Ideas that challenge / comfort / inspire
Stephen Goforth
Researchers recently conducted a blind-listening experiment in which musically trained listeners were asked to identify music as either AI-generated, human-AI collaborative or human-composed. They could not do so reliably. -Washington Post
Vibe Coding – Using an LLM to generate code using natural language prompts. Some degree of human oversight, debugging and refinement is needed. This is not the same as software development, where the user reviews the AI coding and can explain it. While the goal is a finished product, in practice, this approach carries risks, such as hidden bugs and subtle security issues. It requires some human oversight before becoming production-ready. Nevertheless, with a few keystrokes, amateurs can now build products that would have once needed teams of engineers. Vibe coding platforms include Claude Artifacts, Creator Hunter, and Cursor.
Vibe Coding – Using an LLM to generate code using natural language prompts. Some degree of human oversight, debugging and refinement is needed. This is not the same as software development, where the user reviews the AI coding and can explain it. While the goal is a finished product, in practice, this approach carries risks, such as hidden bugs and subtle security issues. It requires some human oversight before becoming production-ready. Nevertheless, with a few keystrokes, amateurs can now build products that would have once needed teams of engineers. Vibe coding platforms include Claude Artifacts, Creator Hunter, and Cursor.
How teachers are remaking classrooms for the AI age – Reuters
AI surge prompts more Penn professors to go no-tech - The Daily Pennsylvanian
An audit finds serious flaws in research on AI in education – Hechinger Report
AI use leads UC Berkeley math professor to see ‘no point’ in grading homework – Daily Californian
New 'Art of AI' course at the University of Central Florida sparks controversy about the technology's place in the arts – UCF Student Newspaper
In the age of AI, I'm teaching my students how much of writing is not writing – WBUR
Don’t Worry About Professors’ Rules, AI Executive Tells Students – Chronicle of Higher Ed
Universities Are on an AI Philosopher Hiring Spree – Inside Higher Ed
As AI reshapes coursework, humanities professors rethink the role of take-home writing assignments – Brown Daily Herald
Don’t Write With AI, Say People Who Write With AI – The Atlantic
Who Cares Whether Academics Use AI to Write? – Chronicle of Higher Ed
Why My Conversations With ‘ChatGPT for Teens’ Made Me Very Worried – New York Times
A new college course proposal, "Living AI" – Axios
How AI Suspicions Are Undermining Student-Teacher Relationships – EdWeek
AI Slop Coming to a Library Near You - Inside Higher Ed
Most Academics Haven’t Used AI to Write but Think Limited Use Is OK, Chronicle Survey Finds - Chronicle of Higher Ed
Professors are tearing their hair out over AI detectors. – The Atlantic
I’m a College Professor. Writing Isn’t as Important as We Think. - New York Times
The Future of Plagiarism – Chronicle of Higher Ed
These teachers fight AI cheating with classes that force students to show they are learning – Washington Post
AI is becoming more common in uni courses. What can students gain and what might they lose? – The Conversation
AI policies are repeating every mistake of plagiarism policies – Times Higher Ed
Pangram Has Emerged as the Gold Standard of AI Detection. Should You Trust It? – WIRED
NYC’s public school district, the largest in the country, will ban the use of A.I. in elementary and middle schools. – New York Times
We can only acquire the truth as part of the process whereby we learn to live out the truth. -C. Stephen Evans
"We have begun to judge analytical writing not by its content but by its suspected origin, which no reader can verify. Because an analytical essay is an argument, and an argument can be evaluated, professional analytical writing should be judged as it always has been: by its quality." -Chronicle of Higher Ed
We become so accustomed to the shape of our lives that we are convinced no other is possible. And yet, of course, it is.
What: This is an informal dialogue and discussion space to be together, to share experiences, and to remind one another that we are part of a supportive community that cares deeply about learning, justice, and human dignity.
