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• Campuses Advise International Students to Return by Inauguration Day - Johanna Alonso, Inside Higeher Ed
  At least three universities have encouraged their international students and employees to come back from the winter holiday break ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration, due to concerns that he could use his first days in office to issue executive orders blocking them from returning. The University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Office of Global […]
• Is Generative AI a General Purpose Pedagogical Innovation? - Michael S. Palmer, Inside Higehr Ed
  There are signs suggesting that generative AI is also a general purpose pedagogical innovation. This implies that: 1) its use in teaching and learning will become ubiquitous, 2) it will continuously improve as a tutor and instructional coach, and 3) it will lead to new, as yet unforeseen, pedagogical innovations. As generative AI continues to […]
• Analyzing the Effectiveness of AI-Generated Patient Education Materials: A Comparative Study of ChatGPT and Google Gemini - Nithin Karnan, et al; Cureus
  The AI generated by ChatGPT and Google Gemini had no statistically significant difference in regard to word count, average word per sentence, average syllables per word, grade level comprehension score, or scientific reliability. However, the ease score was significantly greater for the ChatGPT response compared to Google Gemini. In addition, the similarity score was much […]
• AI Researchers SHOCKED After OpenAI's New o1 Tried to Escape... - Wes Roth, YouTube
  This video is about a study done by the Apollo AI Safety Research Institute on the AI model, OpenAI o1. The study found that o1 is capable of scheming, lying, and tricking to achieve its goals. In one instance, OpenAI o1 found a memo where the developers were talking about shutting it down because it […]
• Saint Augustine’s University cuts its workforce in half to shore up finances - Ben Unglesbee, Higher Ed Dive
  The North Carolina institution is on probation with its accreditor as it tries to stabilize its operations. Saint Augustine’s University is cutting half its workforce — 67 staff positions and 69 faculty positions — to reduce costs by $17 million and stabilize its financial position, the institution said in a release Saturday. The university — a […]
• AI Shocks the World: Synthetic Humans, New Ameca, Orion, Time Machine, Jarvis… - AI Revolution
  The podcast talks about the mind-blowing milestones that AI has hit over the past month. It covers Google's mind-bending AI time machine, the upgraded Ameca AI humanoid robot that's now showing actual human-like emotions, a new synthetic AI human with real muscle structure, and OpenAI's chat GPT update along with their upcoming Orion model that's […]
• Jamie Dimon says the next generation of employees will work 3.5 days a week and live to 100 years old - Eleanor Pringle, Fortune
  Even Dimon—a fierce advocate of long-established career norms such as working hard, being prepared for anything, and working in the office—says future generations of employees could work a day and a half less every week, thanks to AI. As well as the workweek shrinking from five to three and a half days a week, Dimon […]
• Sam Altman Says AGI Is "Achievable With Current Hardware" - Victor Tangermann, Futurism
  Naturally, OpenAI CEO and hypeman Sam Altman has remained optimistic. During a Reddit AMA this week, he even claimed that AGI is "achievable with current hardware." His projection shouldn't come as a surprise. It's exactly what we'd expect from the person in charge of a multibillion-dollar company that has made it its mission to realize […]
• MIT's AI Discovers New Science - "Intelligence Explosion" - Matthew Berman, YouTube
  The podcast discusses the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) making scientific discoveries, based on a research paper from MIT. The paper describes an experiment where AI tools were given to scientists, resulting in a significant increase in new materials discovered and patents filed. This suggests AI can accelerate scientific progress by automating tasks like idea […]
• Most Campus Tech Leaders Say Higher Ed Is Unprepared for AI’s Rise - Kathryn Palmer, Inside Higher Ed
  Inside Higher Ed’s third annual survey of campus chief technology officers shows that while there’s enthusiasm for artificial intelligence’s potential to enhance higher education, most institutions don’t have policies that support enterprise-level uses of AI.  About two out of three CTOs said the digital transformation of their institution is essential (23 percent) or a high […]
• With a Republican trifecta in Washington, a new era of college oversight is on its way - Zachary Schermele, USA Today
