What’s With the Em Dash/AI Anxieties? (opinion)
Anxieties around AI and punctuation say a lot about academia, Joseph Mellors writes.
Deep Background GPT Released
An abbreviated version of SIFT Toolbox is now available to all as a completely free GPT
Perplexity AI: New Features, Examples, & How and When to Use
Complete Perplexity AI guide: explore voice search, deep research, Labs, document analysis, and 8 standout features with examples. Why this AI may beat Google.
The Apple "Reasoning Collapse" Paper Is Even Dumber Than You Think
We're this far into reasoners and neither hypesters nor skeptics really understand their significance. Also: Read Toulmin.
An explanation of the “illusion of thinking” paper re: LLMs.
AI literacy: What it is, what it isn’t, who needs it and why it’s hard to define
President Trump’s executive order calling for AI literacy highlights its importance. The order also underscores its amorphous nature. Here’s how to develop and measure effective AI literacy programs.
Seven replies to the viral Apple reasoning paper – and why they fall short
Also: another paper that seals the deal
AI Refusal in Libraries: A Starter Guide
This week I was on a panel at the Generative AI in Libraries (GAIL) virtual conference. Along with my fellow panelists Andrea Baer and Emily Zerrenner, I joined moderator Sarah Appedu to discuss the cognitive dissonance that we recognize between the widespread exhortations to adopt GenAI tools in libraries and the harms that we see
Mary Meeker’s AI Trend-Analysis + other items re: AI in general
AI and the paperclip problem
h/t Emily Bender and Alex Hanna The AI Con
How Students felt about AI - The Broken Copier
Students shared how they felt about AI usage—for students and adults alike
Sadly Robotic Metaphors for AI – collecting the worst examples
AI has rendered traditional writing skills obsolete. Education needs to adapt.
h/t Laura Gibbs (but not in a good way, as in she's not happy)
Your Campus Already Has AI—And That's the Problem
If you teach on a college campus, you likely have access to a slew of generative AI tools or features that have been quietly embedded in applications you use each day.
Artificial intelligence: Supply chain constraints and energy implications
AI systems are responsible for a rapidly increasing share of global data center power
demand. It can be estimated that, as of 2025, AI systems represent up to 20% of data
center power demand. Because of increasing production capacity in the AI hardware
supply chain, AI systems could be responsible for almost half of data center power
demand by the end of 2025. This rapid growth could exacerbate dependence on fossil
fuels and undermine climate goals.
We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.
The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.
AI is Stone Soup
An old tale with modern revelance
The real cost of AI is being paid in deserts far from Silicon Valley
In Empire of AI, journalist Karen Hao reports on how Indigenous communities in Chile are fighting to protect their land from AI-driven resource extraction.
Claude 4 AI: Powerful New Features & How to Use Them Best
Discover practical ways to leverage Claude 4’s enhanced coding, nuanced analysis, and smarter editing features to streamline tasks and improve your workflow.
A day with Claude
With Claude 4, we're showcasing how Claude can seamlessly integrate into your entire workday. In this demo, three Anthropic team members showcase Claude's ad...
Opinion | What I Learned Serving on My University’s AI Committee
What I learned serving on a university AI committee.
Core Values for AI Literacy
Embedding Ethics for Audiences aged 14–19
How the right to education is undermined by AI
h/t Audrey Watters
Top 5 AI Tools to Help You Land a Job Faster
Searching for a job can feel overwhelming, but AI-powered tools are making the process faster, smarter, and more personalized than ever.
When Good Ideas Meet Poor Execution: The Humane AI Pin and the Future of Language Translation
The Humane AI Pin aimed to revolutionize real-time language translation through wearable technology but failed due to execution issues like poor battery life and limited functionality. Despite its …
Meet Mahi-Bot
Meet Mahi-Bot 🐟, the Cal State Channel Island Extended University’s AI 24/7 friendly guide. Inspired by Ekho, the dolphin, and powered by Playlab, this chatbot is designed to support prospect…
AITRAP -- AI hype Tracking Project
Are We Tripping? The Mirage of AI Hallucinations
There is a deep disorder in the discourse of generative artificial intelligence (AI). When AI seems to make things up or distort reality — adding extra fingers
A scoping review on how generative artificial intelligence transforms assessment in higher education | ChatGPT | Zotero
Myths, magic, and metaphors: the language of generative AI
As part of my PhD studies, I read and write a lot of stuff that doesn’t really fit into my research, but which I find interesting anyway. I’m categorising these “spare parts” on my blog, and if you’re interested in following them you’ll find them all here. I’ve written a fair bit about AI ethics, […]