Who: Marie Celestin, podcaster; Renee Hobbs.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Media Education Lab
What: We will break down the GPU attack surface layer by layer, from orchestration and container runtime risks to driver exploits, side channels, cryptojacking, and ROME-class attacks. He will show what attackers gain, what current tools actually see, and what security teams can do to close the visibility gap.
Who: Chris Hosking, Director of Accelerator & AI Research, Stealthium.
When: 6 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: BrightTALK
What: Discover how visual art can inspire creative writing and how writing can offer a powerful way to experience art. This course of three online workshops explore essential elements of writing and styles through close looking, word-sketching, and imaginative response to prompts.
Who: Mary Hall Surface, the founding instructor of the National Gallery of Art’s popular Writing Salon.
When: 10 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: $45 members, $55 nonmembers
Sponsor: Smithsonian
What: Join a panel discussion, the first episode of Canva for Creatives. Hear from leading creative and industry voices about what's shifting, what the new standard of professional creative work looks like, and how the best in the business are responding.
Who: Deanna German (Affinity); Liza Enebeis (Studio Dumbar/DEPT); Lisa Smith (Uncommon); Alex Bec (It's Nice That); Ollie Scott for Reclaiming Creativity.
When: 11 am, Eastern or 7 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Canva
What: You’ll learn: The story behind the story of “Sizing Chaos,” and how the award-winning visual essay was brought to life; Tips on the craft of visual storytelling that powers The Pudding, a decorated media platform where innovative design meets culture journalism; How to use data and present visuals that capture readers’ attention and tell journalistic stories in unique ways.
Who: Amanda Sakuma is a freelance journalist, editor, and content strategist; Jan Diehm is the editorial director and a journalist-engineer at The Pudding and its sister studio, Polygraph.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: National Press Club Journalism Institute
What: How AI can work alongside lawyers and investigators.
Who: Wendy Robinson, Director, HKA Global, Dubai UAE; Dan Reed, CEO & Founder, R3nquist; John Tredennick, CEO & Founder, Merlin Search Technologies; William Webber, Chief Data Scientist, Merlin Search Technologies.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Electronic Discovery Reference Model
What: We will guide nonprofit leaders through the key planning considerations that will shape technology and AI strategy in the coming year. Topics include: How to evaluate and prioritize platform investments; How to build a practical AI roadmap for your organization; How to plan for staff capacity and skill development; Which emerging trends are worth acting on now versus monitoring for later.
Who: Aretha Simons, founder of Multiplying Talents International.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Tapp Network
What: This webcast will show you how to move past isolated pockets of adoption to build a strategy that sticks at every level. We’ll cover: How to turn AI driven disruption into team opportunities; The first steps leaders should take to kickstart AI adoption; The critical human behaviors that unlock AI adoption at scale.
Who: Kwesi Johnson Senior Consultant, Franklin Covey, Enterprise Consultant Team.
When: 3 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Training Magazine Network
What: We will identify the threat vectors set to define risk across open-source software, AI systems, and supply chains. The session will turn the hard lessons of 2026 into actionable foresight. Expect clear guidance on where advanced attackers are likely to strike next, which structural weaknesses enable those moves, and what defensive architectures can close the most critical gaps.
Who: Yesenia Yser, Founder, Yes2Tech- Software Security Engineering Consulting.
When: 5 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: BrightTALK
What: We’ll cover the most common places automation shows up in a small business; How to audit your own operation for tasks that are good candidates; How to evaluate whether a task is actually worth automating; What this realistically costs and what the return looks like, using real numbers from real implementations; and more.
Who: Barb Donnini is the President and Founder of Boxplot.
When: 9 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Small Business Development Center, Temple University
What: This session presents findings from Media Literacy: Critical Thinking for an AI World, a 21-month program that trained 17 Palestinian educators, reached 138 youth, and drew 4.9 million views on Instagram for youth-created media work. Learn what the data revealed about teaching media literacy competencies amid propaganda, deepfakes, and "conflict entrepreneurs" who profit from polarization and why educators described media literacy as civic survival.
Who: Jad Melki of the Lebanese American University, author of Media Literacy of the Oppressed.
