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• It’s all about connection, support, and lifting each other up. - Amy Shaiman, EDUCAUSE
  This YouTube short discusses the significance of mentorship within higher education. The speaker emphasizes supporting team members horizontally and offering help to superiors when suitable [00:07]. Additionally, the value of community feedback for gaining an external perspective on different situations is acknowledged [00:42].https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDkIIXuZFcA
• OpenAI launches o3 and o4-mini, AI models that ‘think with images’ and use tools autonomously - Michael Nuñez, Venture Beat
  OpenAI launched two groundbreaking AI models today that can reason with images and use tools independently, representing what experts call a step change in artificial intelligence capabilities. The San Francisco-based company introduced o3 and o4-mini, the latest in its “o-series” of reasoning models, which it claims are its most intelligent and capable models to date. […]
• Google used AI to suspend over 39M ad accounts suspected of fraud - Jagmeet Singh, TechCrunch
  Google on Wednesday said it suspended 39.2 million advertiser accounts on its platform in 2024 — more than triple the number from the previous year — in its latest crackdown on ad fraud. By leveraging large language models (LLMs) and using signals such as business impersonation and illegitimate payment details, the search giant said it […]
• Pilots, Principles, nd Pop-Ins: A Practical Path to Campus AI - Jill Forrester, Dave Weil, Cynthia Golden and Jack Suess, EDUCAUSE Review
  This podcast features a discussion with Dave Wild from Ithaca College and Jill Forester from Dickinson College about leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) in smaller higher education institutions. They share their backgrounds [01:01] and discuss the creation of a roadmap to guide institutions in adopting AI [04:13]. Both colleges are actively engaging their campuses through initiatives […]
• Introducing OpenAI o3 and o4-mini: Our smartest and most capable models to date with full tool access - OpenAI
  Today, we’re releasing OpenAI o3 and o4-mini, the latest in our o-series of models trained to think for longer before responding. These are the smartest models we’ve released to date, representing a step change in ChatGPT's capabilities for everyone from curious users to advanced researchers. For the first time, our reasoning models can agentically use […]
• I took Google’s 9-hour prompt engineering course: Here’s everything I learned in 5 minutes - Bijin Jose, Indian Express
  Prompting is simply the way we communicate with an AI model, or how we ask these systems to generate desired outputs. I too have felt overwhelmed in the beginning, but ever since, it has been a journey of learning. Over the weekend I decided to take up Google’s Prompting Essentials course, a nine-hour-long programme to […]
• The Role of Microlearning and Andragogy in Enhancing Online Student Engagement - Faculty Focus
  In this light, designing and facilitating online discussions to increase student engagement, peer connection, and idea exchange, as well as creating a cohesive online learning community for knowledge creation, is far more important for the success of online education. However, delivering online education is crucial in this circumstance as it is really challenging to effectively […]
• OPINION: AI is not the enemy of learning — outdated education standards are - Ara Arellano, Daily Wildcat
  In today’s world, with the rapid advancement of technology, artificial intelligence is clearly the next step in our evolution. Yet many educators and institutions have been quick to criticize and demonize this technology instead of embracing its potential. The era of ChatGPT in higher education has ushered in significant challenges. Professors are increasingly relying on […]
• Sam Altman at TED 2025: Inside the most uncomfortable — and important — AI interview of the year - Michael Nuñez, Venture Beat
  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed that his company has grown to 800 million weekly active users and is experiencing “unbelievable” growth rates, during a sometimes tense interview at the TED 2025 conference in Vancouver last week. “I have never seen growth in any company, one that I’ve been involved with or not, like this,” Altman […]
• How An AI Tutor Could Level The Playing Field For Students Worldwide - David Prosser, Forbes
  A landmark study by educational psychologist Benjamin Bloom found “90% of tutored students ... attained the level of summative achievement reached by only the highest 20% of the control class”. The real-life impact of this gap is to exacerbate inequality. Well-off students able to access one-on-one tutoring will perform better than classmates who learn in […]
