Spelling and grammar checkers have, perhaps quietly, evolved from simple typo-spotters into more sophisticated writing assistants. Once limited to flagging basic errors, they can now offer stylistic suggestions, tone adjustments, predictive text, citation help, and more. These advances are powered by natural language processing and language models, enabling tools to assess grammar in context, […]
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This is a legacy post, aimed at our members and discussing information that was widely available at the time. We leave posts that have been superseded in place as a historical record. For the latest information on AI and the environment, we recommend the United Nations University’s Environmental Cost of AI Energy Use (June 2026) […]
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At the end of last year, we brought together a working group to explore how artificial intelligence (AI) is influencing assessment in further education (FE). When we first met, we didn’t have a fixed outcome in mind. What we did know was that AI was raising new questions about fairness, academic integrity, and the kinds […]
We recently saw a new methodology for Image Generation integrated into OpenAI’s GPT 4o that has resulted in significant improvements to the quality of images that Generative AI can create. To see a more in-depth comparison, please read Catherine Barker’s blog post if you haven’t already. You may have seen the viral trend of people […]
Introduction Over the last two years we have spoken to groups of students to get a broad understanding of the way they view AI, and how they are using it, and what their concerns and hopes are. We’ve published two reports, summarising our findings, in 2023 and 2024. This report updates our findings, based on […]
Version 1.1 – 19 May 2025. First version published 23rd Sept 2024 We are pleased to share a set of resources developed for Further Education (FE) to help build learners’ AI literacy. This has been a collaborative effort from our working group, who helped identify and review the key topics. What we’ve focused on […]
Photorealistic image created by Shaun Daubney, Newbury College, using Ideogram. Introduction Jisc’s Artificial Intelligence team runs pilot projects to help the education sector build confidence and capability in using AI. These pilots give participating staff and students direct experience using AI technologies, and the resulting insights are shared across the wider sector. In autumn […]
This is a legacy post, aimed at our members and discussing information that was widely available at the time. We leave posts that have been superseded in place as a historical record. For the latest information on AI and the environment, we recommend the United Nations University’s Environmental Cost of AI Energy Use (June […]
Each year at Jisc we run a leadership survey, which is sent to leaders in HE and FE, with responses from vice-chancellors and principals, technology and library strategic leaders and more. The latest was completed in the Spring of this year. The survey asks several questions about the perception of Jisc, our services and the […]
OpenAI have built their most advanced image generator yet into GPT-4o, which ‘excels at accurately rendering text, precisely following prompts, and leveraging 4o’s inherence knowledge base and chat context’. This was of immediate interest, as we recently wrapped up our image generation pilot. The pilot revealed promising use cases, however, a few recurring limitations emerged. […]