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This is a tutorial I put together using a blog entry I wrote then revised using Perplexity.ai. I keep it here so it’s easy for me to remind myself of the different diagrams available via Merm…

The image above reflects [**Compass: A School AI Policy Designer**]( created in Perplexity Spaces. [**See the ChatGPT Custom GPT version**](). I finally had a chance to explore Perplexity Spac…

Exploring (light) Mistral.ai and Duck.ai.

Yikes, this is worrisome. Generative AI assistants packaged up as browser extensions harvest personal data with minimal safeguards, researchers warn. Some of these extensions may violate their own …

Running local AI (Ollama with Gemma 3 via PageAssist in browser), I asked it to critique the argument I made in this blog entry, What is Ethical AI? I had also applied the custom instructions prese…

Dr. Michelle Kassorla shared this tidbit (LinkedIn) this morning: 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒(and faculty can get them too–they just require an .edu account–although, I think this is …

Note: Read Other Blog Entries in this series: BoodleBox Bots | Local AI | ChatGPT GPTs | Google Gems Creating some of my favorite task-helpers via Custom GPTs in OpenAI’s ChatGPT has been a l…

A few days ago, an email arrived from Ollama announcing Ollama Cloud. It wasn’t until a free moment that I had the chance to try it out. I had a collection of audio transcripts from a Section…

Break free from subscription-based AI! In this hands-on workshop, educators will install and configure Ollama, Page Assist to run powerful AI models directly on their devices. You’ll walk awa…

While much of my experiments on the desktop with GenAI have been disappointing (Gemma3:latest is one model that works well after a pause), I have found that models like tinyllama, phi3, gemma3n jus…

In a not so surprising twist, I decided to drop other GUI platforms for interacting with local AI solutions. Two things became clear: I needed to optimize for speed and complicated solutions weren&…

Earlier today, I had a chance to chat with Zach from BoodleBox AI. Wow, what an incredible conversation about an amazing tool. If you want to try Boodle Box AI out, I’ve included a referral l…

Note: Read Other Blog Entries in this series: BoodleBox Bots | Local AI | ChatGPT GPTs | Google Gems Creating some of my favorite task-helpers via Custom GPTs in OpenAI’s ChatGPT has been a l…

Use ChatGPT? Your chats are going to end up in public thanks to a lawsuit. I had heard about this but since I was working on some projects, I hadn’t spent the time looking it up. Ugh. As Nate point…

One of the features I am eagerly awaiting for BoodleBox to implement? A better mobile experience. 🚨 Educators: Ready to future-proof your teaching? 🚨 AI isn’t just a buzzword—it’s transforming clas…

While randomly scrolling somewhere, I ran across this video, Claude AI is Killing Static Courses: A Live Demo of Agentic Teaching. Wow, I hadn’t seen anything on agentic teaching, so it was c…

Need a way to teach critical thinking and problem-solving? Learn to tackle problems and make decisions. This session offers strategies to assess ideas and arguments. Discover resources to teach mid…

A few months ago, I came up with a list of desired features. Reflecting one weekend afternoon, I decided to add a few more and update the list with BoodleBox’s bot assistance. I am appreciati…

Working with BoodleBox AI chat, it occurred to me to ask: I am trying to come up with some novel ways to make custom instructions for GPTs, Bots, and AIs more powerful. What suggestions do you have…

This was a welcome surprise this evening: From Anthropic’s website, a little about Claude 4.0 Opus from May 22, 2025: Claude Opus 4 is our most powerful model yet and the best coding model in…

Creating custom GPTs, or Boodlebox Bots, Perplexity Spaces, Google Gemini GEMS, Claude Projects is a lot of fun. In this short walkthrough, I’ll share tips for crafting a Bot using Ollama and Page …

While watching Sarah Gibson’s 5 Things I Love About BoodleBox video, the first in her series (definitely worth counting down the reasons with her), and I had an idea. First, here’s the …

Creating custom GPTs, or Boodlebox Bots, Perplexity Spaces, Google Gemini GEMS, Claude Projects is a lot of fun. In this short walkthrough, I’ll share tips for crafting a ChatGPT Custom GPT. The pr…

Creating custom GPTs, or Boodlebox Bots, Perplexity Spaces, Google Gemini GEMS, Claude Projects is a lot of fun. In this short walkthrough, I’ll share tips for crafting a Google Gemini Gem. N…

Anyone who knows me realizes what admiration I have for people who can sketch and draw. My mother, who passed in 2017, was a mathematician, a teacher, and could draw with great detail. I still reme…

BoodleBox launched a new Bot, Mike. I was still a little hazy on how an individual could apply a promotional code, or a school district could get BoodleBox AI accounts. So I asked Mike bot, and it …

BoodleBox has turned on web search for all models. You no longer have to rely solely on Perplexity or Semantic Scholar for web searches then switch to another model for analysis, etc. As wonderful …

It’s a fast way to get into an app. Sure, you could hit the icon on your smartphone, but sometimes, your hands are full, and you need quicker access. It would be great if BoodleBox had an aud…

Note: This is a guest blog from my friend and colleague, Judy A., sharing about her experience with BoodleBox AI. Judy is a high school writing teacher at a local school. It has been slightly edite…