Category: AI
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About, With, Through, Without, Against: Five Ways to Learn AI
Learning about, with, through, without, and against AI are all important for students and educators.
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Open Source AI is Going Mainstream
A few interesting things are happening around open source artificial intelligence, and even if you haven’t been paying much attention to generative AI beyond the big name brands like ChatGPT, I think this is something that you should take a look at.
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GPT-5 Review: Benchmarks vs Reality of the PhD in Your Pocket
GPT-5 promises PhD-level intelligence – but does it deliver? See my comprehensive testing revealing surprising limitations, hidden improvements, and why the update matters even if it isn’t really a “PhD in your pocket”. Includes hands-on tests, coding, and education experiments.
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Free PD Video: How to Use ChatGPT
I’m Leon Furze, and in this free PD video, I walk through the features of both the free and paid versions of ChatGPT. From Study Mode to Deep Research, I explain how educators can get the most from the tool. Subscribe for more videos throughout August.
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OpenAI Has Come for Education
OpenAI’s recent partnership with Instructure’s Canvas Learning Management System furthers its aggressive entry into education. While claiming to support students and teachers, I’m worried about the effectiveness of its tools like study mode and Agents, which fail to remotely address pedagogical needs. OpenAI has come for education, and I think we should be concerned.
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First Impressions of ChatGPT’s Study Mode
ChatGPT has released its new ‘Study Mode’. What is it, and will it actually help students to learn? Or is it simply a way for OpenAI to reclaim territory from third party edtech?
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The Right to Resist
A recent open letter calling for educators and academics to resist AI has divided the education community. But we should be directing our anger at the right people, and not at one another.
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Stuck Thinking and End-of-School Exams
We think the end of school exam is a lot of things: but is our thinking stuck on unhelpful ideas? If we treat the exam differently, how might it change our assessments and attitudes towards AI?
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Publish (on your) Own Site Syndicate Elsewhere
With growing dissatisfaction about the state of the internet, I spent a few months in 2025 digging into things like the fediverse (Mastodon etc.), self-hosting, and other ways of reclaiming the internet from companies like Google. On my travels, I came across the term POSSE, which stands for Publish (on your) Own Site Syndicate Elsewhere.…
