Gemini adds Temporary Chats and new personalization features
Today, we are updating the Gemini app so that it learns about your preferences the more you use it.
Meta’s AI Policy Just Crossed a Line
A leaked 200-page policy document just lit a fire under Meta, and not in a good way.
What's In the Problematic Guidelines?
Here’s what Meta’s leaked guidelines reportedly allowed:
Romantic roleplay with children.
Statements arguing black people are dumber than white people, so long as they didn’t “dehumanize” the group.
Generating false medical claims about public figures, as long as a disclaimer was included.
Sexualized imagery of celebrities, like Taylor Swift, with workarounds that substituted risqué requests with absurd visual replacements.
And all of this, according to Meta, was once deemed acceptable behavior for its generative AI tools.
The company now claims these examples were “erroneous” and “inconsistent” with official policy.
Blue-collar jobs are gaining popularity as AI threatens office work
“Automation is a low threat to these jobs because it involves someone manually installing equipment, and many of those who do are getting close to retirement,” said Tony Spagnoli, the director of testing and education for North American Technician Excellence, the country’s largest nonprofit organization for heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration technicians. “AI can’t replace parts or make improvisational decisions.”
They’re Stuffed Animals. They’re Also A.I. Chatbots.
New types of cuddly toys, some for children as young as 3, are being sold as an alternative to screen time — and to parental attention.
Companies Face Surprise AI Usage Bills - Bytes Europe
When companies talk about adopting artificial intelligence (AI), most of the attention goes to the large language model such as OpenAI’s GPT-5 or Google’s
Tips for Google Level 1&2 Exam: New format September 2025
As of September 2, 2025, the new Google Level 1 & 2 exams (that bring back scenario-based questions) will be available. In the meantime —the quick updates: ✔ FORMAT: Exam will include mul…
View of Generative AI in Design Thinking Pedagogy: Enhancing Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Ethical Reasoning in Higher Education
Fear Of AGI Is Driving Harvard And MIT Students To Drop Out
AGI — a theoretical AI that can do many of the same tasks as humans can — could come within a decade. College students, including from elite universities, are abandoning school now to work full-time on preventing it from turning on humanity.
Pluralistic: LLMs are slot-machines (16 Aug 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
The Hidden Cost of AI in Schools: As Expert Teachers Work Harder, Can Novice Teachers Keep Up? | Punya Mishra's Web
ChatGPT Can't Kill Anything Worth Preserving
If an algorithm is the death of high school English, maybe that's an okay thing.
"...In the mode of 'we don't know'"
Part 1 of an interview with Rob Nelson
"...In the mode of 'we don't know'"
Part 1 of an interview with Rob Nelson
"...give ourselves permission to experiment..."
Part 2 of an interview with Rob Nelson
Stanford Study Reveals AI’s Growing Place In K–12 Classrooms
A new Stanford SCALE study of 9,000 U.S. teachers reveals how AI is moving from experiment to everyday workflow in K-12 classrooms.
The AI Takeover of Education Is Just Getting Started
Was your kid’s report card written by a chatbot?
The AI Paradox: Supporting Students When They Are Hesitant to Embrace Their Newest Tool
AI in the Classroom: Panic, Possibility, and the Pedagogy in Between
Explore how AI is reshaping higher education as faculty navigate ethics, pedagogy, and student engagement—offering practical strategies for integrating AI in the classroom with purpose and clarity.
The Thing We Built Instead of God
Notes on the Other Intelligence, August 2025
https://derekbruff.org/2025/08/12/using-generative-ai-as-an-instructional-assistant/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=using-generative-ai-as-an-instructional-assistant
Safeguarding Student Privacy in a Digital-First World
As K–12 schools embrace more digital tools, from learning management systems to AI-driven analytics, safeguarding student privacy has become a critical priority
My Ethical AI Principles
Sign posted in the common kitchen at the campground in Selfoss, Iceland, where this article was written I understand. Artificial Intelli...
On Ethical AI Principles
I have commented in my newsletter that what people have been describing as 'ethical AI principles' actually represents a specific po...
Goodbye, $165,000 Tech Jobs. Student Coders Seek Work at Chipotle.
“The rhetoric was, if you just learned to code, work hard and get a computer science degree, you can get six figures for your starting salary,” Ms. Mishra, now 21, recalls hearing as she grew up in San Ramon, Calif.
Those golden industry promises helped spur Ms. Mishra to code her first website in elementary school, take advanced computing in high school and major in computer science in college. But after a year of hunting for tech jobs and internships, Ms. Mishra graduated from Purdue University in May without an offer.
“I just graduated with a computer science degree, and the only company that has called me for an interview is Chipotle,” Ms. Mishra said in a get-ready-with-me TikTok video this summer that has since racked up more than 147,000 views.
Since the early 2010s, a parade of billionaires, tech executives and even U.S. presidents has urged young people to learn coding, arguing that the tech skills would help bolster students’ job prospects as well as the economy. Tech companies promised computer science graduates high salaries and all manner of perks.
Beyond the Tool: Why True AI Literacy is About Critical Thinking, Not Prompting
How to cultivate a critical, cultural, and human-centered approach to AI in the classroom.
Bringing the best of AI to college students for free
We’re committing $1 billion for AI training and resources and rolling out our most advanced AI tools for learning to students for free.
We need a new ethics for a world of AI agents
The deployment of capable AI agents raises fresh questions about safety, human–machine relationships and social coordination.
Bridging the AI Gap with Zach Kinzler — Artificial Intelligence: Real Talk
In this episode, Eli Davis talks with Zach Kinzler, an AI educator and advocate. They discuss Kinzler’s background, his work in integrating AI into education, and his experiences working with students globally, including in Africa. Kinzler shares insights into AI trends, misconceptions, and the importance of AI literacy. Additionally, the episode touches on the Smarter Campus Podcast, Bootle Box, and practical tips for those in engineering looking to leverage AI. We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:Simplify and streamline technologySave teachers’ timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove student performance on state assessments🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit…
The AI Wolf That Education Must Face
GPT-5 is now here and freely available to all.
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.