Tech-Neill-ogy #44 - 14 April 2024

Your Weekly Guide to Leveraging Technology in College Counseling

Author

Jeffrey Neill
April 15, 2024

Welcome to Tech-Neill-ogy #44!

It felt nice to have a calmer week. Read more about it here on LinkedIn. I hope all of your students are feeling good about their choices.

I wanted to make a pitch for the second part of my two-part webinar series for UCLAxOpen, which is free, on AI in College Admissions on May 7 at 5:00 PM PT. Click the link to register. I’m excited about this one as I’ll be joined by a current student of mine and a pair of colleagues, all of whom have education-related AI products to share.

For now, please enjoy this week’s newsletter!

Can AI make college counseling more equitable?

AI-powered college advising tools promise to free up time-strapped counselors and “democratize” admissions expertise for less-privileged high schoolers. Will they?

www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/traditional-age/2024/04/08/can-ai-make-college-counseling-more-equitable

Can AI save the world? New book from Microsoft aims to show the potential for positive change

A new book from Microsoft details the company's "AI for Good" projects, aiming to inspire others to learn from and build on its work.

www.geekwire.com/2024/can-ai-save-the-world-microsoft-book-shows-the-potential-for-positive-change

Big AI has gone rogue while Congress fiddles with regulation

While the U.S. tries to figure out how to regulate AI, developers are pushing ahead.

www.deseret.com/opinion/2024/04/09/ai-regulation-synthetic-data-google-youtube

Humane AI Pin review: not even close

AI gadgets might be great. But not today, and not this one.

www.theverge.com/24126502/humane-ai-pin-review

A congressman wanted to understand AI. So he went back to a college classroom to learn

The 73-year-old Beyer enrolled at George Mason University to get a master’s degree in machine learning.

apnews.com/article/ai-congress-artificial-intelligence-tiktok-meta-27ba6bcfd2ee7a19c0fd7343bfee6e62

What AI Can Do Today

Need help finding the right AI tool for your task? Find it in WhatAiCanDoToday.com. Find the best AI tools to automate your work

whataicandotoday.com

AI Redaction

Protect your data without breaking your deal processes with our true AI-powered VDRPro™. Learn how AI Redaction could transform your deal process.

www.intralinks.com/products/mergers-acquisitions/redaction

Humata: ChatGPT for Your Data Files

Unlock AI insights for your files instantly. Ask, learn, and extract data 10X faster with Humata.

www.humata.ai

Whisper Web

Convert audio to text.

huggingface.co/spaces/Xenova/whisper-web

Cartoonize Yourself 4K 😀

Cartoonize your photos in Pixar style. It isn’t amazing, but it is fun! (The picture to the right is one of me, allegedly…)

plugin.surf/gpt/cartoonize-yourself-4k

Here is the recording of my UCLAxOpen webinar, which was part one of the two-part series, from last week. I share some newer ideas for how college counselors can use AI in their work. Enjoy!

Some previous prompts are shared at this link and on my YouTube channel. However, if you have any great prompts or questions about prompting, send me a note at [email protected].

While this week may have been a tad bit calmer, we have officially entered the time of year we refer to as the “downhill sprint” to graduation: we will all make it to the bottom of the hill one way or the other. We just hope to keep our feet beneath us! Though we are under 60 days to the end of the school year, I still have two international trips remaining (BMI-THE in London and NAFSA in New Orleans). Here’s hoping I can keep my footing beneath me!

And happy counseling,

Jeff