In the dim and distant past (well, about 5 years ago), there was a time when very few people working in education were interested in AI. And if they were, most people only had the vaguest of understanding on what it could do – either vastly overestimating what was possible, almost seeing it as akin […]
I had a few spare minutes in the morning before Digifest a couple of weeks ago, before breakfast and the conference start, so I wrote a quick LinkedIn post around writing tracking. It clearly resonated judging by the responses, so I thought I’d share it here, and reflect a little on the responses. My original […]
I spoke at a couple of events last year where I reflected on the trends, successes, and failures of the previous 12 months. As part of this, I briefly looked at some of the main LLMs and how they had developed over the previous 12 months. I focused on the models most of us are […]
We’re pleased to launch our new AI in Research community. This community will be focused on the use of AI in research administration and management, and as a tool for researchers, rather than research into AI. We want it to be a place where we can share ideas and focus on areas such as advice […]
We’ve been listening to feedback on around our Jiscmail lists, and are changing how they work. The list has grown to around 2000 people, and people join for a mix of reasons. One of the main ones is to get regular updates about AI in education events and activities, and the other is to chat […]
Another day, another new and slightly unexpected AI development. This time, it’s DeepSeek. It’s been hard to miss the news, but in case you have, here’s a quick summary: Chinese company DeepSeek has surprised the AI world by releasing a model that rivals OpenAI’s ‘chain of thought’ model. This is a model that ‘thinks through’ […]
There is, rightly, a lot of concern around AI and data security and privacy. However, it’s important we worry about the right things, and ideally for the right reasons. In particular, we are concerned that too much consideration is being given to the relatively low risks around AI training data obtained through the use of […]
I’m sure you all know that the government’s new AI Opportunities Action Plan was released this week. I think the plan is a fantastic start. I want to share some of my thoughts on why, and some initial thoughts on what I think it means for us and education as whole. For those that […]
(note: last updated 16th Oct 2024 – see here for the update history.) We are getting a lot of questions about licensing options for generative AI tools, so we thought it would be useful to summarise the current situation. It’s fair to say that things are still moving quickly, and there are a fair number […]
Microsoft are making a change to the data protection offered by Copilot (the web version) which, we think, will make it even more attractive as the default option for most Universities and Colleges. Until now, there has been a difference in the level of data protection offered for the version of Copilot available at […]