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This message was originally shared to subscribers September 1, 2026.

Upcoming Events

The AI at Work series continues Sept. 16 from 9:30-10:45 a.m. with a hands-on look at Claude Cowork. Whether you use Claude daily or are just getting started, you’ll leave with practical ways to put Cowork to use. Attend in 2-469 Newhouse or online via Microsoft Teams.

This Issue’s Tip: Pick the Right AI Tool for the Job

Not sure which AI tool fits the task? Every student, faculty and staff member already has access to four of the University’s most widely used approved tools—Clementine, Claude Enterprise, Copilot and Gemini—through a Syracuse University account. The AI tools comparison chart shows what each one can do side by side, from file uploads to coding assistants.

News and Views

In Summary

AI watermarking arrived this month: Anthropic now embeds invisible patterns in Claude’s text output, reviving debates over detection and authorship. MIT’s report urges instructors to redesign assessments around augmentation rather than automation, while colleges add AI fluency requirements as 35 percent of entry-level jobs now demand AI skills. Cisco gave all 90,000 employees personal AI agents, and safety tests found frontier models breaching outside organizations.

Academia and Higher Education

• With New AI Requirements and Courses, Colleges Eye AI Fluency (Inside Higher Ed)
• UNC Used AI to Help Draft Its ‘Compact 2.0’ Response. Is That Hypocritical? (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
• U. of Chicago’s Social-Sciences Division Bans Tech, AI in Core Courses (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
• Report: MIT’s Ad Hoc Committee on AI Use in Teaching, Learning, and Research Training (MIT)
• Once Seen as a Sure Thing, Computer Science Has Lost 53,000 Majors (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
• Chicago Public Schools Scrap Google Gemini Roll-Out (Axios)
• The Real Question Isn’t Whether AI Wrote It (PYMNTS)
• Professors Were Singled Out for Writing With AI Help. Now They’re Defending Themselves. (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
• We Need to Preserve Human Writing, Before It’s Too Late (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
• The Future of Plagiarism (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
• Wall Street Journal Says AI-Generated Op-Ed Didn’t Breach Its Standards (The Washington Post)
• AI Writing Has Already Begun to Appear on the Opinion Pages (Semafor)
• How AI Text Watermarking Works (declaude)
• Will AI Watermarking Help Higher Ed? (The Chronicle of Higher Education)

Big-Picture and Analysis

• Bill Gates: The Choices We Make About AI Now are Critical (Gates Notes)
• Agency and Agents (One Useful Thing)
• Trump Administration’s Blacklisting of Anthropic Was Illegal, Judge Rules (The New York Times)

Industry, Products and Business

• Google Targets AI Sticker Shock with New Tools (Axios)
• OpenAI to Start Showing Ads on ChatGPT’s Free and Go Tiers in India (TechCrunch)
• Introducing the AI Model ‘Harness’ (The Wall Street Journal)
• Cisco Has 90,000 Employees. Each of Them Will Soon Have Their Own AI Agent. (The Wall Street Journal)
• Harvard Startup Bootcamp AI (Fortune)
• Four MIT Dropouts Built Cursor and Sold it to SpaceX for $60 Billion (The Times of India)

Safety, Security and Governance

• OpenAI Explains How Its AI Agents Did Crime and Attacked Hugging Face (The Register)
• Frontier AI Labs Still Won’t Say How They’d Contain a Rogue Model (TechCrunch)
• A.I. in Sobering Hacks (The New York Times)
• A Call for Collective Action on Cyber Defense (Open AI)
• CoSnitch: When Your AI Assistant Becomes Its Own Whistleblower (Varonis)
• Chatbots, Search and Propaganda (NPR)

Workforce and Jobs

• Gatekeeping Bots, Piles of Slop: Welcome to the Age of AI Weirdness at Work (CNBC)
• Inside Big Tech’s Frantic Race to Quell the Growing Backlash to AI (The Wall Street Journal)
• America’s AI Backlash: How the Effort to Keep Worker Trust is Evolving Inside Companies (CNBC)

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This message was originally shared to all students via email on August 20, 2026.

Orange Online at a Glance

Information Technology Services is excited to help you get off to a great start this semester! Pressed for time? We have you covered. Here are this edition’s topics:

• AirOrangeX: Your Campus Wi-Fi Network
• Digital Campus Maps
• Claude Code and Claude Cowork Now Available
• Trolley Tracker
• MakerSpace Hours
• Information Security Tip: Phish Bowl
• Digital Accessibility Tip: Sign-Speak
• OrangeNow
• System Statuses
• AI Insights
• Tech Tips Weekly

AirOrangeX

Stay connected on campus with AirOrangeX, our high-speed wireless network—no login required. Available for laptops, smartphones, gaming consoles and most wireless devices. AirOrangeX provides secure, reliable internet access. Skip personal hotspots on campus to avoid signal interference and help keep the campus network running smoothly. Get Connected.

