AI is not killing jobs, US study finds
Research shows little evidence that cutting-edge tech such as chatbots is putting people out of work
Understanding Mermaid Syntax Basics: A Brief Tutorial
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…
Perplexity Spaces: Replacement for Custom GPT?
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 Mistral.ai and Duck.ai
Exploring (light) Mistral.ai and Duck.ai.
AI Browser Extensions Violate Privacy
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 …
Analysis and Revision
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…
Free #GenAI Offers for Students #Comet #Perplexity #Cursor #Gemini
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 …
Understanding AI Literacy
A framework that identifies and organizes skills and knowledge you and students can use to navigate the opportunities and challenges of generative AI.
Red Lights, Green Lights, and AI-Integrated Assignments – Agile Learning
Teaching Effectively with ChatGPT
Companion site to the book
Teaching Effectively with ChatGPT
by Dan Levy and Angela Pérez Albertos
Teaching Effectively with ChatGPT, with Dan Levy and Angela Pérez – Teaching in Higher Ed
Dan Levy and Angela Pérez share about Teaching Effectively with ChatGPT on episode 538 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast
What’s Your AI Policy?
Communicate your guidelines clearly and talk about them with students
Cogniti – AI agents designed by teachers
How Are Students Using AI?
A W. W. Norton newsletter with Annette Vee, offering insights and ideas for building AI literacy.
Gemini for Students — get free Google AI Pro for a year
Get more Gemini with Google AI Pro free for a year to unlock Gemini's power for school & beyond, from homework help to video creation.
ChatGPT for students
Explore 100 top ChatGPT chats for college students, covering study help, college advice, productivity hacks, relationship questions, job search tips, and career guidance.
Scaffolding Student Writing in the Age of AI
How did writing with this formula help you, and how did it get in the way?
Clinical Simulations, Now with Generative AI – Agile Learning
What about AI and Academic Integrity?
How to talk with students who have overused AI in your course
Reading Strategies: Scaffolding or Skill Building? – Agile Learning
NotebookLM
Sora2, Synthetic Realities, Human-Governance Declines
A world where students can literally edit themselves into any reality?
The Norton Guide to AI-Aware Teaching – Agile Learning
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Students boycott AI artists in Penny Stamps Speaker Series
Hanging on the walls inside the Stamps School of Art & Design are posters directing students not to attend two upcoming presentations.
Meta Plans To Sell Targeted Ads Based On Data In Your AI Chats - Slashdot
Meta will begin using data from AI chatbot conversations and other AI-powered products to fuel targeted advertising across Facebook and Instagram, with no way to opt out. The policy change, effective December 16, excludes users in South Korea, the UK, and the EU due to stricter privacy laws. TechCru…
Creating Custom GPTs in Perplexity
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…
Meta will listen into AI conversations to personalize ads
: Religion, race, health and other dicey topics supposedly exempt
Ollama Cloud and #AI #ROI
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…
DIY #AI: Running Powerful Models Locally to Save Money and Protect Privacy
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…
Exploring OpenThinker:7b #ollama #GenAI #AI
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…
Finding a GUI for Local #AI #Ollama
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&…