There are good things and bad things about AI in education & research just like everywhere else, but it’s also true that it’s not going away and that AI increasingly is becoming part of the tool set available to research & teaching, as well as a subject for both study & learning
EDUCATION
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U Chicago gets Claude, but many schools already have AI
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My timeline seems to have people surprised that U Chicago is getting Claude, but tons of schools (including U Penn where I teach) have school-wide AI There are lots of things that need to be figured out about AI & scholarship but safe & equitable access is a necessary foundation
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Building Production-Ready AI Applications Workshop with 40% Discount
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Workshop hosted by @PacktPublishing @PacktDataML "Building Production-Ready AI Applications: Hands-On Workshop" on June 6 (2.5 hours) Register here for 40% OFF (my discount code automatically applied at checkout): https://
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Free training to use AI safely
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You use AI, OK. But do you use it safely? No. I explain everything in a complete free training right here → https://youtu.be/lrDOv-cEllQ #ArtificialIntelligence #AI
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Recommended course for LLMs and RAG beginners
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Anyone looking to get started with llms and rag. This course is highly recommended
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Gemini 3.5 Flash: Understand Research Papers Faster with Highlighted Q&A and Cross-Paper Context
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Introducing Gemini 3.5 Flash for understanding research papers 🚀
— alphaXiv (@askalphaxiv) 2 juin 2026
Highlight any section of a paper to ask questions and “@” other papers for quick context, comparisons, and benchmark references pic.twitter.com/6bmBR63SegIntroducing Gemini 3.5 Flash for understanding research papers Highlight any section of a paper to ask questions and “@” other papers for quick context, comparisons, and benchmark references
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Crafter: Multi-Agent Harness for Editable Scientific Figure Generation
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Crafter A Multi-Agent Harness for Editable Scientific Figure Generation from Diverse Inputs
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AI writing similarity obvious when many respond to same prompt
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Another thing about AI writing is that while a single instance of AI writing on a topic may be fine, any situation where lots of people use AI to respond to a particular prompt (comments sections, homework, admissions essays) the similarities among responses is tediously obvious.
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Learn AI Engineering: 435 Lessons, 320h, Python, Rust, MCP, Free
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Learn AI engineering from scratch with this repository: → 435 lessons
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Student speedruns entire applied AI curriculum
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Most CS undergrads don't ship half this list before graduating. Bro speedran the entire applied AI curriculum.