AI Insights for November 13, 2025

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AI at Work

This week, ITS hosted the latest AI at Work presentation. The session focused on Claude Enterprise’s possibilities for faculty, staff and students. A recording of the presentation is available on the ITS website.

In This Issue

The AI landscape is accelerating on all fronts—from trillion-dollar valuations and massive infrastructure demands to breakthroughs that challenge our understanding of intelligence itself. Universities are rapidly rethinking teaching as students turn to AI at unprecedented rates, while global reports highlight record investment, rising regulation, and widening societal impact. Together, these stories capture a sector scaling quickly and reshaping expectations for education, industry and everyday life.

News and Views

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Education

Industry, Investment and Technology

  • OpenAI Lays Groundwork for IPO at Up to $1 Trillion Valuation (Reuters)
  • Google Is in Talks to Pour More Money Into Anthropic, Which Could Push the AI Startup’s Value to $350 Billion (Business Insider)
  • Apple Nears $1 Billion-a Year Deal to Use Google AI for Siri (Bloomberg)
  • Google Maps Navigation Gets a Powerful Boost with Gemini (Google)
  • Google’s First AI Ad (The Wall Street Journal)
  • The Impact of Visual Generative AI on Advertising Effectiveness (SSRN)
  • The Mind-Boggling Valuations of AI Companies (The Guardian)
  • Amazon Sends Legal Threats to Perplexity Over Agentic Browsing (TechCrunch)
  • Google Plans to Put Datacentres in Space to Meet Demand for AI (The Guardian)
  • The Latest AI News We Announced in October (Google)
  • How Much Google, Meta, Amazon and Microsoft are Spending on AI (CNBC)
  • AI Index 2025: State of AI in 10 Charts (Stanford University)
  • Stanford HAI’s 2025 AI Index Reveals Record Growth in AI Capabilities (Business Wire)

Policy, Ethics and Safety

  • Leading AI Company to Ban Kids from Long Chats with Its Bots Amid Growing Concern About the Technology (Los Angeles Times)
  • Two Paths Forward: Governing Normal AI and Superintelligence (OpenAI)
  • OpenAI Seeks 35% Chips Tax Credit to Apply Towards AI Data Centers (OpenAI)
  • Altman and Nadella Need More Power for AI, But They’re Not Sure How Much (TechCrunch)

Society and Daily Life

Workforce and Business Impact

  • As AI Reshapes the Job Market, Here Are 16 Roles It Has Created (The Washington Post)
  • Amazon CEO Says Layoffs Aren’t About AI, As Cuts Spark Job Apocalypse Panic (Axios)
  • The Agentic Commerce Opportunity (McKinsey and Company)
  • Can US Infrastructure Keep Up with the AI Economy? (Deloitte)

    This Issue’s Tip: Creative AI Workflows and Tools

    Curious about how generative AI can meaningfully support your work? Explore our Creative AI Workflows & Tools page — a comprehensive guide to using University-approved AI resources such as Claude, Gemini NotebookLM and Microsoft Copilot for Work.

    The site highlights practical ways to integrate AI into your academic or professional tasks, from transforming lectures into podcast-style summaries to building interactive dashboards or generating organized meeting notes so you can stay focused on discussion. Each tool offers distinct capabilities, and this resource helps you understand how to leverage them effectively, responsibly and creatively.

    This Issue’s Prompt: Prep, Prioritize and Pause: A Thanksgiving Planning Prompt

    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:

    “As Thanksgiving approaches, help me create a clear plan to stay productive while also giving myself space to rest and recharge. I work in higher education, so please suggest practical ways to wrap up projects before the holiday break, streamline my tasks using AI tools, and set boundaries that help me enjoy time with family and friends.
    Please provide:

    1. A short, motivating summary I can refer to during the week.
    2. A prioritized task list I can realistically complete before Thanksgiving.
    3. Suggestions for how AI (any tool) can help me work more efficiently.
    4. A simple ‘holiday-ready’ email or message template I can use for colleagues or students.
    5. A reminder of healthy habits that support balance during a busy season.”

    Helpful Resources

    Thank you for reading. Go Orange!