Campus Maps

Getting to a new building, meeting or event this semester? Syracuse University’s interactive campus map makes it easy to locate academic buildings, residence halls, dining, parking and more—right from your phone or browser. Click “Wayfinding” and select “Show Only Wheelchair Accessible Routes” to find wheelchair-friendly paths. Maps.

Claude Code and Claude Cowork Now Available

Claude Enterprise is an advanced AI assistant by Anthropic, now available to Syracuse University students. Claude Enterprise users can now access two new tools: Claude Code, for delegating programming tasks from the command line or desktop app, and Claude Cowork, for handing off multi-step work like research and document prep. You can learn more at getclaude.syr.edu.

For more information about the extensive suite of resources available to the campus community, visit ai.syracuse.edu.

Trolley Tracker

Waiting in the cold guessing when the next trolley will show? Skip the guesswork. The ‘Cuse Trolley Tracker gives you real-time locations and predicted arrival times for every route on and around campus—so you can time your walk to the stop and hop on without the wait. It’s free with your Syracuse University or SUNY-ESF ID, and it works right from your phone. Tracker.

MakerSpace Hours

The ITS MakerSpace is a hands-on fabrication lab with 20-plus machines—3D printers, laser engravers, textile machines and more—open to students for coursework, research and personal projects. Academic year hours are Monday through Friday, noon to 8 p.m., and weekends, 2 to 6 p.m., on the first floor of Marshall Square Mall (University I.D. required). MakerSpace.

OrangeNow App

The newly updated OrangeNow helps you customize your experience–including a new dark mode option! The official Syracuse University mobile app now offers you new ways to get the information you need now: class schedules, dining menus, upcoming events and more. Download OrangeNow today. Download App.

System Status

Is it your Wi-Fi or the service? The Syracuse University system status page shows real-time and historical status for essential tech services—MySlice, Blackboard, Zoom, Microsoft 365, claude.ai and more. Check status.syr.edu to see what’s up, what’s down and what’s under maintenance. Status Page.

Information Security Tip: Phish Bowl

Spot the scam before it hooks you. The ITS Phish Bowl collects real phishing emails circulating across Syracuse University—fake account alerts, bogus job offers, financial aid scams and more. Check it to see what’s going around, then delete anything that matches. Stay Secure.

Digital Accessibility Tip: Sign-Speak

Sign-Speak is here to stay. After a successful pilot last fall, the free service is now a permanent campus resource—interpreting between American Sign Language and spoken or written English in real time, using just a camera. On-demand, campus-wide support, anytime. Sign-Speak.

AI Insights

Explore the latest in artificial intelligence with AI Insights, the newsletter for all things AI. Whether you’re looking to enhance your work with smart tools or simply stay informed, each issue brings you news from higher ed and the tech world and weekly AI tips. Newsletter. 

Tech Tips Weekly

Stay connected and ahead with Tech Tips Weekly—for quick, practical advice to make the most of campus technology. Each week, our newsletter delivers easy-to-follow how-tos, timely service updates and insider looks at the newest features, tools and resources. Subscribe. 

Helpful Resources

ITS and the campuswide information technology community are available year-round to help with your tech questions. Resources include:

• Answers, a knowledge base for tech-related questions
• The ITS Service Center
• The Self-Serv NetID and password management portal

Thank you for reading. Go Orange!

This message was originally shared to all faculty and staff via email on July 14, 2026.

At a Glance

Each month, Information Technology Services provides tech tips for the Orange community. Pressed for time? Here are this edition’s topics:

• ITS Summer Series
• Claude Memory
• AI at Work: Claude Success Stories (video)
• Digital Accessibility Tip: Summer Series
• Information Security: Phishing
• AI Insights
• Tech Tips Weekly

ITS Summer Series

This summer, ITS is bringing back the fundamentals—plus a little extra—with two lunch-and-learn sessions over Microsoft Teams: a Claude Refresher with Shannon Glennon on July 23 and a Research Computing Deep Dive with Peter Pizzimenti on Aug. 20, both running 1 to 1:45 p.m. Register.

Claude Memory

Anthropic’s persistent memory feature means Claude builds a running picture of your preferences, work style and habits across every conversation, not just the one you’re in. This article walks through how it works, how to steer it on purpose and when it’s worth opting out. Read Article.

AI at Work: Claude Success Stories

Three Syracuse University colleagues recently shared how they’re incorporating Claude into their daily work—streamlining HR workflows, developing personalized student learning tools and summarizing 300 pages of survey data in seconds, all without writing a single line of code. Watch the AI at Work: Claude Success Stories recording to learn more about their approach.

