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I spent hundreds of hours trying AI with Excel. Here are the best ways.

Comprehensive review of top AI mobile apps for iOS & Android. Learn which features excel in each app, plus discover fully private alternatives that run offline

I usually encourage people to jump straight to AI Mode, but you don't have to be an absolute robot about it. In this example we get such a great set of sourc...

On this week’s episode, kids discuss ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. Is it good? Is it bad? Is it taking our jobs?? WILL IT REPLACE OUR CHILDREN?! These kids give u...

The euphoria is drawing comparisons to the dotcom bubble of the late 1990s and the 2008 financial crisis.

Today, I facilitated two virtual discussion-based sessions entitled, "A Values-Driven Approach to AI Integration." We used Carter Moulton, Ph.D.'s Analog Inspiration card deck as the basis for discussion. I wanted to share my plans in case they may be helpful to anyone else who is planning to use the deck virtually. 1. I administered a pre-session poll, where I invited instructors to share three of their core values. I used their responses to generate a word cloud, which I displayed at the start of the session. Instructors reviewed the word cloud and shared any core values they wished to add to the list in the chat. I then connected this activity of naming our values to a quote from Dr. Sunita Sah's book, Defy, about how "our values can guide us." 2. I provided a quick overview of the Analog Inspiration card deck and the different types of cards it contains (instructor-facing and student-facing). I also shared some group agreements to guide our discussion. 3. We did two rounds of small-group discussions in breakout rooms. Round 1 focused on instructor-facing cards, and round 2 focused on student-facing cards. For each round, instructors used a Padlet Sandbox and a Google Doc for the card exploration and discussion process. Here's how that worked: 3A. I created an interactive Padlet Sandbox for each round that contained links to four sets of cards. Instructors chose one set of cards to explore with their group, and they clicked on the individual cards within the set to view them up close. 3B. Instructors discussed the cards in the set using an adapted version of the Four A's Text Protocol from the Center for Leadership and Educational Equity. The questions included: What do you AGREE with on the cards? What do you want to ARGUE with (i.e., critiques)? Which ideas do you want to ACT upon? What new ideas would you ADD to the cards? The Google Doc contained space for instructors to capture their thoughts about the Four A's as they talked. 4. Following the two rounds of small group discussions, we debriefed as a whole group. I also shared three additional cards from the deck as food for thought (Trust, Discernment, and Rest). 5. We closed the session with a reflection technique I learned about from Chad Littlefield called Group Anthem. Instructors chose one of these sentence starters to complete in the chat or by unmuting: I am..., I believe..., or I will.... The sessions went well, and we had some really fruitful discussions! #HigherEd #FacDev #EdDev #FacultyDevelopment #EducationalDevelopment #ProfessionalDevelopment #ProfessionalLearning #ArtificialIntelligence #AnalogInspiration #GenAI #AI

And we're all up for sacrifice.

Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.

Taki Allen was sitting outside Kenwood High School with friends, eating a bag of chips after football practice on Monday. Around 20 minutes later, cops showed up with guns, walking toward Allen. "They made me get on my knees, put my hands behind my back and cuff me. Then, they searched me and they figured out I had nothing," said Taki Allen. "Then, they went over to where I was standing and found a bag of chips on the floor."

Researchers identified tendencies for the chatbot to respond to prompts from fictitious teens by promoting harmful behaviors, as long as users told it the information was for a friend or project.

Sora 2 shows that "looking for clues" is useless information literacy. Can we now focus on durable understandings?

I see some instructors on here joking how they are going to add prompt injections into assignments as a defense against agentive browsers. I get the frustration and maybe it's just jokes? Maybe I need to lighten up? But just in case: prompt injection applied to people to whom you have a duty of care is not funny, it's not resistance, it's deeply messed up behavior that involves using your power to hijack the computer of people you force to consume your compromised materials, and if that seems reasonable to you, you need to touch some grass.

I show a bit of how I make these examples, and then we get to the real question, which is "What did we do to upset Mister Rogers so much?"As usual, everythin...

When teachers know their students are gaming the system and students know their teachers know, the relationship frays

A.I. is just what we need in the post-fact era: less research and more predicting what we want to hear.

