The story of AI in higher education is unfolding fast, and the AI Hub is here to cover it. This page tracks breaking developments, spotlights experiments from classrooms and labs, and offers analysis on how emerging tools are reshaping learning.
The Tool to Help AI Think Twice
Text from generative AI systems can sometimes read as overconfident, with a tendency to overlook errors or fabrications. Researchers are trying to tackle that. Using “metacognitive” frameworks, developers are working on…
Why AI Detectors Struggle to Identify Artificial Text
A recent piece from the journal Live Science highlights a persistent technical challenge in the world of generative AI: software designed to detect AI-written text is failing to keep pace with…
Economists Weigh the Risks of a Potential AI Bubble
Is the artificial intelligence sector a “gold rush” destined for a golden age, or are investors sprinting toward an economic cliff?
US Judge Approves a $1.5 Billion Copyright Settlement with Anthropic
A U.S. federal judge gave preliminary approval on Sept. 25 to a landmark $1.5 billion copyright settlement between the AI firm Anthropic and a group of authors who sued them. The…
AI’s Power Surge: Report Finds Data Centers Could Double Global Electricity Demand
A report from the International Energy Agency warns that the same technology driving innovation in fields from medicine to climate modeling could more than double global electricity demand from data centers…
Companies Update Numbers on AI’s Environmental Impact
Companies Update Numbers on AI’s Environmental Impact Ethan Mollick, Associate Professor at The Wharton School and author of Co-Intelligence, Living and Working with AI [Portfolio | April 2024], rounded up some…