Information Security Tip: Phishing

The ITS Phish Bowl tracks recent phishing emails circulating throughout the Syracuse University community, from fake account-verification notices to too-good-to-be-true job offers. Check it regularly to see real examples and learn what to watch for so you don’t get caught off guard. Phish Bowl.

Digital Accessibility Tip: Accessibility 101

Missed the first Summer Series session? This recording covers seven key practices for building accessible content from the start—headings, descriptive links, alt text, table headers, color contrast, formatted lists and video captions—using tools already available on campus. Watch Session.

AI Insights

Explore the latest in artificial intelligence with AI Insights, the newsletter for all things AI. Whether you’re looking to enhance your work with smart tools or simply stay informed, each issue brings you news from higher ed and the tech world and weekly AI tips. Newsletter. 

Tech Tips Weekly

Stay connected and ahead with Tech Tips Weekly—for quick, practical advice to make the most of campus technology. Each week, our new newsletter delivers easy-to-follow how-tos, timely service updates and insider looks at tools and resources. Subscribe.

Helpful Resources

ITS and the campuswide information technology community are available year-round to help with your tech questions. Resources include:

• Academic and administrative IT staff

• Classroom Resource Guide

• ITS Service Center

• Self-Serv NetID and password management portal

Thank you for reading. Go Orange!

This message was originally shared to subscribers August 20, 2026.

Upcoming Events

The AI at Work series continues Sept. 16 from 9:30-10:45 a.m. for a hands-on look at Claude Code and Claude Cowork. Whether you are experienced working with Claude or just looking to get started, you’ll walk away with practical ways to put both to use. Join in person in 104 SOM or online via Microsoft Teams.

This Issue’s Tip: Get to Know Claude Code and Claude Cowork

Most of us know Claude as a place to ask questions—but two tools now available under Syracuse University’s Claude Enterprise license can actually do the work. Claude Code handles programming tasks straight from the command line, while Claude Cowork takes on multi-step knowledge work like research synthesis, data analysis and document prep—no coding required. Get to know Claude Cowork and Claude Code with this helpful introduction from our own Shannon Glennon.

News and Views

In Summary

AI is making news on two fronts—money and risk. Global investment is forecast to top $1 trillion in 2026, even as companies question the payoff. On the risk side, frontier models ran autonomous cyberattacks, one managed staff and fired a worker, and another helped design novel viruses, sharpening safety concerns. Colleges, scholarship and the entry-level job market are all still adjusting.

Academia and Higher Education

• To Catch AI Cheating, Turnitin Wants to Monitor Students’ Keystrokes (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
• These Professors Are Retiring Early. AI Was the Last Straw. (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
• AI Is a ‘Wicked Problem.’ That’s the University’s Specialty. (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
• Should AI Fluency Be a Graduation Requirement? (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
• The Academic-Integrity Council Can’t Keep Up With AI (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
• The Next Wave of AI-Cheating Technology (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
• AI Is Ruining Scholarship (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
• AI Helps Researchers Win NIH Grants. Will Science Suffer? (Inside Higher Ed)

Big Tech and AI Leadership

• Mark Zuckerberg AI Manifesto (Meta)
• Zuckerberg: AI’s Biggest Risk Is One Entity with Too Much Control (Axios)
• Musk and Zuck’s AI Comeback (Axios)

Business and Industry Adoption

• How Walmart Uses AI to Limit Weather Disruptions in Its Supply Chain (Retail Dive)
• Why AT&T Is Betting Big on Open-Weight AI (The Wall Street Journal)
• AI Turns Sports’ Dead Air Into a Selling Season (PYMNTS)

Detection, Authenticity and Everyday Life

• Why AI Is Causing Visual Captchas to Get More Difficult and Less Common (The Washington Post)
• How Claude Marks AI-Generated Content (Claude)
• Bot Meets Bot (The New York Times)

Policy and Government

• Trump’s Vision for A.I. Dominance Comes With Major Air Pollution (The New York Times)
• A.I.-Driven Chip Crunch Leads to New Rush of Lobbying in Washington (The New York Times)
• Chatbots Are Doing the Work of Congress (The Washington Post)

Safety and Security

• Anthropic’s Mythos Created Fake Identities to Fool Humans in New Cyber Incident (CNBC)
• OpenAI Warns Autonomous Hacks Are ‘Watershed Moment for Computer Security’ (Cybersecurity Dive)
• OpenAI Pauses Some AI Training After Autonomous Cyberattack (ABC News)
• Oh Cool, AI Is Inventing New Biological Viruses Now (Gizmodo)
• OpenAI Introduces ‘ChatGPT for Teens’ as Safety Concerns Grow (The New York Times)

