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AI may not be the writing boon that, well, AI claims it is. From the image study, Youngblood warned, "If consumers determine that AI images are poor quality or a bad fit they may hold that against your brand/product/services." The content study showed: 50.1% of respondents would think less of writers who use AI. 40.4% would view brands more negatively if they used AI-generated content. Only 10.1% would view the brands more favorably.

"When you mention Artificial Intelligence (AI), you're likely to get a variety of responses ranging from the fear that robots will take over our jobs - and our lives - to the conviction that it will transform our future for the better. Now that AI is becoming an integral part of organisations such as NASA, the NHS and even your local council, is it time for education to embrace the power of AI? I believe that it is. While algorithms will never be a substitute for a good teacher, there are some exciting new ways that AI can help schools to spot patterns of progress, or identify pupils who are having difficulties with their learning."

This really concerns me but also points to a need to train humans to supervise AI chatbots. "An artificial intelligance (AI) chatbot trained by Dartmouth researchers to deliver cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) significantly reduced depression, anxiety, and eating disorder symptoms. The randomized clinical trial of Therabot, published in NEJM AI, found that an AI-trained therapy chatbot could play a vital role in expanding access to CBT."

"Generative artificial intelligence (Gen-AI) chatbots hold promise for building highly personalized, effective mental health treatments at scale, while also addressing user engagement and retention issues common among digital therapeutics. We present a randomized controlled trial (RCT) testing an expert-fine-tuned Gen-AI-powered chatbot, Therabot, for mental health treatment."

In a day when AI graphics are all the rage, more people are talking about the AI features built into Microsoft Paint. Here's a rundown of those features for those of you using PC's and without access to some of the other AI tools out there.

I appreciate the rundown and detail on what Miguel Guhlin heard and his observations about a webinar he attended. His experience is much like mine. The only place we differ is I do not like the term "thought partner." AI doesn't think. It also can't be a partner. A partner implies an equal. It is a tool for thinking, perhaps. I guess I'm careful on anthropomorphising AI as the worldview I want to teach the kids. Otherwise, this is a fantastic overview and very helpful and I'll be sharing it.

Artificial Intelligence and the "deep learning" movement are hitting it big time: big bucks and big influence on our future. Geoff Hinton is working for Google to help improve voice recognition, image tagging and more. Microsoft, IBM, Baidu (search enging in China) and others are getting into AI. This is part of education as AI and learning tools can be greatly impacted. Read and share this article if you're an education or technology futurist. Fascinating.

Math and AI? Yes, AI is being used by math teachers - here's how.

So sad to see NaNoWriMo Go! Hat tip to Stephen Downes for telling us about this one. It is an issue with the organization saying it was ok to use AI in creative writing - a stand some best selling authors disagreed with. "Around the same time, the nonprofit was also lambasted for inconsistent moderation on its all-ages forums, which created an unsafe environment for teenage writers, community members claimed. According to NaNoWriMo, these controversies over content moderation and AI did not directly lead to the organization's demise. But they certainly didn't help. "To blame NaNoWriMo's demise on the events of the last year does a disservice to all struggling nonprofits," a NaNoWriMo spokesperson, Kilby, stated in a YouTube video. "Too many members of a very large, very engaged community let themselves believe the service to be provided was free.""

Dr. Phillipa Hardman gives a great overview of AI generation, how it works and the challenges of using it to generate infographics in the classroom. If you're teaching us teachers how to use AI, this is a must read.

AI detectors don't work. They don't work. How many times do we have to tell people? This is the article I point to when people don't understand this.

"This 2.5-hour CEU is designed to help individuals and educators gain a better understanding of the latest advancements of AI, the future implications of its use, and to obtain valuable insight about how AI can be used to help educators become more proficient and inspire new ways of learning among their students and colleagues. It is designed for educators at any stage in their career, educational administrators, parents, students, and individuals who desire a better understanding of artificial intelligence in the education sector."

AI will soon be taking your drive-thru orders at 500 Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and KFC locations as they partner with nVidia starting in April and through June. Let's see how this goes.

"Artificial Intelligence is a hot topic at the moment, with estimates varying wildly about how many jobs will be replaced by machine learning algorithms. Whatever the outcome, in reality, it is clear that schools will need to change, in order to prepare their students for the resulting impact on society and the skills needed for future employment."

"Leveraging the same technology that powers NotebookLM's Audio Overviews, Gemini app users can now generate podcast-style conversations based on documents, slides, and Deep Research reports. Upload files about topics you want to explore and enjoy dynamic discussions between two AI hosts with unique perspectives."

Larry Ferlazzo shared this in 2024 but this AI tool took many of the classic adventure stories and turned them into choose your own adventure games using chat. So frankenstein, Jane Eyre and many more are now interactive in a new way. I can see many exciting adventures in learning by using this as a tool. (And remember to have kids compare and contrast these to the novels they read, there is no substitute for a good book!)

Apps which change photos into art-like creation which use filters are easy to find. This astounding app uses artificial intelligent which makes choices adapt how to adapt the image to produce amazing results. There are currently over 30 styles to choose from… the AI allows you to do that bit!

Classic 20 Questions Game online

play a game - using AI the computer will ask you questions about your chosen topic and come up with almost always, the correct answer!

"Imagine being a child who's given a school note to take home and realising all your friends can read it, but you can't. Or being asked to complete an assignment in class that has been written on the whiteboard but having no idea what it says. Or opening up a book and seeing all the letters jump around. For the one in 10 children in the UK who are dyslexic, this may well simply be part of their everyday life."

These Alexa changes impact classroom and privacy! "What do I mean by that? Well, take, for example, that recently, Amazon announced a significant change in its Alexa device privacy policy. Starting March 28, 2025, Amazon will remove the option to process Alexa voice requests locally on specific Echo devices. Instead, all voice recordings will be sent to the cloud for processing, a move intended to support Amazon's new generative AI features in Alexa Plus."