• ChatGPT will remember everything you tell it now - like a real personal assistant - Sabrina Ortiz, ZDnet
  ChatGPT has proven itself capable of helping with everyday tasks such as writing, coding, and researching. The chatbot's latest feature builds on that foundation and could even make it a more effective personal assistant. On Thursday, OpenAI unveiled an update to the memory feature in ChatGPT: it can now reference all of your past conversations […]
• OpenAI is building a social network - Kylie Robinson and Alex Heath, the Verge
  OpenAI is working on its own X-like social network, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. While the project is still in early stages, we’re told there’s an internal prototype focused on ChatGPT’s image generation that has a social feed. CEO Sam Altman has been privately asking outsiders for feedback about the project, our […]
• Khan Academy’s Framework for Responsible AI in Education - Khan Academy
  Khan Academy developed a framework for responsible AI in education following the launch of their AI learning tool, Khanmigo. This framework adapts principles from The Institute for Ethical AI in Education, focusing on using AI to achieve educational goals, improve assessments, increase efficiency, promote equity, empower learners, balance data privacy with utility, maintain transparency, foster […]
• Consider this: Enhancing student success in a digital environment - Shirley Wilfong-Pritchard, the Quad (University of Alberta)
  When Alex Gainer decided to collaborate with the course design team in Online Learning and Continuing Education (OCE) to upgrade his online economics classes, he never anticipated the process would be so enjoyable or the results so impressive – so much so that it has received international recognition. In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Gainer […]
• 3 takeaways on higher education innovation from the ASU+GSV Summit - Natalie Schwartz, Higher Ed Dive
  The higher education sector is facing an onslaught of challenges, including attacks from the Trump administration, fading public confidence and the demographic cliff. But higher education leaders didn’t shy away from these issues at the annual ASU+GSV Summit, an education and technology conference held this week in San Diego. “The moment is actually a productive […]
• What Students Really Think of Technology and AI - EDUCAUSE
  This podcast discusses how students are integrating technology and AI into their education [00:06, 00:12]. Students utilize interactive platforms, like live quiz software, finding them engaging and effective for demonstrating learning compared to traditional methods [01:13, 01:46]. However, challenges arise from outdated systems and faculty lacking training [02:15], and even good platforms can be difficult […]
• Want to learn how to make the best use of AI? OpenAI Academy offers free courses. Here are our top picks - Saloni Dhruv, GQIndia
  The conversations around artificial intelligence (AI) are growing in every shape, form and industry. According to Stanford University's latest Artificial Intelligence Index Report, AI is becoming deeply woven into our daily lives, from diagnosing diseases with AI-enabled medical devices to powering self-driving cars. The business world isn’t far behind either: 78 per cent of organisations […]
• Kishwaukee College creates AI guidelines for use in higher education - Dekalb County Daily Chronicle
  “The AI Implementation Playbook is a responsive and evolving resource that reflects Kishwaukee College’s commitment to innovation and excellence in education,” Kishwaukee College president Laurie Borowicz said in a news release. “This plan is very adaptable and will be updated to address changes in technology and the needs of our students,” The college developed the […]
• How gen AI can take customer [read that as students and prospective students] personalization to the next level - McKinsey
  The way customers interact with retailers and brands is evolving. To maintain an edge, companies should reevaluate their existing strategies and explore new avenues for growth. Consider, for instance, the transformative potential of personalization through gen AI. "To reach consumers where they are and how they want to be met, marketers can embrace two powerful […]
• AI Passes the Turing Test: What this really means - Julia McCoy, YouTube
  This podcast discusses a significant development in artificial intelligence: AI passing the Turing test in a controlled scientific study for the first time [00:00]. The Turing test evaluates a machine's ability to exhibit intelligent behavior indistinguishable from a human's [01:30]. In this instance, the AI model GPT 4.5 successfully convinced human judges it was a […]