Listen "AI Study Mode, Super Tools & Future Jobs"
Episode Synopsis
This episode covers a massive amount of AI-related news and research, especially developments over the past week, including ChatGPT's new "study mode," major platform announcements from Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI, generative video and music tools, and the implications of AI on jobs and education. The episode also highlights a new Stanford GenAI for Education hub and discusses current AI policy and access initiatives globally. News ChatGPT Study Mode: https://openai.com/index/chatgpt-study-mode/ Simon Willison info on the system prompt for Study Mode: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/29/openai-introducing-study-mode/ Dr Philippa Hardman's LinkedIn post on Study Mode: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-philippa-hardman-057851120_as-a-member-of-openais-educator-advisor-ugcPost-7356234831929696256-OF6k Google announced "Guided Learning" mode for Gemini https://blog.google/products/gemini/google-ai-pro-students-learning/ Open models by OpenAI https://openai.com/open-models/ Google released Gemini Storybooks https://gemini.google/overview/storybook/ ElevenLabs dropped a new multi-lingual music generation model https://elevenlabs.io/music OpenAI giving ChatGPT Enterprise to every US Federal Government department for $1 a year https://openai.com/index/providing-chatgpt-to-the-entire-us-federal-workforce/ Microsoft Copilot released for 13+ students https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/EducationBlog/microsoft-365-copilot-chat-for-students-13/4412957 18 months. 12,000 questions. A whole lot of anxiety. What I learned from reading students' ChatGPT logs https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/27/it-wants-users-hooked-and-jonesing-for-their-next-fix-are-young-people-becoming-too-reliant-on-ai The Presidential AI Challenge https://orise.orau.gov/ai-challenge/ Research GenAI for Education Hub at Stanford University https://scale.stanford.edu/genai/repository Working with AI: Measuring the Occupational Implications of Generative AI https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.07935 Prompting Science Report 3: I'll pay you or I'll kill you - but will you care? https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5375404
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