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• Machines of Loving Grace - Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic
  In fact I think it is critical to have a genuinely inspiring vision of the future, and not just a plan to fight fires. Many of the implications of powerful AI are adversarial or dangerous, but at the end of it all, there has to be something we’re fighting for, some positive-sum outcome where everyone […]
• Exploring generative AI in higher education: a RAG system to enhance student engagement with scientific literature - Dominik Thüs, et al; Frontiers In
  This study explores the implementation and evaluation of OwlMentor, an AI-powered learning environment designed to assist university students in comprehending scientific texts. OwlMentor was developed participatorily and then integrated into a course, with development and evaluation taking place over two semesters. It offers features like document-based chats, automatic question generation, and quiz creation.https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1474892/full
• Stanford Researchers Use AI to Simulate Clinical Reasoning - Abby Sourwine, GovTech
  Researchers at Stanford University are designing Clinical Mind AI to be a customizable chatbot that can function as a virtual patient with which medical students can interact and practice forming diagnoses. A key component of medical education is a skill called clinical reasoning. Thomas Caruso, a professor teaching anesthesiology, perioperative and pain medicine at Stanford […]
• AI Just Reached Human-Level Reasoning – Should We Be Worried - AI Revolution, YouTube
  AI has just reached human-level reasoning with OpenAI’s 01 model, marking a major breakthrough in artificial intelligence. This advancement is transforming industries like quantum physics and military operations, showcasing the ability of AI to outperform humans in complex tasks. As AI continues to evolve, it brings both incredible potential and significant risks, reshaping our understanding […]
• Zoom’s AI avatars to replace people in meetings? - Martin Crowley, AI Tool Report
  To create their digital avatar, users will record a video of themselves talking, which Zoom’s AI will translate into a digital clone—complete with a head, arms, and shoulders—that mirrors their appearance and voice. They then write what they want their digital clone to say, and Zoom will generate audio—using their video clip—that syncs with the […]
• Google's Sycamore quantum computer chip can now outperform the fastest supercomputers, new study suggests - Keumars Afifi-Sabet, Live Science
  Quantum computers can outpace our fastest classical computers in very specific areas, a groundbreaking experiment suggests. Google Quantum AI researchers have discovered a "stable computationally complex phase" that can be achieved with existing quantum processing units (QPUs), also known as quantum processors. This means that when quantum computers enter this specific "weak noise phase," they […]
• Generative AI, the American worker, and the future of work - Molly Kinder, Xavier de Souza Briggs, Mark Muro, and Sifan Liu, Brookings
  Existing generative AI technology already has the potential to significantly disrupt a wide range of jobs. We find that more than 30% of all workers could see at least 50% of their occupation’s tasks disrupted by generative AI. Unlike previous automation technologies that primarily affected routine, blue collar work, generative AI is likely to disrupt […]
• Report: A Quarter of Those with Graduate Degrees Say They Regret Going to College - Johanna Alonso, Inside Higher Ed
  The report, which focused on college’s value, was based on the results of a survey of 1,000 Americans with a college degree and 1,000 who do not have a degree. Over all, about three-quarters of respondents with a graduate degree say they do not regret attending college, and 59 percent of those with an associate […]
• Can an AI Chatbot Be Your Friend? - Stefano Puntoni, Knowledge at Wharton
  A new study co-authored by Wharton marketing professor Stefano Puntoni finds that when people interact with chatbots programmed to respond with empathy, their feelings of loneliness are significantly abated — at least for a short time. Puntoni said the buzz about what generative artificial intelligence can do for business and productivity has been so big […]
• The fallout: University of the Arts haunted by unanswered questions months after sudden closure - Ben Unglesbee, Inside Higher Ed
  This year has seen the winding down of several historic private colleges, including Wells College in New York and Goddard College in Vermont. Announcements of their closures sparked shock, grief and dismay. Arguably, the most dramatic closure came at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. The public releases announcing the closure were conspicuously short […]
