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Upcoming Events
Did you miss yesterday’s AI at Work: Claude Code session? You can catch up anytime—recordings from this semester are available to watch on demand.
Also, students are invited to join us for our upcoming Orange AI: Chat Session with Newhouse Professor Adam Peruta. We’ll meet on April 23 from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Graham Scholarly Commons (114 Bird Library) to explore AI and put students’ prompting skills to the test.
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This Issue’s Tip: 5 Claude Features You Didn’t Know You Needed
Claude can do much more than draft emails or answer questions—and you might be missing out on some of its most useful capabilities. From remembering your preferences to analyzing uploaded documents, browsing the web for up-to-date info and even generating code, these lesser-known features can save time and streamline your work. Whether you’re managing projects, writing for different audiences or tackling repetitive tasks, there’s likely a feature here that can make an immediate impact. Explore how you could start using these five features today.
News and Views
In Summary
AI is accelerating across sectors, with massive investment, new models and rising scrutiny. OpenAI raised a record $122B as Meta unveiled a competitive model, while regulators probe safety risks. Higher ed is adapting—teaching AI ethics and integrating tools into curricula—as students rethink careers amid job disruption. Experts warn AI will reshape society and demand urgent institutional response.
Education, Teaching and Learning
- 4 Ways Jeff Rubin Is Thinking About AI Right Now (Syracuse University)
- AI Pushing Students to Consider Changing Majors (Inside Higher Ed)
- From Prompt to Practice: A Framework for Transparent GenAI Use in Higher Education (Educause Review)
- Colleges Ramp Up Offerings to Teach Students to Be AI Ethicists (Higher Ed Dive)
- To Prevent AI From Taking Graduates’ Jobs, Comp-Sci Professors Try … More AI (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
- When AI Use Makes You Uncool (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
Big Tech, Industry Moves and Competition
- OpenAI Closes Silicon Valley’s Largest-Ever Funding Round (The Wall Street Journal)
- An Inside Look at OpenAI and Anthropic’s Finances Ahead of Their IPOs (The Wall Street Journal)
- Meta Unveils New A.I. Model, Its First From the Superintelligence Lab (The New York Times)
- AI Giants Go on Charm Offensive to Avert Public Backlash (The Wall Street Journal)
Policy, Regulation and Governance
- ‘Subpoenas are Forthcoming’: Florida AG Opens Probe Into OpenAI, ChatGPT (Politico)
- Anthropic Opposes the Extreme AI Liability Bill That OpenAI Backed (Wired)
- Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age: Ideas to Keep People First (OpenAI)
- Decision-Making by Consensus Doesn’t Work in the AI Era (Harvard Business Review)
Research, Frontiers and Advanced Applications
- AI Takes on Mission Control as Artemis II Heads for the Moon (PYMNTS)
- Fed Chair Jerome Powell Discussed Anthropic’s Mythos AI Cyber Threat with Major U.S. Banks (CBS News)
Security, Risks and Ethics
- OpenAI: Introducing the Child Safety Blueprint (OpenAI)
- Project Glasswing: Securing Critical Software for the AI Era (Anthropic)
- Building a Human Resilience Infrastructure for the AI Age (Elon University)
Society, Culture and Public Perception
- AI Could Vastly Streamline Policing. Skeptics Urge Caution. (The Washington Post)
- AI Arrives at Augusta and Fans Are Winning (PYMNTS)
- Revisiting ‘The Jetsons’: Where’s My Flying Car and Three-Hour Workday? (The Wall Street Journal)
Workforce, Jobs and Economy
- Which Jobs Are Most at Risk in the Age of AI? (Inside Higher Ed)
- Findings on AI Automation from Thousands of Worker Evaluations of Labor Market Tasks (MIT FutureTech)
- AI Adoption by the Numbers (Andreessen Horowitz)
- Why Some Companies Say AI ‘Tokenmaxxing’ Is Key to Survival (The Wall Street Journal)
- The Enterprise AI Readiness Gap: What Company Data Reveals About the Real Barrier to Scale (PYMNTS)
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This Issue’s Win: 10 Smarter Ways to Use AI
A prompt is how you ask generative AI tools to do something for you (e.g., creating, summarizing, editing or transforming). Treat it like a conversation, using clear language and enough context to get the result you have in mind.
To get more practice, use the generative AI tool of your choice (for example, Microsoft Copilot, OpenAI ChatGPT or Anthropic Claude) to execute the following prompt:
“I want to use generative AI more effectively in my work. I am a [your role] in [your field/department]. I regularly work on tasks like [list 2–3 common tasks].
Suggest 10 practical, specific ways I could use AI to save time, improve quality, or try something new. Include a mix of quick wins and more advanced uses. For each idea, give a short example of a prompt I could use to get started.“
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