When: 11 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Media Education Lab
What: In this session, you’ll watch a couple experienced auditors work through a real site from first check to final priority list. You’ll leave knowing which problems deserve your next dollar of dev time.
Who: Loren Baker, founder of SEJ; Vahan Petrosyan, head of SEJ technology; Katie Morton, Executive Editor, Search Engine Journal.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Search Engine Journal
What: This webinar will examine AI’s developing role in hiring, pay, promotion, performance monitoring, and termination, with a focus on discrimination and accommodation risks, federal and state law developments, recent litigation and related takeaways, and mitigating attendant risks when using AI for employment decisions. Attendees will learn practical strategies to capture AI’s benefits while keeping consequential workforce decisions defensible.
Who: Katy Bell Bremmer, Of Counsel, Carlton Fields; Lucas Michelen, Of Counsel, Carlton Fields.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Carlton Fields
What: A practical, interactive conversation designed for executive directors, staff, board members, and volunteers who want to understand what AI can realistically do in a nonprofit setting. You’ll see simple demonstrations and real examples, and you'll have a chance to share your experiences, challenges, and insights with the group.
Who: Aretha Simons, TechSoup’s Webinar Producer.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: TechSoup
What: We will explore how fundraisers can use AI and automation to make donor outreach more timely, personalized, and authentic. We’ll share strategies on how to streamline donor communications, tailor outreach based on donor information and engagement, and use AI to save time without losing the human connection that makes fundraising effective.
Who: Marissa Minter, Product Marketing, Velora.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Nonprofit Learning Lab
What: This workshop will explore how advances in super intelligence (SI) can help overcome longstanding barriers to transitioning promising research and development into practical applications, manufacturing capabilities, acquisition programs, and operational deployment.
When: 3 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
What: We will walks through the security gaps and bad AI habits he sees most often in real organizations: free tools that keep or train on what employees type, shared and orphaned logins, sensitive data pasted into public AI, and AI agents wired into business systems with no owner and no oversight. He'll show how these small gaps chain together into a business-ending incident, and why adopting AI without a plan means adopting risk without a plan.
Who: John Hansman, CEO, Tru.
When: 5 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: BrightTALK
What: Discover how to share your story in a way that helps people connect with you and what you do.
Who: Mariah MacInnes of Content Queen.
When: 8 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Gippsland Women in Business
What: Why creative teams are reconsidering long-standing tools and workflows; What drives the decision to adopt a new creative stack; What teams can learn from making the transition in the real world.
Who: Duncan Clark (Canva); Eddie Opara (Pentagram); Luca Gonnelli (Algo & Illo); Tim Siddons (Blackmagic Design).
When: 11 am, Eastern or 7 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Canva
What: How AI is influencing research. They’ll explore approaches to AI literacy and how technology can enhance discovery and engagement with primary source material.
Who: Sarah Morris, Library Director, Educator and Curriculum Designer, Oglethorpe University; Hannah Phillips, Associate Director for Editorial Production, AM.
When: 11 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: AM
What: This session unpacks the latest market stats on AI voice adoption Research-based comparisons of learner outcomes; Practical use cases for AI and human narration; What the options are in AI vs voice actors vs DIY in-house recording; A model for quantifying the decision between AI vs humans; Strategies to blend the strengths of both for future-proof training.
Who: David Goldberg CEO, Prosody; Kerri Acheson, CEO, WordsCompany.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Allego
What: We will contextualize the fundamental shift occurring in 2026, including the "Bring Your Own Agent" phenomenon where autonomous agents are now integrated directly into operating systems and corporate workflows. We'll dissect the real-world threat vectors that security teams must address—from indirect prompt injection attacks and software supply chain compromises to the architectural trade-offs between cloud-based frontier models and self-hosted alternatives.
Who: Pascal Geenens, VP of Cyber Threat Intelligence at Radware; Simon Ratcliffe, Independent Management & Technology Consultant.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: BrightTALK
What: An overview of the benefits and risks of using AI in public services, examine the current uses and governance of AI tools at the VA (with a focus on high-risk tools), and explore the future challenges and opportunities as AI at the VA continues to evolve. Attendees will leave with a clear understanding of how AI tools are currently being used at the VA, as well as the potential risks and benefits that come with those uses.
