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From Video Games to the Classroom: Michael Curtin on Translating AI for Higher Education — Smarter Campus Podcast
From Video Games to the Classroom: Michael Curtin on Translating AI for Higher Education — Smarter Campus Podcast
In this episode of the Smarter Campus Podcast, host Zach Kinzler sits down with Michael Curtin, Innovation Coordinator and Adjunct Faculty in Informatics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.Michael’s path is anything but ordinary — moving between the worlds of video game development and academia, he’s built a rare perspective on how to bridge creativity, technology, and education.Together, Zach and Michael explore how the skills that make great game designers — experimentation, iteration, and imagination — are exactly what higher education needs to navigate the AI era.In this episode, you’ll hear about:How Michael’s work in video games naturally led him to AI innovationWhy universities need “translators” who can bridge technical and non-technical communitiesThe expectation problem — why people think AI should act like every other programWhat makes ChatGPT 3.5 a turning point for higher educationHow AI can serve as a “thought partner” for rapid ideation and creative explorationThe importance of…
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·overcast.fm·
From Video Games to the Classroom: Michael Curtin on Translating AI for Higher Education — Smarter Campus Podcast
AI and the Future of Work
AI and the Future of Work
This event was recorded live on October 7, 2025. Artificial Intelligence is developing at breakneck speed, causing much anxiety about how our society and daily lives may change in the not-too-distant future. Top of mind for many: jobs. A panel of experts brings the speculation down to earth, addressing questions such as: What jobs will AI replace? What new jobs will be created? How will AI affect workplace conditions, wages, unions, and the overall economy? Featuring Daron Acemoglu, Nobel laureate and professor of economics at MIT; Paul Krugman, Nobel laureate, former New York Times columnist, and research professor of economics at the CUNY Graduate Center; Danielle Li, David Sarnoff Professor of Management of Technology at MIT; and Zeynep Tufekci, professor of sociology and public affairs at Princeton University and a New York Times columnist. Moderated by Steven Greenhouse, former New York Times labor reporter and author of Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor. Presented with the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality. For more information about our events, visit: http://www.gc.cuny.edu/public-programs
Business AI#jobs
·m.youtube.com·
AI and the Future of Work
Super Teacher is building an AI tutor for elementary schools — catch it at Disrupt 2025 | TechCrunch
Super Teacher is building an AI tutor for elementary schools — catch it at Disrupt 2025 | TechCrunch
Tim Novikoff’s, a former Google product manager and educator, startup, Super Teacher, offers an AI-powered tutoring app for elementary school students that costs $15 a month, or $10 with an annual plan. Super Teacher aims to make private tutoring accessible to families nationwide.
Tim Novikoff, a former Google product manager and educator, wants to change that. His startup, Super Teacher, offers an AI-powered tutoring app for elementary school students that costs $15 a month, or $10 with an annual plan. Super Teacher aims to make private tutoring accessible to families nationwide.
Education AI
·techcrunch.com·
Super Teacher is building an AI tutor for elementary schools — catch it at Disrupt 2025 | TechCrunch
Adobe launches AI assistants for Express and Photoshop | TechCrunch
Adobe launches AI assistants for Express and Photoshop | TechCrunch

Adobe releases AI assistants for Express and Photoshop that turn text prompts into new images and edits. Express users get the feature now, while the Photoshop assistant remains in closed beta. Express lets users switch into an assistant mode for prompt-driven design and back to familiar editing controls. The Photoshop sidebar assistant reads layers, auto-selects objects, and handles repetitive tasks like background removal or color tweaks. Adobe is also testing “Project Moonlight,” a private-beta assistant that links multiple Adobe apps and taps creators’ social channels for stylistic cues. The company is exploring a ChatGPT integration so Express designs can be built directly inside OpenAI’s chatbot.

Business AI
·techcrunch.com·
Adobe launches AI assistants for Express and Photoshop | TechCrunch
Why AI is So Hard (For Education)
Why AI is So Hard (For Education)
What habits of inquiry, dialogue, and courage can we cultivate now so our students are ready to design the next civilization?
Education AI
·stefanbauschard.substack.com·
Why AI is So Hard (For Education)
Amazon Says It Will Cut 14,000 Corporate Roles To Remove Layers - Slashdot
Amazon Says It Will Cut 14,000 Corporate Roles To Remove Layers - Slashdot
Amazon said on Tuesday it would reduce its corporate workforce by approximately 14,000 roles as part of an effort to remove bureaucracy and organizational layers. Beth Galetti, the company's senior vice president of people experience and technology, told employees in a memo that the cuts followed ea...
Business AI#jobs
·slashdot.org·
Amazon Says It Will Cut 14,000 Corporate Roles To Remove Layers - Slashdot
Chegg Slashes 45% of Workforce, Blames 'New Realities of AI' - Slashdot
Chegg Slashes 45% of Workforce, Blames 'New Realities of AI' - Slashdot
Chegg says it will lay off about 45% of its workforce, or 388 employees, as the "new realities" of artificial intelligence and diminished traffic from internet search have led to plummeting revenue. From a report: The online education company, founded 20 years ago, has been hit by the rise of genera...
Business AI#jobs
·news.slashdot.org·
Chegg Slashes 45% of Workforce, Blames 'New Realities of AI' - Slashdot
Agentic AI and Security
Agentic AI and Security
Commentary on Agentic AI and Security by Stephen Downes. Online learning, e-learning, new media, connectivism, MOOCs, personal learning environments, new literacy, and more
Business AI
·downes.ca·
Agentic AI and Security
Use of Perplexity, ChatGPT behind error-ridden orders, federal judges say
Use of Perplexity, ChatGPT behind error-ridden orders, federal judges say
A pair of federal judges said staff use of generative artificial intelligence tools and premature docket entry were behind error-ridden orders they issued, according to letters made public by Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley on Thursday.
pair of federal judges said staff use of generative artificial intelligence tools and premature docket entry were behind error-ridden orders they issued, according to letters made public by Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley on Thursday
Business AI
·fedscoop.com·
Use of Perplexity, ChatGPT behind error-ridden orders, federal judges say
We need private AI before it's too late | Proton
We need private AI before it's too late | Proton
Big Tech companies are building AI aligned with their surveillance capitalism business model. We need a privacy-first and responsible AI alternative today.
·proton.me·
We need private AI before it's too late | Proton
Grokipedia Is the Antithesis of Everything That Makes Wikipedia Good, Useful, and Human
Grokipedia Is the Antithesis of Everything That Makes Wikipedia Good, Useful, and Human

