A professor explains that using ChatGPT for essays misses the point: AI can’t reflect one’s own thoughts, values, or experiences. He also notes that most proposed “solutions” to AI in education, like changing teaching strategies, sound easier than they are …
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia launches with AI-cloned pages from Wikipedia
Some of Grokipedia’s pages say that content is ‘adapted’ from Wikipedia.
https://www.theverge.com/news/807686/elon-musk-grokipedia-launch-wikipedia-xai-copied…
We need private AI now to prevent surveillance capitalism on steroids
Big Tech’s AI integrations are deepening surveillance capitalism, collecting and inferring unprecedented amounts of personal data without meaningful consent. The article argues for private, encrypted AI alternatives like Lumo to counter growing data exploitation and restore user control.
Students Want Schools to Incorporate AI in Learning But Express Some Fears
Students are adopting generative AI for learning much faster than schools, according to Project Tomorrow’s latest national survey of over 45,000 participants. Experts and students urge schools to create clear AI policies and integrate these tools into teaching or risk …
11 ways to delete or hide yourself from the internet – and protect your privacy
Take control of your privacy, cut off data trackers, and erase your online presence. Here’s how.
AI Has Joined the Faculty
More instructors are teaching with it. Is it making their courses better or dragging the profession down?
https://www.chronicle.com/article/ai-has-joined-the-faculty…
3 ways AI will (and won’t) change schools
At an EdTech conference in New York, Coursemojo co-founder Dacia Toll argued that AI has so far had a net negative impact on students, despite its potential. She cautioned that education faces a complex mix of good and bad uses …
AI in Action: How Educators Should Approach the Technology
AI offers powerful opportunities to enhance teaching and learning but also poses serious risks to student learning and data privacy. Educators are actively exploring ways to balance these challenges while integrating AI responsibly into their classrooms.
https://www.edweek.org/technology/ai-in-action-how-educators-should-approach-the-technology…
Tech companies don’t care that students use their AI agents to cheat
AI companies are aggressively targeting students with free trials, discounts, and referral programs to lock in future users. Educators warn that this strategy fuels dependency and academic dishonesty, as new AI agents make cheating easier while companies deflect responsibility for …
I Tested the Four Biggest AI Browsers, and Here’s What I Found
A new wave of AI browsers is emerging, putting generative models at the core of web navigation, offering AI-powered search, answers, and even task automation. Early tests of tools like Perplexity Comet, Opera Neon, ChatGPT Atlas, and Dai show promise, …
Educators’ guide to multimodal learning and Generative AI
This guide offers strategies for integrating Generative AI into multimodal teaching, learning, and assessment. It supports educators and educational developers in driving pedagogical innovation amid evolving educational landscapes.
5 apps you should use instead of Duolingo
After trying out plenty of options, here are the five best Duolingo alternatives that stand out from the rest.
https://www.androidauthority.com/duolingo-alternatives-3608570…
Universities (still) suck at learning analytics
Universities often fail at implementing learning analytics because they treat it as a static IT or enterprise system rather than a dynamic decision-support process. Using situational awareness theory, the author shows that effective analytics must align with teachers’ real contexts, …
Meet Mico, Microsoft’s AI version of Clippy
Copilot now has its own virtual character for its voice mode.
https://www.theverge.com/news/804106/microsoft-mico-copilot-ai-assistant-clippy…
ChatGPT’s Atlas: The Browser That’s Anti-Web
OpenAI’s new browser, Atlas, replaces real web content with AI-generated material, blurring what’s authentic online. It also shifts control, users must guess commands while effectively working for the browser instead of it serving them.