Category: AI
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Is OpenAI’s Sora Soaring AI Video to New Heights?
This week, both Apple and OpenAI debuted their public version of their new expansion of their AI multiverse. Let’s take a look at Sora and what it plans to bring to the AI video landscape. https://sora.com/library Arguably, the internet’s most respected tech reviewer, Marques Brownlee, from MKBHD, has the best and most succinct breakdown of…
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The Future of AI: Not a Matter of If, but When.
Engaging AI Topics, and Videos, to Explore During Your Academic Winter Break | 2024 <Update> 10 December, to reflect Google’s unveiling of their Quantum computer processor The Rise of AI Ubiquity AI has already transitioned from a buzzword to a pervasive reality. From recommendation systems that tailor our online experiences to generative models capable of…
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What is the AI Chat tool available at WWU?
Your friendly neighborhood instructional designer from TLT at WWU is back, this time diving into some of the most common questions we get about AI tools available here at WWU. Common Questions We’re seeing more interest in how AI can support students, staff, and faculty, so I’m here to give you the lowdown on what’s…
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What if your notes could think with you?
So, I finally had a little time and got to try the new (experimental) “notebook” tool by Google called NotebookLM. If I be an AI and generate a picture of what I see it as, or might become, imagine the idea behind OneNote but if it had generative AI with deep learning and multi-output generative…
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Presentation: Exploring AI in Higher Education
As we journey through the landscape of AI in education, it’s important to recognize that, much like any hike here in the Pacific Northwest, some trails are meant to be challenging. Many hikers can agree, it is the hardest trails that are the most rewarding, and where they feel growth. The same can be said…
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Exploring the Role of AI in Higher Education [Fall 2024 Edition]
AI is the Olympics of What’s Next. As the Paris games go on, I cannot help but think that if AI were an Olympic sport, I would hope to qualify. In the last two years, I’ve done more lectures and presentations than I can count on AI. And every time during the presentation week, I…
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AI Trend Spotting: Fall 2024
Ongoing Trends AI as a frontend interface for understanding data The use of AI as a front-end interface for interacting with large datasets is rapidly transforming how organizations analyze and visualize data. Microsoft Azure, Panopto, and even Canvas are all exploring and rolling out AI services to help process reports and data. Traditionally, data analysis…
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AI Tool Spotting | Fall 2024
Adobe FireFly https://firefly.adobe.com Adobe FireFly is a web based image generative AI tool that has now been integrated into Adobe Creative Cloud apps including Photoshop and Illustrator. It enables users to generate images, edit text, and create designs with the help of AI, all within Adobe’s ecosystem. FireFly is particularly useful for streamlining workflows, making…
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State of AI | Summer 2024
The views expressed are not to represent that of ATUS, or its subsidiary departments, and is intended as an op-ed of the author. -AJ As I recently wrote in capping off my two years of posting on the AI-nomics of EdTech, I concluded my regular updates on the state and evolution of AI. At the…