Grokipedia is not a 'Wikipedia competitor.' It is a fully robotic regurgitation machine designed to protect the ego of the world’s wealthiest man.

Grokipedia is not a 'Wikipedia competitor.' It is a fully robotic regurgitation machine designed to protect the ego of the world’s wealthiest man
Business AI
·404media.co·
Grokipedia Is the Antithesis of Everything That Makes Wikipedia Good, Useful, and Human
Work smarter with your company knowledge in ChatGPT | OpenAI
Work smarter with your company knowledge in ChatGPT | OpenAI

OpenAI rolled out Company Knowledge for ChatGPT Business, Enterprise, and Edu that connects to internal apps like Slack, SharePoint, Google Drive, and GitHub. The feature delivers organization-specific answers inside ChatGPT and shows citations for every source used. The capability runs on a version of GPT-5 that searches multiple sources, resolves conflicting details, and produces comprehensive responses. It respects existing user permissions, gives admins granular control over connected apps, and is available immediately to all eligible customers.

Business AI
·openai.com·
Work smarter with your company knowledge in ChatGPT | OpenAI
Google's new vibe coding AI Studio experience lets anyone build, deploy apps live in minutes
Google's new vibe coding AI Studio experience lets anyone build, deploy apps live in minutes

Google launched a redesigned Build mode in AI Studio that lets anyone generate and deploy a web app from a simple text prompt. The update, branded as “vibe coding,” is available now at ai.studio/build and requires no payment info to begin. Users can mix Gemini 2.5 Pro with tools like Veo, Imagine and Flashlight, edit the full React/TypeScript source, and push directly to GitHub or Cloud Run. An “I’m Feeling Lucky” button auto-creates app concepts for inspiration, while advanced models and Cloud Run deployment unlock only after adding a paid API key. The hands-on demo showed a novice building a working dice-rolling app in 65 seconds, highlighting how far the barrier to AI app creation has fallen. That speed and simplicity position Google’s offering as a direct challenger to developer-oriented tools like OpenAI’s Codex and Anthropic’s Claude Code, according to the article.

Business AI
·venturebeat.com·
Google's new vibe coding AI Studio experience lets anyone build, deploy apps live in minutes
Google Skills
Google Skills
Learn and earn with Google Skills, a platform that provides free training and certifications for Google Cloud partners and beginners. Explore now.
Business AI
·skills.google·
Google Skills
ICE Will Use AI to Surveil Social Media
ICE Will Use AI to Surveil Social Media
ICE may soon be deploying AI to surveil your social media posts for wrongthink Critics say that the AI-driven software will target immigrants for political speech.
ICE may soon be deploying AI to surveil your social media posts for wrongthink
Business AI
·jacobin.com·
ICE Will Use AI to Surveil Social Media
Two days after OpenAI's Atlas, Microsoft relaunches a nearly identical AI browser | TechCrunch
Two days after OpenAI's Atlas, Microsoft relaunches a nearly identical AI browser | TechCrunch
Copilot Mode in Edge is evolving into an AI browser that is your dynamic, intelligent companion,” Suleyman wrote in the announcement post. “With your permission, Copilot can see and reason over your open tabs, summarize and compare information, and even take actions like booking a hotel or filling out forms.”
Copilot Mode in Edge is evolving into an AI browser that is your dynamic, intelligent companion,” Suleyman wrote in the announcement post. “With your permission, Copilot can see and reason over your open tabs, summarize and compare information, and even take actions like booking a hotel or filling out forms.”
Business AI
·techcrunch.com·
Two days after OpenAI's Atlas, Microsoft relaunches a nearly identical AI browser | TechCrunch
Work smarter with your company knowledge in ChatGPT | OpenAI
Work smarter with your company knowledge in ChatGPT | OpenAI
A new “company knowledge” mode for ChatGPT Business, Enterprise, and Edu connects to your work apps (e.g., Slack, Google Drive, SharePoint, GitHub) to deliver cited, permission-aware answers tailored to your organization.
Business AI
·openai.com·
Work smarter with your company knowledge in ChatGPT | OpenAI