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Winds of Change in Higher Ed to Become a Hurricane in 2025
A number of factors are converging to create a huge storm. Generative AI advances, massive federal policy shifts, broad societal and economic changes, and the demographic cliff combine to create uncertainty today and change tomorrow.
Here Come the AI Agents!
Anthropic last month took the lead in providing early access to basic AI agents for the masses. This is a huge leap forward from the chat bots that have dominated early generative AI.
Embodied AI
We may be just months away from an influx of embodied AI robots. Those are, in many cases, humanoid bots powered by autonomous AI.
ChatGPT-4o Shows ‘Friendly’ Behavior
The app initiates personalized conversations and offers responses without a prompt. This signals a shift toward agentic AI, where models act more like colleagues.
A Near-Future Vision of AI in Higher Ed
The state of the art of generative artificial intelligence is changing at lightning speed. Advances come by the hour, not just by the day. How might this play out in higher ed?
AI Is Already Advancing Higher Education
Generative AI has enormous potential to advance, enhance and expand higher education in the future. Few realize how AI already is improving what we do today in myriad ways.
Upskilling, Reskilling or Retiring: Responding to the Advent of AI
The anticipated replacement of human workers with generative AI apps has begun. Earlier this year IBM announced about 8,000 layoffs amid an AI-powered initiative.
AI in a Lingering Age of Loneliness Among Students
The COVID-19 pandemic brought about greater awareness of an even larger epidemic, one of loneliness in America. In higher education, it is incumbent on us to help our learners with overcoming the pain and other ill-effects of this condition.