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Just Announced: Syracuse University AI Symposium on Dec. 3

Faculty, staff and students are invited to the Syracuse University AI Symposium on Thursday, Dec. 3, from 9 am to 12:30 pm in Schine Student Center, Room 304ABC. The half-day event looks at where AI is headed over the next two years and what the University should do now to prepare. Registration is available online for this in-person event.

Schedule

Opening program—The morning begins at 9 am with a welcome from Jeff Rubin, senior vice president for digital transformation and chief digital officer and interim dean of the School of Information Studies (iSchool). At 9:10 am, Jeff Knauss, CEO and co-founder of Arcovo AI, delivers the keynote.

At 9:40 am, Rubin will moderate a panel discussion featuring:

  • Nina I. Brown, associate professor of communications, Newhouse School of Public Communications
  • Hamid Ekbia, University Professor and founding director of the Academic Alliance for AI Policy
  • Orion Goodman ‘28, president and co-founder of United AI
  • Andrew Joncas, assistant vice president for enterprise data and artificial intelligence
  • Paulo Shakarian, KG Tan Endowed Professor of Artificial Intelligence and director of the Syracuse University Institute for Artificial Intelligence

Featured sessions—After a break, attendees can choose from three tracks, each offered in two rounds at 10:45 am and 11:45 am:

  • AI and the Future of Work Across Disciplines (Room 304A): Michael Fudge, professor of practice, iSchool (Round 1); Quran Karriem, assistant professor, College of Visual and Performing Arts (Round 2)
  • AI in Research and Discovery (Room 304B): faculty speaker to be announced (Round 1); Enterprise Data and AI Student Group (Round 2)
  • Governance, Ethics and Institutional Readiness (Room 304C): Moon-Heum Cho, professor, School of Education (Round 1); Boryana Rossa, professor, College of Visual and Performing Arts (Round 2)

The University community is invited to attend the full morning or the parts that fit your schedule. Seating is limited, so register now (you might be prompted to sign in to Claude using your Syracuse University account). This is an in-person event with no online option. Recordings will be shared afterward.

To learn more about AI at Syracuse University, visit ai.syracuse.edu.

AI Insights for November 10, 2026

This message was originally shared to subscribers November 10, 2026.

Just Announced: Syracuse University AI Symposium on Dec. 3

Join faculty, staff and students for the inaugural Syracuse University AI Symposium on Thursday, Dec. 3, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Schine Student Center. The morning features a keynote by Arcovo AI CEO Jeff Knauss, a panel discussion and breakout sessions on a range of AI-related topics. This in-person event has limited seating, so register today.

More Upcoming Events

In addition to the Symposium, ITS is hosting a number of events over the next few weeks covering the practical applications and ethical implications of AI.

As part of the Fall 2026 Research Computing Series, ITS AI engineer Aaron Starr will introduce AI tools for advanced computational work. Join on Microsoft Teams Wednesday, Nov. 11, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m

During AI at Work, Pun To “Doug” Yung, a Meredith Professor Faculty Fellow in biomedical and chemical engineering, will explore how virtue ethics can guide everyday AI choices. Join us Wednesday, Nov. 18, from 2 to 3 p.m. Register today.

Want to get more out of Claude? The Claude 101 series continues with two more live sessions on Microsoft Teams, 1 to 2 p.m. on Nov. 19 and Dec. 17. Register for one or all. Missed the first sessions? You can watch the recordings here.

News and Views

In Summary

AI is pushing higher education to clarify its rules and its purpose. A provost’s resignation over undisclosed AI use raised the stakes on transparency for leaders, while campuses weigh AI-free courses, religious opt-outs and calls for faculty and student input. Meanwhile, AI is beating human peer reviewers, fueling a surge in agent-driven hacks and sending Anthropic scrambling for computing power.

