Tag: microsoft
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BIP AI – AI fundamentals and prompting
In this workshop for the Blended Intensive Programme on AI in education and research, Antonio Lopes, Hugo Santos and I introduce generative AI models and techniques for effective prompting. Participants explored responses across chatbot platforms to compare nuances in AI outputs. The workshop provided a practical foundation for understanding and harnessing generative AI capabilities.
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My thoughts on the different generative AI tools I’m using
TL;DR Here are is my ranked list of suggestions, based on my own experiences and use-cases: Over the past year or so, I’ve been experimenting with a few different language models and image generators. Over time, I narrowed in on Claude, and wrote about my preference for using it over other options. A couple of…
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Link: Microsoft Copilot in educational contexts
https://educationblog.microsoft.com/en-us/2024/01/meet-your-ai-assistant-for-education-microsoft-copilot Microsoft Copilot is a tool that uses generative AI to serve as a helpful assistant to you in the classroom. Copilot can help you save time, differentiate instruction, and enhance student learning. With Copilot, you can easily create lesson plans, quizzes, rubrics, and other class resources for any level of learner. I’ve been using…
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Link: Microsoft Copilot is now using the previously-paywalled GPT-4 Turbo, saving you $20 a month
https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/microsoft-copilot-is-now-using-the-previously-paywalled-gpt-4-turbo-saving-you-dollar20-a-month You heard it right, Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT are quite similar. The only difference is that OpenAI has buried most of these features behind its $20 ChatGPT Plus subscription. But as it happens, you don’t have to necessarily have the 20-dollar subscription to access the GPT-4 Turbo model, as you can access it for free via the…
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Link: Microsoft makes its AI-powered reading tutor free
https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/18/microsoft-makes-its-ai-powered-reading-tutor-free Microsoft today made Reading Coach, its AI-powered tool that provides learners with personalized reading practice, available at no cost to anyone with a Microsoft account.
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Access GPT-4 for free (with limitations) in Microsoft’s new Copilot mobile app
https://the-decoder.com/new-copilot-app-use-gpt-4-and-dall-e-3-on-your-smartphone-for-free/ “Microsoft releases its Copilot chatbot as a smartphone app. This gives users free access to GPT-4, the most capable language model from OpenAI, and DALL-E 3.” There are substantial limitations to this free version (see below) but what’s important here (IMO) is that a couple of months ago you couldn’t get access to this…
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Windows update to include Copilot (i.e. ChatGPT)
https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/09/21/announcing-microsoft-copilot-your-everyday-ai-companion/ “Today we take the next step to unify these capabilities into a single experience we call Microsoft Copilot, your everyday AI companion. Copilot will uniquely incorporate the context and intelligence of the web, your work data and what you are doing in the moment on your PC to provide better assistance – with your…
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Link: YouTube begins verifying videos by UK doctors…
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/youtube-bbc-britons-more-brits-b2407715.html “YouTube added a new seal of approval to accounts run by licensed doctors, nurses, psychologists, and other health practitioners or organisations who have passed stringent verification checks to fight misinformation.” At what point will “Verified by YouTube” (or Google, or Microsoft) be more valuable than getting your degree from a prestigious university? And then,…
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Updating assessment policies in response to generative AI is a waste of time
I had a conversation with a colleague yesterday who had a student submission with a report that was 100% confident of AI-generated content. This is not only going to become prevalent…it’s going to become normal. Because we’re quickly getting to a point where it will be very difficult to create anything that isn’t in some…
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Weekly digest (24-28 May 2021)
Ads in academic journals? Recently I had to disable my ad-blocking extensions to troubleshoot a problem I’m having with a service and I forgot to turn them back on. So I was surprised to visit a journal website and see the number of ads displayed down the side. As if journals don’t make enough money…
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Microsoft ignoring standards?
in TechnologyIt seems as if the beta release of MS Outlook 2010 has stirred up some controversy around it’s decision to continue using Word’s rendering engine to display HTML emails. This hasn’t gone down too well in some parts of the community, with some groups of people struggling to accept the fact that MS doesn’t care…