• Commentary: AI detectors don't work, so what's the end game for higher education? - Casper Roe and Mike Perkins, Channel News Asia
  AI detectors struggle to keep up with quickly changing AI models, and their reliance on standardised measures of what is considered “human” can unfairly disadvantage people who speak English as a second or third language. The potential of falsely accusing students and damaging their future raises serious concerns about the use of AI detectors in […]
• 'Godfather of AI' shares Nobel Physics Prize - Georgina Rannard & Graham Fraser, BBC
  The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to two scientists, Geoffrey Hinton and John Hopfield, for their work on machine learning. British-Canadian Professor Hinton is sometimes referred to as the "Godfather of AI" and said he was flabbergasted. He resigned from Google in 2023, and has warned about the dangers of machines that could […]
• Developing a GenAI policy for research and innovation - Helen Brownlee and Tracy Mouton, Times Higher Ed / Inside Higher Ed
  Establishing a framework to guide AI use in research is vital for ensuring institutions are and remain fully compliant. Research integrity policies, procedures and guidelines should provide a framework to support the highest standards of staff and student personal conduct in research. To achieve this, we created a new policy for the use of GenAI […]
• Why we need a balanced, two-tier approach to AI governance - Tianchong Wang and Libing Wang, University World News
  Artificial intelligence’s transformative effect on higher education has moved from a distant vision to a rapidly unfolding reality. Its potential to revolutionise teaching, learning, research and administration has sparked widespread optimism and anticipation about what it will mean for the future of the sector. Yet, this rapid integration of AI also presents significant challenges. Higher […]
• ChatGPT has become the ‘best teammate’ to these Sydney university students – but is there a limit? - Caitliin Cassidy, the Guardian
  When ChatGPT first launched, the University of Sydney was on the back foot, the instiution admits. Now it says it places digital technology at the forefront of its curriculums. It’s been a similar shift across the university sector, which has broadly pivoted to acknowledge generative AI in academic integrity policies and incorporate the new technology […]
• On technology in schools, think evolution, not revolution - Peter Dizikes, MIT News
  Time after time, entrepreneurs claim tech will upend what they depict as stagnation in schools. Both parts of those claims usually miss the mark: Tech tools produce not revolution but evolution, in schools that are frequently changing anyway. Reich’s work emphasizes this alternate framework. “In the history of education technology, the two most common findings […]
• Supporting student-centric Higher Education with industry microcredentials - Coursera, FE News
  This dramatic increase in enrolments in our genAI courses is a testament to learners realising that their skills base needs to change if they are to survive and thrive in the face of technological change. Generative AI’s power to affect all roles – irrespective of the educational level required to partake in them – means […]
• September College Cuts Include Jobs, Programs and Athletics - Josh Moody, Inside Higher Ed
  Facing multimillion-dollar budget deficits, some colleges announced they would ax jobs and academic programs. Others noted cuts are on the horizon. Declining enrollment was a common culprit driving job and program cuts at various universities. Jobs, academic programs and athletic teams were all on the chopping block at many universities last month as they struggled […]
• Altera uses GPT-4o to build a new area of human collaboration - OpenAI
  The early success of Altera’s vision has generated widespread interest, particularly for their first product—a digital human that can play and interact in virtual environments like Minecraft. It’s also laying the foundation for future, and more complex, multi-agent simulations. Altera plans to scale its efforts to create entire societies of digital humans capable of nuanced, […]
• Even the ‘godmother of AI’ has no idea what AGI is - Maxwell Zeff, TechCrunch
  In a wide ranging discussion on Thursday at Credo AI’s responsible AI leadership summit, Fei-Fei Li, a world-renowned researcher often called the “godmother of AI,” said she doesn’t know what AGI is either. At other points, Li discussed her role in the birth of modern AI, how society should protect itself against advanced AI models, […]