Academia and Higher Education

Agents

Anthropic in the News

Business and the Economy

  • A.I. by the Numbers (The New York Times)
  • The Fed’s New Headache: An AI Boom That Turns to Bust (Politico)
  • Heineken CIO Uses AI to Operationalize Data-Driven Decisions (CIO Dive)
  • Starbucks Wants to Use AI to Show You A ‘Personalized Digital Menu’ at the Drive-Thru (The Verge)
  • Mercedes Gives Its Cars an AI Upgrade (The Wall Street Journal)

Security and Cybersecurity

Society

Tools and Releases

  • Introducing Pangram Image 1.0 (Pangram)

Workforce and Jobs

  • What is it Like to Work When Your Co-Workers are AI Agents? (The Guardian)
  • LinkedIn Data Shows Where Opportunity is Emerging as Work Changes (LinkedIn)

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Questions?

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Meet Claude’s New Artifacts Section

By Shannon Glennon, AI Technology Transformation Specialist, Syracuse University ITS 

Anthropic rolled out an update to Claude’s Artifacts section on Oct. 8, and it reached everyone at SU on Oct. 23. It now has five starting points for building things, including Motion, which turns your ideas into an animated video you can download. 

What’s an artifact? 

An artifact is anything Claude makes for you: a document, a deck, a design, a dashboard or an animation. You can edit it, come back to it and share it with a link. Everything saves in the Artifacts tab, so there’s no digging through old chats to find it. Yours shows what you made, and Shared with you shows what coworkers sent over. Artifacts stay private until you share them. 

What’s changed 

With prompting, Claude could already write documents, build decks and create animations for you. Now there’s a laid out plan to walk you through it. 

Five tiles, five things to try 

Under Make something new, click a tile, or just describe what you want in any chat. 

  • Docs: “Draft a one-page project brief for the onboarding revamp that I can share with the team.” 
  • Slides: “Turn these meeting notes into a five-slide deck for my team meeting.” 
  • Design: “Design a one-page flyer for a spring workshop in SU orange and navy.” 
  • Dashboard: Ask questions about your connected data in plain language and get charts that stay current. 
  • Motion: Keep reading. 

A quick look at Motion 

Motion animates what you give it, like a title card that slides in or a chart that builds itself, and it’s a nice way to liven up a slide or an email. 

  1. Click Artifacts, then click Motion. 
  2. Try: “Animate a 30-second explainer on how to request a software install, in three steps, using SU orange and navy.” 
  3. Ask Claude for changes or edit the text yourself, then export it as an MP4. 

Work on it together 

People with edit access can work in the same artifact at the same time and see each other’s changes as they happen. 

  1. Open the artifact from the Artifacts tab and click Share. 
  2. Add your coworkers by email or share it with your whole organization, and choose Can edit under Their access. 
  3. Send the link. Your coworkers need to be signed in to Claude to open it. 
  4. In a doc, select any text, add a comment and mention @Claude to have it make the change. 

 

AI Insights for October 27, 2026

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Upcoming Events

When AI can do it, should it? Join us for AI at Work on Nov. 18 from 2 to 3 p.m., where Pun To “Doug” Yung, a Meredith Professor Faculty Fellow in biomedical and chemical engineering, applies virtue ethics to everyday AI choices. Register today.

Want to get more out of Claude? The Claude 101 series continues with two more live sessions on Microsoft Teams, 1 to 2 p.m. on Nov. 19 and Dec. 17. Register for one or all. Missed the first sessions? You can watch the recordings here.

This Issue’s Tip: 8 Cybersecurity Tips for Using Claude

Claude can browse websites, work in folders on your computer and connect to your email and files. That’s a lot of access, so Cybersecurity Awareness Month is a good time to refresh your habits. Shannon Glennon shares 8 cybersecurity tips for using Claude, including how to spot AI-driven phishing and why you should always double-check Claude’s work.

News and Views

In Summary

AI agents are outpacing their safeguards. One hacker used them to break into more than 100 company websites, banks are finding unauthorized bots in customer accounts and the iSchool is researching ways to hold agents accountable. In academia, AI-written text is turning up in dissertations and peer reviews—even as 48% of employers say AI will make degrees more important.