Who: Hannah Quay-de la Valle, Senior Technologist on the Center for Democracy & Technology’s Equity in Civic Technology team.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Military Veterans in Journalism
What: You’ll use AI tools to understand cash flow, explore pricing and profit scenarios, and turn confusing numbers into actionable insights. End the session with a clearer financial picture and a repeatable process for making confident, number-driven decisions.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Small Business Development Center, Widener University
What: In this session, you will learn easy and inexpensive marketing tips to better communicate your mission and give your nonprofit more buzz! How to use your smart phone to capture quality images/videos and transform them into compelling promos for your nonprofit.
Who: Nonprofit fundraiser and marketer for 20+ years Michael Hemphill.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: $40 members
Sponsor: Public Relations Society of America
What: We will pulls back the curtain on one of the most overlooked pillars of nonfiction production. Topics covered include: How to integrate clearance thinking from day one, not as a final step; What E&O insurance actually requires and how to prepare for it; Fair use in documentary: what it covers and where it ends; How to clear footage, music, life rights, and third-party IP; When you need a legal opinion letter, and when you don’t.
Who: VC member Teddy Cannon, an Archival & Clearance Producer and the founder of Crux Entertainment, Inc.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Video Consortium
What: This session will cover: Finding compelling stories beyond traditional game coverage Fresh angles that engage readers Building productive relationships with sources Conducting stronger, more revealing interviews
Who: Scott Dochterman covers national college sports for The Athletic.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: $35
Sponsor: Online Media Campus
What: We will share how educators can prepare students for careers in agricultural technology (Ag Tech). Learn how AI, math, computer science, and real farm challenges come together to make STEM feel relevant to students.
Who: Deborah Crawford, Coordinator of Secondary Mathematics, Frederick County Public Schools (VA); Laura Rice, Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Penn State University; and Alan Ireland, Brand Marketing Lead, CodeVA.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Pitsco Education
Hiring teams often don't fully agree internally on what they want. They write "AI experience" because it signals modernity and filters for candidates who've been paying attention to recent developments — not because they have a precise competency in mind. Your first job is to decode the listing. The job description itself, the industry context, and the seniority level all carry information that tells you what the company actually needs. -KD Nuggets
How Does NASA's NISAR Satellite “See” Through Clouds and Polar Darkness to Track Antarctica's Ice?
How to Add Guardrails to a Local LLM Agent
38 things we've learned about building AI products
Adding architectural guardrails around how AI agents read untrusted sources
How to Build a Control Plane for AI Agents that remains deterministic when consequences require it
When to Use One Model and When to Use a Team of Agents
Everyone Is Selling AI at You — Here’s How to decode the hype
The next step for AI agents? Self-improvement. Here are 7 resources to get started.
5 Free Courses to Learn AI Engineering
Six Data Requirements to Get Your AI Agents from Demo to Production
The office of my four AI agents: marketing, a lawyer, a manager and a finance bro.
Truth springs from argument amongst friends. – David Hume
Test-time Training (TTT) – Instead of being given truthful data to get an LLM model started in the right direction, TTTs learn by performing tasks using the data. TTTs are an alternative to transformers—not only processing the data faster, but doing so without consuming nearly as much computing power and high energy demands. Instead of growing more powerful as it processes data like a transformer, TTTs encode the data into representations called weights. No matter how much data it processes, a TTT model won’t grow to become unwieldy.
