Tag: AI
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Selfish Writing and Poisonous Frogs
In 2024 I posted at least two articles a week on this blog, sometimes tipping over to three or four if something particularly interesting happened, or yet another new release, AI application or feature. And then towards the end of the year, it came time for me to shift gears and focus on writing my…
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OpenAI Has Improved Its Image Gen – But Do We Need More “Offensive” AI?
OpenAI’s recent updates to DALL-E 3 aim to enhance its image generation capabilities, but the focus on relaxing restrictions for “offensive” content raises concerns. The integration of more violent and explicit imagery could contribute to misinformation, and doesn’t contribute to the future of the technology.
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AI Assessment Scale (AIAS) Translations: 2025 Updates
This is an update of an earlier post on translations of the AI Assessment Scale. Please keep sending us your translations as we keep these resources up to date! The AI Assessment Scale has been adopted across the world in both the original (traffic lights) version, and the updated (bubblegum) version. We have been amazed…
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Hands on with OpenAI’s Operator
OpenAI’s Operator is a standalone application which uses ChatGPT to control a simple web browser, and can control a mouse and keyboard to complete online tasks semi-autonomously. In this post, I’m going to explore how Operator works, what it can do, and what is on the horizon for this technology.
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Hands on with Deep Research
Deep Research is the title of a new mode in several GenAI apps, including Google’s Gemini, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and most recently, Perplexity. In this article, I will be focusing on the currently most hyped of these: OpenAI’s Deep Research. Although they weren’t first to release a product with this title (that was Google), they have…
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Talking to Teachers About AI in Schools
The post reflects on the challenges educators face regarding AI in classrooms, highlighting debates over its benefits and drawbacks. Teachers seek clarity on its capabilities while being burdened by evolving technologies. Successful integration relies on collaboration among subject matter experts who can explore AI’s potential across disciplines, guiding effective use in education.
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Resist, Refuse, or Rationalise – Just don’t Roll Over
Towards the end of 2024 there was a noticeable uptick in AI critique from educators and academics. It seemed as though the initial shock of ChatGPT had finally worn off, and people were beginning to grapple with the bigger-picture concerns of GenAI beyond “it’s that thing that students are using to cheat”. Of course, there…
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AI Assessment Scale (AIAS) Translations from Around the World
The AI Assessment Scale has been adopted across the world in both the original (traffic lights) version, and the updated (bubblegum) version. We have been amazed by how many K-12 and Higher Education institutions have used the AIAS to help their faculty and students. Since we released the version 2 updates as a CC BY…
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More From the Fence: Articles For and Against AI in Education
A few weeks ago I wrote an article explaining why I’m still on the fence with AI, and refuse to tip entirely into either refusal or full adoption. In this post, I’m pulling together some of the most read articles on this site from both sides of the fence, to add a little weight to…
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What Can Lewis Caroll Teach us about GenAI?
Lately I’ve been posting a bit about metaphors, and their use in teaching and critiquing Generative AI products like ChatGPT. As an English teacher first and foremost, I want to find ways to teach with, through, and sometimes against AI that keep students’ voices and educators’ expertise front and centre. And I’m always looking for…