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Notes on the Other Intelligence, August 2025

While Perplexity AI offers many powerful features and has become a popular AI-powered search engine, there’s a side of it that users need to watch

The rise of generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) and large language models (LLMs) has fundamentally transformed how individuals and organizations deal

Surfshark analyzed the data collection practices of popular AI chatbots available, from Meta AI to Google Gemini, DeepSeek, ChatGPT, and others. Study shows that 45% of AI chatbots collect user location.

In fact, 43% of managers surveyed went on to replace a human role with AI. Here's how employees can protect themselves in the face of AI's gray areas.

A new class of AI tools is infiltrating colleges and schools—and threatening to undo their purpose.

Is your job on the list?

The rise of generative AI is forcing educators to interrogate exactly what we mean by accountability and transparency. LSE HE Blog Fellow Maha Bali takes up the challenge

Students get one free month of Perplexity Pro, with opportunities for additional deals. Here's how to unlock this back-to-school offer.

Teachers are now encouraged to use generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools to complete various school-related administrative tasks, with the promise of saving considerable amounts of time ...

How AI Makes Assessments Less Painful and More Purposeful

Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - First It Giveth Before we go any further: This is, for the third time this year, the longest newsletter I've ever written, weighing in somewhere around 18,500 words. I've written it specifically to be read at your leisure — dip in and out where you'd like — but also in one go.  This is my comprehensive case that yes, we’re in a bubble, one that will inevitably (and violently) collapse in the near future. I'll also be cutting this into a four-part episode

A step-by-step guide on how to use the new ChatGPT Agent, a newly launched AI agent by OpenAI that combines ChatGPT, deep research, and Operator.

Learning to Think Again, and the Cost of AI Dependency. There are so many (hype/boring) posts about AI coming out every day. It’s OK to use it, and everyone does it, but still learn your craft, and try to think.

Seven trends are discussed today from AI lesson planning, how to use AI to promote creativity and Auburn University's SOC center.

Microsoft wants Copilot to browse the web for you

: Adds more Anthropic into the mix as Redmond hedges its bets

: Tried by two-thirds of firms, ignored by most devs, and productivity barely moved

: AI tech shows promise writing emails or summarizing meetings. Don't bother with anything more complex

: Unavoidable AI has developers looking for alternative code hosting options