. It may just make workers more efficient - Paul Wiseman, AP
The arrival of generative AI has raised worries that chatbots will replace freelance writers, editors, coders, telemarketers, customer-service reps, paralegals and many more.“AI is going to eliminate a lot of current jobs, and this is going to change the way that a lot of current jobs function,’' Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, said in a discussion at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in May. Yet the widespread assumption that AI chatbots will inevitably replace service workers, the way physical robots took many factory and warehouse jobs, isn’t becoming reality in any widespread way — not yet, anyway. And maybe it never will. The White House Council of Economic Advisers said last month that it found “little evidence that AI will negatively impact overall employment.’’ The advisers noted that history shows technology typically makes companies more productive, speeding economic growth and creating new types of jobs in unexpected ways.
Monday, September 09, 2024
New Stunning Research on AI in 2030 - the AI Grid, YouTube
This video discusses a recent report by Epoch AI, a research institute focused on investigating trends in machine learning and forecasting the development of artificial intelligence. The report’s findings predict significant advancements in AI functionality by 2030. The video highlights a few key points from the report. First, the report predicts that future AI models will be able to seamlessly integrate into existing workflows, manipulate browser windows or virtual machines, and operate independently in the background. This agentic capability would allow AI to perform tasks without constant human supervision Second, the report suggests that the economic potential of AI is enormous. The ability to automate a substantial portion of economic tasks could justify trillions of dollars of investment.
Amazon's LEAKED Conversation Reveals Stunning Truth About The Future Of Software Engineering - Wes Roth, YouTube
AI will change the way software engineers work but is unlikely to replace them entirely. AI tools will automate some of the coding tasks, but developers will still be needed to design and build systems. The skills required of software engineers will change. In the future, developers will need to focus more on understanding customer needs and how to best use AI tools to build useful products. The video includes a leak recording of a fireside chat with the AWS CEO Matt Garman. Garmin says that AI is here to augment developers abilities and not to replace them. He says that AWS is helping employees upskill and learn about new technologies.
Sunday, September 08, 2024
iAsk Ai Outperforms ChatGPT and All Other AI Models on MMLU Pro Test - MarkTechPost
iAsk Ai has quickly become a leader in AI search. iAsk Ai’s search engine is powered by iAsk Pro, their latest model that has outperformed top competitors like OpenAI’s GPT-4o, Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and Google’s Gemini Pro, as shown by its record-breaking results on the MMLU Pro benchmark test. In less than two years, iAsk Ai has processed 325 million searches and now handles 1.5 million searches daily, proving its efficiency in delivering fast and accurate answers. or students, iAsk Ai offers a smarter way to find answers to complex academic questions, providing detailed explanations that deepen understanding without the hassle of sifting through multiple sources. Professionals can rely on iAsk Ai to obtain data-driven insights that inform their decisions, eliminating the need to reconcile conflicting information from different sources. Educators use it as a resource to enhance their teaching materials, while casual users benefit from the platform’s ability to deliver accurate answers without the friction of opening multiple tabs or dealing with sponsored content.
OpenAI’s Project Strawberry will become ChatGPT-5, launch soon, and be better at math than any chatbot, insiders say - Graham Barlow, TechRadar
More details of OpenAI’s secretive Project Strawberry have dropped, including its expected release date and the areas it will specialize in. A recent report in The Information quotes “two people who have been involved in the effort”, and goes on to say that Project Strawberry could drop this fall [so September-November], and be better at math and programming than any chatbot we’ve seen so far.
Saturday, September 07, 2024
7 new (and improved) things you can do with ChatGPT-4o - Emma Street, TechRadar
ChatGPT-4o can handle more complex instructions and follow them more accurately than its predecessors. It's more adept at understanding and executing multi-step instructions or those that require a higher level of reasoning. One of the most striking differences between version 4 and its predecessor is that you can now upload documents into the prompt window. ChatGPT-4 can analyze Word documents, spreadsheets, and images. ChatGPT-4 also enables you to use other users' customized GPTs and even allows you to create your own. We'll be looking at that in more detail below. (note: check out my custom GPT https://chatgpt.com/g/g-pLDOh2PHk-ray-s-eduai-advisor )
Is UBI Socialist? Can it Work for Capitalism? Redefining Wealth in the Age of AI - Julia McCoy, YouTube
Artificial general intelligence, aka AGI, will automate much of manual labor. It's time to reconsider our economic systems, and soon. Will compute replace currency? Could it be earth's resources are the new replacement for currency? These questions should be asked, and now is the time, so that we can get to the right answer before AGI is here. To avoid mass homelessness when millions are out of work, UBI is a concept that makes sense in this new world. But many still view Universal Basic Income (UBI) from an outdated perspective – as a socialist idea that is incompatible with capitalism. But what if I told you that UBI could be seen as an extension of capitalist principles? Let's explore this idea in today’s video.
Friday, September 06, 2024
OpenAI ORION (GPT-5) Arrives with Strawberry AI This Fall: AGI Soon! - AI Revolution
OpenAI's upcoming AI model, codenamed 'Strawberry,' promises groundbreaking advancements in solving complex problems and generating synthetic data, potentially advancing towards AGI. This model, surpassing previous benchmarks, showcases significant improvements in reasoning and planning, with implications for fields ranging from business strategy to national security. Despite internal challenges and debates on AI safety, Strawberry's development highlights a major leap in AI capabilities, putting OpenAI at the forefront of cutting-edge technology.