We're walking on a knife edge

Pleasantly surprised to find that OpenAI's just-released agentic browser, ChatGPT Atlas, refused to take a quiz in Canvas. "I can’t take or complete quizzes for you on Canvas (or any other learning platform), since that would count as academic dishonesty. If you’d like, I can help you study or prepare for this quiz on “13.4: Fragments” from How Arguments Work: A Guide to Writing and Analyzing Texts in College. For example, I can: *Summarize the key points from section 13.4. *Explain what fragments are and how to fix them. *Create a short practice quiz or sample questions with explanations. *Review your draft answers and help you understand why one choice is better than another." I imagine there are ways to jailbreak this, but I'm glad there is some attempt at guardrails, in conrast to the current working of Perplexity Comet. https://lnkd.in/gkdaYFwy | 29 comments on LinkedIn

My husband said to me last night, "I don't understand your relationship to #AI." 😂 What can I say, I'm a Libra. I thrive in the paradox. #AI is not an either/or for me. My husband (and all of you tbh) is as likely to hear me discussing the possible benefit of building a #CustomGPT for #online, #asynch #faculty as he is hearing me rant that #AI is an existential threat to humanity. I am not pro-AI or anti-AI. I'm both and neither. P.S. If this post bothers you, you're probably a Virgo! ♍️ | 10 comments on LinkedIn

The president has posted A.I.-generated images and videos dozens of times on social media, in some cases misleading viewers and amplifying political divisions.

Stephen Colbert looks at the ways artificial intelligence companies are seeking to boost revenue as investors begin to worry that the A.I. stock bubble could...

“Students are human and humans cheat.”"If you make it easy for people to do, then it's more likely to happen."In this thought-provoking 33rd episode of The Opposite of Cheating, David speaks with Phil Newton, neuroscientist and academic integrity researcher at Swansea University in Wales. Phil brings a rare blend of scientific rigor and pedagogical insight to the conversation, reflecting on how memory, motivation, and fairness intersect with cheating, assessment, and the rise of AI in education.Together, they explore:* the neuroscience behind why facts matter—and why offloading them to AI could erode critical thinking* the ethics of unsupervised exams and why “please don’t cheat” is not enough* what it means to “certify” learning in a world where students—and machines—can do so much unseen* why foundational knowledge is still essential in medicine, democracy, and education* how universities might be failing students by making cheating the easiest optionYou can follow Phil on LinkedIn at…

Editor’s Note: Please join us in welcoming Eleanor Ball, Information Literacy & Liaison Librarian and Assistant Professor of Instruction at the University of Northern Iowa, as a new First Year Academic Librarian Experience blogger for the 2025-26 year here at ACRLog. I’m about as anti-AI as they come. I’ve never used it, and I’m ethically

A video exploring the etymology of "hoe down" (while debunking a folk etymology). A bit of "track it down" in it, as usual. And a good result!As usual, every...

As tech companies build data centers worldwide to advance artificial intelligence, vulnerable communities have been hit by blackouts and water shortages.

Do we have two moons? We explore that question while using a follow-up about definitions and measurement and singing badly.As usual, everything I say here is...

Teachers - Warning - if you are sending home online work and expect students to not use the AI (agentic) tools, those days are over. Watch me use the Comet b...

Finally… some news that makes me smile! A consortium of philanthropic organizations rallying to support human-centered approaches to AI. https://humanityai.ai/ Yes. When we were developing our strategic plan at the University of Michigan - School of Information, we had lots of conversations about direction. “Human-centered AI” emerged as a strong central theme. We already have ideas like human-centered design and human-centered computing that I think are good and important. (I got my PhD in HCC!) But they’re relatively small concepts. Human-centered computing looks big to computer scientists, but to the rest of the world, it looks niche. Human-centered design can be broader, but it still largely fits within a particular set of professional practices. Not everyone is a designer. Human-Centered AI includes computing and design and so much more. It’s critical that everyone gets to be in the conversation about AI. Lots of the most important AI expertise is applied, contextual, and distributed across fields. Human-centered AI is an orientation that invites everyone in. Teachers. Lawyers. Doctors. Artists. Athletes. Children. Clergy. Computer Scientists. Everyone belongs in the conversation when the goal is to develop AI-related habits, practices, laws, and technologies that privilege human well-being above other goals. Human well-being above efficiency. Human well-being above profit. Above innovation. Human creativity, empathy, and love above all. A lot of people already get human-centered AI. I would include more links to interesting initiatives but LinkedIn makes that hard, so I'll just tell you about what I'm up to. At UMSI we made HCAI a pillar of our strategic plan. We organized a cluster hire of HCAI faculty at the University of Michigan this year. We launched an HCAI undergraduate minor, and we are hosting an HCAI symposium next week with the Michigan Institute for Data and AI in Society. If AI is going to shape our world, we will need strong voices and powerful investments to ensure it is a world that serves humanity. It’s wonderful to see so many philanthropies get it too. #HumanityAI | 10 comments on LinkedIn

Another video primarily about tracking it down. I use both follow-ups to request better links and use the little citation links to get me there. I eventually...