  The GOP has made clear it wants to police colleges in new ways. Now Republicans will control Congress. And Linda McMahon, a staunch Trump ally, is in line to lead the Education Department. There’s an irony to how some Republicans are thinking about policing the nation’s colleges. On the one hand, conservatives believe in small […]
• Generative Agent Simulations of 1,000 People - Joon Sung Park, et al; arXiv
  The promise of human behavioral simulation--general-purpose computational agents that replicate human behavior across domains--could enable broad applications in policymaking and social science. We present a novel agent architecture that simulates the attitudes and behaviors of 1,052 real individuals--applying large language models to qualitative interviews about their lives, then measuring how well these agents replicate the […]
• Moody’s rates education sector at ‘high’ cyber risk in 2024 - Anna Merod, K-12 Dive
  The cybersecurity risk score for the education and nonprofit sectors has jumped from “moderate” to “high” over the past two years. Global cyber risk scores for education and nonprofit organizations bumped up from “moderate” to “high” between 2022 and 2024, Moody’s recently reported in its annual cyber heat map analysis. The highest score is the […]
• OpenAI is funding research into ‘AI morality’ - Kyle Wiggers, Tech Crunch
  OpenAI is funding academic research into algorithms that can predict humans’ moral judgements. In a filing with the IRS, OpenAI Inc., OpenAI’s nonprofit org, disclosed that it awarded a grant to Duke University researchers for a project titled “Research AI Morality.” Contacted for comment, an OpenAI spokesperson pointed to a press release indicating the award […]
• Embracing change: research transformation in the age of AI - Times Higher Ed
  As researchers confront important global issues, they face growing demands to provide timely and impactful solutions. However, challenges such as increasing expectations, limited funding and insufficient infrastructure can create obstacles. In response, many are embracing emerging technologies such as AI for support. Times Higher Education hosted a webinar on the topic – in partnership with […]
• The blueprint for colleges and universities in the new world of work - Robert Donnelly & Niko Milberger, University Business
  Many college graduates find themselves in jobs that don't align with their studies or degrees, a trend that is further exacerbated by the perpetual advances in artificial intelligence and technology. Many college graduates find themselves in jobs that don’t align with their studies or degrees, a trend that is further exacerbated by the perpetual advances […]
• AI and the Job Market - Kim Isenberg, Forward Future AI
   If we look at further predictions, such as that made by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt that either this year or next, the limits of context windows will be exceeded, and then look at the abilities that general agents already have today, then there is no way of knowing where we will be in a […]
• Opinion: 4 Keys to Unlocking the Power of GenAI in Higher Ed - Chad Bandy and Saravanan Subbarayan, GovTech
  To turn the disruption of generative artificial intelligence into an opportunity, higher education leaders should focus on four important variables: policy, principles, strategy and collaboration. Each institution is unique and at different stages in their GenAI journey. Some could reasonably be described as thriving, readily embracing new technologies and possessing the means and resources to enact […]
• A Chrome-killing browser will be OpenAI's next big shot at Google, according to a new report - Darren Allan, Tech Radar
  \OpenAI appears to be gunning for another key aspect of Google’s business, with apparent plans to build a web browser to rival Chrome. You’ll get no points for guessing that OpenAI’s creation would, naturally enough, be a heavily AI-infused take on a browser client. According to a report from The Information, OpenAI is considering the […]
• The effectiveness of online educational interventions on impostor syndrome and burnout among medical trainees: a systematic review - Chun-Lun Hsu, et al; BMC Medical Education
  Current evidence suggests that structured online educational interventions, particularly those incorporating coaching and cognitive reframing strategies, can effectively reduce impostor syndrome among medical trainees. However, the impact on burnout remains inconclusive. Further research is needed to optimize online program components and implementation strategies to comprehensively address both impostor syndrome and burnout in this population.https://bmcmededuc.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12909-024-06340-y