Linux Creator Reveals the Future Of Programming with AI - Matthew Berman, Youtube
Let's look at what Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, thinks about the future of programming with AI.
Thursday, September 05, 2024
Why there's no standard AI policy in higher education, and what professors are doing about it - Kana Ruhalter and Arun Rath, WGBH
There’s a new back-to-school ritual for students and professors: brushing up on policies regarding the use of artificial intelligence. Thanks to the rise of generative artificial intelligence, what one instructor considers a tool in another context could be considered a slippery slope into academic dishonesty. Some universities have implemented AI policies that faculty are required to enforce. Others have recommendations — but no school-wide standards. So, how should professors proceed update their class policies?
OpenAI says ChatGPT's weekly users have grown to 200 million - Reuters
ChatGPT, launched in 2022, can generate human-like responses based on user prompts and had 100 million weekly active users, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman had said in November. OpenAI said 92% of Fortune 500 companies are using its products and the use of its automated Application Programming Interface, or API, which allows software programs to talk to each other, has doubled since the launch of ChatGPT-4o mini in July. Separately, AI startups OpenAI and Anthropic signed deals with the U.S. government for research, testing and evaluation of their artificial intelligence models, the U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute said earlier in the day.
Wednesday, September 04, 2024
Artificial intelligence? What happened to virtual reality? - Jim Chaffee, University Business
I’m an evangelist of sorts for virtual reality in higher ed, but I don’t think I’m overstating the case when I say that VR in its many forms holds the capacity to revolutionize a multitude of sectors, including education, healthcare, entertainment and engineering. True, its reach and level of interest has not yet matched that of artificial intelligence. Cost and accessibility are issues—headsets and other required equipment are beyond the means of many strapped budgets, while AI requires little new investment. VR also requires special training for people who support and use the technology, and to use it safely, requiring additional resources. Since VR has not yet been widely adopted, fewer high-quality educational content has been designed that can be integrated into the curriculum.
OpenAI’s First College Partnership Sheds Light on How GPT Is Used in Higher Education - Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly, Observer
At the beginning of this year, Arizona State University (ASU) became the first higher education institution to partner with OpenAI to integrate A.I. in coursework, tutoring and research. Now, eight months later, the university’s foray into A.I. has led to the creation of around 250 projects backed by ChatGPT, OpenAI revealed in an update today (Aug. 26). Universities like ASU, meanwhile, have embraced the technology as a way to enhance student potential. “The goal here was to really drive what future uses of A.I. technologies can look like and to help guide the design of new technology,” Kyle Bowen, ASU’s deputy chief information officer, told Observer.
Tuesday, September 03, 2024
Former Jordanian PM urges educational institutions to prepare youth for digital economy - Arab News
The former prime minister of Jordan has urged the country’s higher education and scientific institutions to better prepare young Jordanians for a digital and artificial intelligence-driven economy. Adnan Badran was speaking at the Economic Conference on Digital Economy and Technology, which opened in Amman on Saturday. He told the opening session of the conference that universities and other scientific organizations had to build programs to “match the digital transformation happening in Jordan so that younger generations of Jordanians can keep pace with global trends,” the Jordan News Agency reported.
UC Revamps Policies to Address AI's Growing Position in Education - Rowan Hetzer, The News Record
Widespread growth in usage of artificial intelligence (AI) across academic fields has prompted the University of Cincinnati (UC) to establish clear guidelines for its use within the university setting. Since ChatGPT and other generative AI tools’ major usage boom in 2022 and 2023, there has been an increase in usage in academia. A survey conducted by online higher education magazineIntelligent.com found that 30% of students reported using ChatGPT for academic purposes during the 2022-2023 school year.
Monday, September 02, 2024
82% of musicians are worried about their careers on AI impact, study reveals - Electronic Groove
A recent study by APRA AMCOS reveals significant concerns about AI’s impact on the music industry in Australia and New Zealand. The survey of 4,200 musicians highlights potential threats to music creation and artists’ livelihoods posed by AI technology. The study paints a worrying picture: 82% of artists are concerned about AI’s impact on their careers and finances. Projections suggest that by 2028, generative AI could threaten up to 23% of artists’ revenues, potentially leading to a cumulative loss exceeding AU$500 million.
Can AI and ChatGPT reshape academia? ASU believes so - Jeff Fromm, Forbes
Here are four primary AI impacts for today’s Gen Z students: AI is poised to radically transform academics and the way universities support student success. Ethical considerations like intellectual property protection and data privacy are forefront in today’s business conversation. Universities play a vital role in preparing students for the AI-driven workforce. Continuous learning and adaptability are essential skills in a world where students may have multiple jobs and careers.
Sunday, September 01, 2024
The future of the AI-enhanced classroom - Financial Times
The technology can, for example, help with the hours of grunt work, sometimes unpaid, that teachers do outside the classroom. Educational technology companies are already launching products using generative AI to help teachers prepare lesson plans and presentations, and tasks for students, though, like AI elsewhere, these must be policed for “hallucinations” and bias. Increasingly sophisticated systems are being launched, too, that can mark tests and homework, even providing feedback on written work. Ed techs are also developing AI-powered tutors that can open the way to giving students more individual attention by tracking their progress and understanding and providing tailored support.
https://www.ft.com/content/e9523570-5966-4d99-ac92-45d3966ae28e
How to Use ChatGPT at Work - HubSpot
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