Though AI appears sleek and immaterial, it relies on vast physical and ecological infrastructures. From high energy consumption to mining for hardware, its environmental toll is significant yet often overlooked.
AI Agents Are Coming to a Classroom Near You
AI agents have the potential to personalize learning at scale, reducing teacher workload and enhancing student engagement.
Ransomware Is Rampant in 2025: 6 Quick Tips That’ll Protect Your Data
Ransomware attacks often make headlines, and the worst part is that they target regular people, not just big corporations. Cybercriminals evolve their tactics, but protection doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive. These straightforward tips can help keep ransomware at …
Why AI will not Democratize Education: a Critical Pragmatist Perspective
The paper argues that current commercial AI undermines democratic education, as defined by Dewey, by prioritizing individualized curriculum mastery and teacher automation over fostering communication, collaboration, and participatory learning. It also suggests alternative AI applications—like simulations, worldview exposure, and teacher …
Google’s NotebookLM expands its AI podcast feature to more languages
Google’s AI tool NotebookLM is expanding its Audio Overviews feature to 76 new languages, allowing users to create AI-generated podcasts based on their uploaded documents. The feature helps transform materials like course readings or legal briefs into audio summaries.
Face ID Is Not Enough: The iPhone Password Protections You’re Probably Ignoring
Face ID is a powerful security tool, but it’s not foolproof. With smartphone threats growing every year, relying on just facial recognition isn’t enough to protect your iPhone.
https://www.makeuseof.com/iphone-face-id-security-additions…
CourseFlow: A Tool for Program Development and Curriculum Planning
CourseFlow is a cloud-based platform that helps educators design learning through intuitive, mind map-style workflows for activities, courses, and programs. It offers easy collaboration, content duplication, and organization, saving time across semesters.
https://eductive.ca/en/resource/courseflow-a-tool-for-program-development-and-curriculum-planning…
Major survey finds most people use AI regularly at work – but almost half admit to doing so inappropriately
AI tools like ChatGPT are boosting productivity for many workers, with 58% globally using them at work, but risky practices like uploading sensitive data highlight the urgent need for better AI policies and training.
Human Consciousness Is a ‘Controlled Hallucination,’ Scientist Says—And AI Can Never Achieve It
In AI research, the “singularity” refers to a future point when artificial minds surpass human intelligence, potentially triggering rapid change. However, some experts argue that even then, AI will fall short of human brains due to its lack of consciousness.…
The Godfather of AI is more worried than ever about the future of AI
Dr. Geoffrey Hinton, a pioneer of neural network-based AI, continues to warn about its potential dangers, citing the rapid and unexpected pace of advancement. In a recent interview, he expressed deep concern over AI misuse, emphasizing how quickly progress has …
How to Humanize ChatGPT Content (5 Simple Ways that Work)
AI-generated content often feels stiff and inauthentic, hurting engagement and credibility. Fortunately, five proven techniques can make ChatGPT writing sound natural and truly connect with readers.
How AI learns intuitive physics from watching videos
Humans naturally grasp intuitive physics, but teaching AI this common sense is difficult. A new study from Meta AI shows that deep learning models can develop such understanding by watching large amounts of unlabeled videos, advancing general-purpose AI.
An evaluation of Contact North’s AI tools for education
Contact North is offering free access to four AI tools—AI Tutor Pro, AI Teaching Assistant Pro, AI Pathfinder Pro, and AI Trades Explorer Pro—via their landing page. The author plans to test and evaluate these tools in upcoming blog posts.…
Use These 3 Chrome Extensions to Automatically Detect AI Content
AI content is the bane of our online existences; distinguishing between human and AI-generated text and images is becoming unfathomably difficult. That’s why I use these Chrome extensions to detect AI content quickly—they’ll become part of your daily browsing experience …
Pedagogical Biases in AI-Powered Educational Tools: The Case of Lesson Plan Generators
This study reveals that AI lesson plan generators often reinforce outdated, teacher-centered approaches that limit student agency and dialogue. By applying intentional prompt engineering, the authors demonstrate how these tools can be guided to produce more student-centered, interactive lesson plans …