AI Commons Bulletin 3/17/2025

🤝 OpenAI Commits $50 Million in Funding for Partner Institutions
NextGenAI is a consortium of those institutions which have purchased ChatGPT Edu for campus staff, faculty, or students. However, press release offers no details on where investments are going, how funds are allocated, or whether any money has been distributed yet.

Learn More: Introducing NextGenAI: A Consortium to Advance Research and Education with AI

📚 Library AI: Oxford to Digitize Bodleian Library
University of Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries are launching a pilot project to digitize rare public domain materials, making previously inaccessible collections available online. As part of the Future Bodleian initiative, the project will leverage AI to process and make searchable over 3,500 global dissertations spanning 1498-1884.

Learn MoreOxford and OpenAI Launch Collaboration to Advance Research and Education

🤔 Audit Your AI Use for Better Integration
Get more out of your AI by looking back at your chats and asking the following questions:

  1. How much back-and-forth happens in your interactions?
  2. How often do you use phrases like, “before you answer, think step by step”?
  3. Have you taught the AI your voice, preferences, and context (few shot prompting)?
  4. How many of the solutions you’ve built do you use regularly? How many others use them regularly?

Learn MoreStop Measuring AI Usage (Start Measuring AI Impact)

💡 AI in T&L Assessments (HKBU)
Hong Kong Baptist University’s digital zine includes a variety of examples for how instructors are using AI. Each case study includes the tools, student application, and assessment examples.

Learn More: Innovating Historical Research with AI and GIS