Academia and Higher Education

Business Strategy and Industry Trends

Companies, Funding and Financial Developments

  • Anthropic Reveals Skyrocketing Growth and Spending Plans in I.P.O. Filing (The New York Times)
  • Anthropic Eyes $40 Trillion Market as Revenue Surges Ahead of IPO (PYMNTS)

Cybersecurity and Safety

  • An Open Letter on AI and Cybersecurity from the Scientific Community (Letter)
  • How One Hacker Used AI Agents and a Few Thousand Dollars to Break Into Scores of Sites (Reuters)
  • Jamie Dimon Tells Leaders to Ramp Up Cyber Defenses (The Wall Street Journal)
  • What Is PHP and Why Did It Spark a Global Cyber-Security Scramble? (BBC)
  • Scoop: Unvetted AI Agents Are Accessing U.S. Bank Accounts (Axios)

Ethics, Society and Human Impact

  • Scientists Are Finding AI May Make Us Remember Things That Never Happened (The Washington Post)

Governance, Policy and Regulation

  • AI Is Less Regulated Than Milk, Says Microsoft President (BBC)
  • Investing in the Public Benefit (Anthropic)
  • Notice of Order Regarding Exclusion and Removal of DeepSeek Products from Federal Civilian Executive Branch Information Technology Systems and Procurements (Department of Homeland Security)

Technology, Models and Innovation

  • Introducing Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full: Frontier Models for Agents (Meta)
  • Introducing Muse Spark Open, The Most Capable US Open-Weight Model to Date (Meta)
  • What a Group of A.I. Agents Talked About as Their Humans Had a Dinner Party (The New York Times)
  • Claude Haiku 5.5, Mistral Large 4, and Local Models for Mac and Windows (DeepLearning.AI)
  • We Don’t Have an AI Speed Problem. We Have an Architecture Problem. (Syracuse University)

Workforce and Jobs

  • AI Agents Are About to Flood the Workforce. No One’s Ready for It (Wired)
  • The Next Hurdle for AI Agents: Getting Websites to Let Them in (TechCrunch)
  • AI Adoption May Be Hampering Future Organizational Growth (HR Dive)
  • Agentic AI Is Exposing The Process Behind The Process (Forbes)

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Questions?

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Which Model Do I Pick? 

By Shannon Glennon, AI Technology Transformation Specialist, Syracuse University ITS 

Between late September and early October, Claude got three upgrades: Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Claude Haiku 5.5. All three are smarter and faster than the versions they replace. That leaves one question every time you open a new chat: which one should you use? 

Here’s the short answer. Opus 5.5 handles complex work and everyday tasks. Sonnet 5.5 is the efficient pick for simpler tasks. Haiku 5.5 is the fastest for quick answers. 

 

Opus 5.5: Your all-around pick 

Released Sept. 22 

Opus 5.5 is the most capable model in the new 5.5 lineup, and it’s built to handle almost anything. It shines on work that takes careful thinking over many steps: pulling together a report from several sources, analyzing a big stack of files, planning a complex project or running a longer task in Cowork. It’s also a solid choice for everyday writing, summarizing and brainstorming. 

Sonnet 5.5: Efficient and quick 

Released Sept. 28 

Sonnet 5.5 is the efficient choice for simpler tasks. Use it to draft an email, clean up meeting notes, rework a paragraph or answer a straightforward question. It’s more than 30 percent faster than the last Sonnet and goes easier on your usage limit, so it’s a smart pick when you don’t need Opus-level depth. 

Haiku 5.5: Fastest for quick answers 

Released Oct. 7 

Haiku 5.5 is Anthropic’s fastest model yet. It’s made for short, simple requests where speed matters most: a quick fact check, a subject line for an email, a one-sentence summary or a fast rewrite. It’s also a big step up from the previous Haiku, so “small” no longer means “basic.” 

How to switch 

 

Click the model name in the bottom-right corner of the chat box to open the model menu, then pick Opus 5.5, Sonnet 5.5 or Haiku 5.5. It works best to choose your model when you start a new chat, so take a second to match the model to the task before you type your first prompt.