deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-OCR · Hugging Face
DeepSeek-OCR, a model that compresses visual data up to 20 times while maintaining 97% accuracy in optical character recognition (btw, OCR = converting images of text into actual text).
Local AI
TildeAI/TildeOpen-30b · Hugging Face
We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.
¿Tablets y portátiles en clase? Los ecologistas denuncian el "inasumible" coste ambiental de la digitalización escolar | LOS40
Un informe de Ecologistas en Acción alerta de que la proliferación de dispositivos en el ámbito escolar multiplica las emisiones y el consumo de agua.
I Want My Students’ Effort, Not AI’s Shortcut to Perfect Writing
Reading physical books, holding a pencil and writing on paper is not an aberration from technology but an equally legitimate participation in it. While AI might have its benefits, our task as teachers is not to provide it as a regular tool, but instead to teach discernment: when will it support my brain development, and when will it not?
Ohio State University launches initiative requiring that students study AI
Beginning this year, all Ohio State University freshmen are required to take a course in generative AI and multiple workshops aimed at real-world applications to help them master the technology.
Statement on AI and Writing Across the Curriculum – Association for Writing Across the Curriculum
I study AI cheating. Here’s what the data actually says.
Our early evidence suggests that AI has changed the method but not necessarily the amount of cheating that was already happening. Those methods persist in much of the research today. Other, more recent studies from McCabe’s group showed that, up to 2020, more than 60 percent of students reported engaging in cheating behaviors.
2-hour AI private schools are scaling, from North Carolina to Puerto Rico
With tuition starting at $40,000, Alpha Schools is riding the parental school choice movement while embracing the technology that will shape kids' futures — a challenge public schools are grappling with.
How it works: In Alpha Schools, students spend no more than two hours on core academics, then devote the rest of the day to developing life skills.
AI models generate personalized learning plans for students, who then learn on third-party apps like Synthesis Tutor and Math Academy, as well as Alpha Schools' own programs. Each subject is taught in 25-minute sessions, with short breaks in between. Founder MacKenzie Price tells Axios that, unlike traditional schooling, Alpha Schools can ensure students master concepts before new material is introduced. What they're saying: "If a kid comes to us and is behind, we're able to help catch them up," Price says. "If a kid comes to us who's been bored in traditional school because they're more advanced, they're able to really take the ceiling off."
Afternoon skills workshops, such as a team bike race or running a lemonade stand, are designed to teach practical skills like financial literacy and public speaking. Instead of teachers, the schools employ "guides," who start at $100,000 a year. They don't create lesson plans or lectures. Think of them more like coaches, who work to motivate students and come from a range of backgrounds, from tech to law.
With tuition starting at $40,000, Alpha Schools is riding the parental school choice movement while embracing the technology that will shape kids' futures — a challenge public schools are grappling with.How it works: In Alpha Schools, students spend no more than two hours on core academics, then devote the rest of the day to developing life skills.AI models generate personalized learning plans for students, who then learn on third-party apps like Synthesis Tutor and Math Academy, as well as Alpha Schools' own programs. Each subject is taught in 25-minute sessions, with short breaks in between.Founder MacKenzie Price tells Axios that, unlike traditional schooling, Alpha Schools can ensure students master concepts before new material is introduced.What they're saying: "If a kid comes to us and is behind, we're able to help catch them up," Price says. "If a kid comes to us who's been bored in traditional school because they're more advanced, they're able to really take the ceiling off."Afternoon skills workshops, such as a team bike race or running a lemonade stand, are designed to teach practical skills like financial literacy and public speaking.Instead of teachers, the schools employ "guides," who start at $100,000 a year. They don't create lesson plans or lectures. Think of them more like coaches, who work to motivate students and come from a range of backgrounds, from tech to law.
Creating IEPs with GenAI while ensuring data privacy
Hitchhiker’s Guide to RAG: From Tiny Files to Tolstoy with OpenAI’s API and LangChain | Towards Data Science
Scaling a simple RAG pipeline from simple notes to full books
How to run LLMs on PC at home using Llama.cpp
Hands on: Everything you need to know to build, run, serve, optimize and quantize models on your PC
Building Your Knowledge Stack: Creating Reliable #AI Systems for #Education
Stop getting random results from AI tools and start building systems that consistently deliver for your classroom needs. In this hands-on session, you’ll learn to create powerful custom instr…
SillyTavern - LLM Frontend
SillyTavern (or ST for short) is a locally installed user interface that allows you to interact with text generation LLMs, image generation engines, and TTS voice models. Our goal is to empower users with as much utility and control over their LLM prompts as possible, embracing the steep learning curve as part of the fun.
SillyTavern (or ST for short) is a locally installed user interface that allows you to interact with text generation LLMs, image generation engines, and TTS voice models. Our goal is to empower users with as much utility and control over their LLM prompts as possible, embracing the steep learning curve as part of the fun.
Godot Engine - Free and open source 2D and 3D game engine
Godot provides a huge set of common tools, so you can just focus on making your game without reinventing the wheel.
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…
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&…
Create Your GenAI Assistant: #Ollama and #PageAssist
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 …