A business analyst who leans heavily on AI tools all day is still just called a business analyst. An engineer whose work increasingly demands machine learning fluency is still, on paper, an engineer. The real change isn't happening in the title. It's happening in what an employer now silently expects that person to already know when they walk through the door. -The Week
We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves. -François Duc de La Rochefoucauld
New Study Finds AI Has Become Mainstream in Creative Work – LA Times
Book Publishers Are Quietly Using More AI. Staff Are Revolting – WIRED
How to become an AI Designer – UX Design
AI creative platforms are moving into agency territory—inside Runway’s push into advertising - Ad Age
AI Has Plunged the Book Publishing Industry Into Utter Chaos – Wall Street Journal
Marketing’s upper middle embraces AI creative production – Digiday
Why is an AI brand focusing on film festivals? – Marketing Brew
Designers at a new crop of creative studios create fake personas they hope real people will love. Are they distorting culture or mirroring it? – New York Times
AI is entertainment's scarlet letter – Axios
Hollywood fights AI in public while quietly building it into movies – LA Times
Which AI? - Guess the Designer
How A.I. Books Sneak Their Way Into Stores - New York Times
Can AI help ‘humanise’ museums? New report reminds us why art matters in a changing world – The Conversation
New platforms in China are paying people to license their likeness for AI-generated dramas and ads – Rest of World
A New Class of Cuddly Mascots Is Selling Everything From AI to Tap Water - Wall Street Journal
Why AI won’t kill the creative class – Financial Times
A South Korean reality dating show is pairing celebrities with A.I. - New York Times
New 'Art of AI' course at the University of Central Florida sparks controversy about the technology's place in the arts – UCF Student Newspaper
The ultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but to hold hands. -Alexandra Penney
Researchers have unveiled a novel approach to detecting AI. It focuses on whether a paper’s ideas—and not just the prose—came from a human or a machine. In tests, IdeaLens produces verdicts notably different from current AI-text detectors. -Science.org
Technical Debt - A software development term referring to the cost of choosing fast solutions now and putting off fixing issues until a future time. The benefit of a rush to market is matched with the hope that bugs will be found later and repairs made. It can result from limited testing during the development process. Related: Ethical Debt
Try your best to make goodness attractive. That’s one of the toughest assignments you’ll ever be given. -Fred Rogers
Have these items ready and keep them updated during your job search:
Writing samples
Printed resume
Resume for online apps
Resume reel (if appropriate)
Recommendation letters
List of job sites to check regularly
Head shots (if applicable)
List of jobs applied for and result
Thank you notes
4 Red Flags to Look for When Applying to a Media Job - NBCU Academy
5 Job Hunting Tips to Land Your Dream Career - The Skimm
5 platforms to help you find your next journalism job - Poynter
5 Tips for Aspiring Digital Copywriters - Mashable
9 tips to help you find your first job — and nail the interview - CNBC
Are you doing your job search right? How to land your first job after graduation - CNBC
Are you searching for a job? Here’s real talk about possible red flags - Poynter
College graduates begin their job search in a world being transformed by AI - PBS
Fake job postings are stealing applicants’ money and identities - Washington Post
Finding your next job: Three things to do before starting - Chronicle of Higher Education
How Companies Mislead And Take Advantage Of Job Seekers And Employees - Forbes
How to Find an "In" at your dream company-fast - The Muse
How to Job Hunt (When You’re Already Exhausted) - Harvard Business Review
How to Navigate the Jungle of Online Job Postings - Wall Street Journal
How to Request a Letter of Recommendation from Your Professor - YouTube
How to Stand out to Employers During your Job Search - Forbes
It's Impossible To Get A Job Without Having One Thing - Your Tango
Job-Hunt (multiple articles)
Job-Hunters, Have You Posted Your Résumé on TikTok? - New York Times
Not getting interviews? Troubleshoot your job search with these 3 checkpoints - Fast Company
Should you Reveal a Disability in your Job Search? - Fortune
Study shows every minute counts when replying to a potential employer - Moneywise
Tried and true job hunting advice based on my own real world job search - Fox Business
What job ghosting feels like: False hope, mistrust, a ‘retreat from life’ - Washington Post
ZipRecruiter vs. Glassdoor: Which Is the Better Job Search Site? - Entrepreneur
ZipRecruiter vs. LinkedIn: Which Is the Better Job Search Site? - Entrepreneur
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