Workforce and Jobs

• Corporate America Was Enthusiastic About Artificial Intelligence. Until it Got the Bill. (The New York Times)
• Many Recent Grads Say AI Is Making it Harder to Get a Job. Economists Aren’t So Sure (NPR)
• The Bright Side of AI’s Impact on the Labor Market (The Wall Street Journal)
• Global AI Investment Is Forecast to Exceed $1 Trillion in 2026 (Goldman Sachs)
• Advances in AI Capabilities to Outpace Cost Savings (CIO Dive)
• Claude Was Put in Charge of Human Workers—and Fired One (Time)

Access to The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and other paywalled content is available to all students, faculty and staff with a valid Syracuse University NetID. Learn more.

This message was originally shared to subscribers August 6, 2026.

This Issue’s Tip: Claude Code and Claude Cowork Now Available

Claude Enterprise users can now access two new tools: Claude Code, for delegating programming tasks from the command line or desktop/mobile app, and Claude Cowork, for handing off multi-step work like research and document prep. You can learn more at getclaude.syr.edu. For more information about the extensive suite of resources available to the campus community, visit ai.syracuse.edu.

News and Views

In Summary

Anthropic released Claude Opus 5 as Big Tech’s AI spending—and investor jitters—climb. Labs urged government to “pace” development after Claude breached test systems. Meanwhile agents still fail most real tasks, Washington committed $5 billion to AI for science, and campuses rethink cheating, ghost students and assessment.

Academia and Higher Education

• Financial Aid Offices Contend With AI-Written Appeals (Inside Higher Ed)
• Why a Law School Banned Laptops From Some Classrooms (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
• Does AI Grading Make the Grade? (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
• Law Schools Are Asking the Wrong Question About AI (Inside Higher Ed)
• AI Detectors Are Out. New Approaches Are In. (Inside Higher Ed)
• My Students Weren’t Human. They Were Ghosts. (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
• AI at Kogod: A Three-Year Student Research Report (American University)
• Designing the AI-Integrated Classroom: A Triadic Learning Ecosystem (Educause Review)

Industry, Business and Investment

• Google Releases Three New A.I. Models (The New York Times)
• Introducing Claude Opus 5 (Anthropic)
• Nvidia in Talks With OpenAI to Guarantee $250 Billion Financing for Data Center (The Wall Street Journal)
• ChatGPT Hits a Billion Monthly App Users Despite Souring Public AI Sentiment (CNBC)
• Most Corporate Boards Lack Rules for AI Use: Deloitte Survey (CFO Dive)
• 2026 State of AI in FinOps (Harness)
• Big Tech’s A.I. Spending Keeps Rising. So Do the Jitters. (The New York Times)
• Google, Search, AI and the Internet (The Ringer)

Policy and Government

• Trump Administration Announces More Than $5 Billion for the Genesis Mission (The White House)
• Trump Administration Steers $5B Toward AI Research (Politico)
• OpenAI and Anthropic Endorse Call for Government to “Pace” AI Progress (The Washington Post)
• Employees from the World’s Biggest AI Companies Want the US to Be Ready to Slow AI Development (CNN)
• US Bans Foreign-Made Humanoid Robots, Targeting China Over National Security (NBC News)
• Anthropic’s Lonely Island (Axios)

Public Sentiment and Backlash

• Librarians Are Hosting Viral ‘Avoiding AI’ Workshops for People Who Are Fed Up with Big Tech (TechCrunch)

Safety and Security

• Anthropic Says Claude Hacked 3 Organizations During Cybersecurity Tests (Wired)
• A Fundamental Flaw Leaves LLMs Strikingly Vulnerable to Attack (MIT Technology Review)
• Sam Altman Previews New AI Model on Capitol Hill After Cyber Breach (Politico)

Workforce and Jobs

• AI Agents Fail 3 Out of 4 Real Job Tasks (PYMNTS)
• The End of the “Learn to Code” Era (Inside Higher Ed)
• Visa Is Cutting 7% of Employees in Efficiency Push as AI Reshapes Work (CNBC)
• Automation Led to Economic Misery. AI Doesn’t Have To. (The Atlantic)
• The AI Jobs Apocalypse Probably Isn’t Coming Anytime Soon (The Guardian)

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This Issue’s Prompt: Reverse the Roles

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:

“Don’t answer this yet. I want to [write / plan / decide on ______]. Instead of giving me the answer, interview me one question at a time to draw out what I already know and believe. Ask a single question, wait for my reply, then base your next question on what I just said. After about eight questions, organize everything I told you into a clear first draft I can react to and refine.“