Oct 31, 2024

This week's episode has a lot more news than research. But the research that we spend a bit of time on is the insights on how students in Australian universities are using AI. Really good insights for any educator or leader!

News

AI Detectors Falsely Accuse Students of Cheating—With Big Consequences
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-10-18/do-ai-detectors-work-students-face-false-cheating-accusations 

Empowering Education Leaders Toolkit
https://tech.ed.gov/education-leaders-ai-toolkit/ 

TEQSA Guidance for universities
Danny Liu video https://bit.ly/students-ai 

Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/openai-ap-san-francisco-experts-microsoft-b2635996.html 

More than a quarter of new code at Google is generated by AI - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/29/24282757/google-new-code-generated-ai-q3-2024 

Apple are launching their first devices with Apple Intelligence 
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/joanna-stern-personal-technology/full-interview-apples-software-chief-craig-federighi-on-future-of-iphone-ai/756B8727-5FFB-422C-AE63-C4600272BD94?msockid=0a3b30f5f88b6061226e245bf9b96140 

Watch out for the Earning reports:  Google just released and Microsoft do this week too.  Always have a listen to these to find out about the momentum in AI. 
Alphabet Q3 earnings call: CEO Sundar Pichai's remarks
Microsoft Fiscal Year 2025 First Quarter Earnings Conference Call

Research

A Systematic Mapping Review at the Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Self-Regulated Learning A call for increased theoretical grounding focus on motivation and diversifying context
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/382870027 

Students perspectives on AI in higher education
Project website: https://aiinhe.org 
Survey highlights: https://aiinhe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/aiinhe_surveyinsights.pdf 
Guidance for students: https://itali.uq.edu.au/files/31707/how-students-use-ai-guide-students.pdf 
Guidance for academics: https://itali.uq.edu.au/files/31702/How-students-talk-about- gen-ai-guide-academics.pdf