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AI and Teaching: Inviting Reflections on Teaching in the Age of AI, Will Fraker

AI and Teaching: Inviting Reflections on Teaching in the Age of AI, Will Fraker

Published by Jenni Sidey

In my recent discussion sections for Philosophy of Science at UCLA, we’ve been working through Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Kuhn famously lays out the notion of a paradigm shift: a fundamental re-evaluation of the basic assumptions and methods that constitute normal scientific practice. In unpacking this concept with my students, I’ve felt an acute sense that the practice of teaching Philosophy is itself undergoing a kind of paradigm shift, one brought about by generative AI. Generative AI is now woven into the fabric of education. According to a 2026 study from the Higher Education Policy Institute, “AI use is now almost universal,” with 95% of students reporting use of AI in some capacity. The question is no longer whether AI will be used, but how we should teach in light of its ubiquity.  As scholars and educators in the humanities, we bring a specific set of skills to this discussion: the habits of conceptual clarity, rigorous reasoning, and critical examination. The aim of the AI and Teaching series is to harness these skills …

Off Campus star Ella Bright, 19, reacts to concerns over 9-year age gap with co-star Belmont Cameli

Off Campus star Ella Bright, 19, reacts to concerns over 9-year age gap with co-star Belmont Cameli

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Off Campus breakout Ella Bright has assured fans that her nearly 10-year age gap with co-star Belmont Cameli is nothing to worry about. The British-American star, 19, leads Amazon’s Prime Video’s latest young adult romance series as college music major Hannah Wells, who begins a fake relationship with her school’s star hockey player, Garrett Graham — played by 28-year-old Belmont Cameli — in an attempt to make her crush jealous. Bright was 18 at the start of filming, and is the youngest of the main cast members. Appearing on a recent episode of the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast, the Malory Towers alum acknowledged fan concerns about the significant nine-year age gap between her and Cameli, but insisted that “not once did I feel, one, left out from being younger than everybody.” “We’re all such a family and everyone was …

Think You Look Younger Than Your Age?

Think You Look Younger Than Your Age?

Published by Jenni Sidey

Have you ever been told that you look younger than your age? Wanting to look younger than your age is certainly a thing—a personal measure of pride and a belief that you have succeeded in overcoming the inevitability of age showing in your appearance. Research has found that 59 percent of adults between the ages of 50 and 80 actually see themselves as looking younger than their ages. (Allen, JO, et al. 2024) In my work as a therapist helping adults manage anxiety and stress, one of the biggest causes of excessive anxiety in aging adults, more acutely in women, is the perception of deteriorating appearance and panic over not looking the way they looked decades ago. It seems to be an age-related, self-image dissonance,” thinking they look younger but not being satisfied with that alone. That over half of adults believe that they look younger than their ages coexists with an obsessive pursuit of searching for the next thing that can be done to look younger. The preoccupation around looking younger and the inherent …

Mark Duplass Defends Kane Parsons Age From Movie Trolls

Mark Duplass Defends Kane Parsons Age From Movie Trolls

Published by Daniella Wilson

Mark Duplass is defending Backrooms director Kane Parsons in light of social media speculation about the 20-year-old filmmaker and YouTuber’s role on the forthcoming horror movie. Hitting theaters Friday from A24, Backrooms stars Duplass alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Finn Bennett and Lukita Maxwell in the film about a therapist tracking down a missing patient in a bizarre dimension of liminal space. Parsons becomes the studio’s youngest feature director with the project that adapts the YouTube series that he began uploading as a teen in early 2022 and centered on an infinite maze of rooms. Given that the Backrooms movie counts such established filmmakers as James Wan, Shawn Levy and Osgood Perkins among its producing team, social media users have suggested theories questioning whether Parsons was the primary director on the feature. Such posts have also suggested similar claims about Curry Barker, the 26-year-old filmmaker who helmed Focus Features’ recent breakout horror hit Obsession. After an X user posted that “we all know Kane Parsons absolutely didn’t direct this movie,” Duplass responded to dismiss the …

Rethinking organizational design in the age of agentic AI

Rethinking organizational design in the age of agentic AI

Published by skeptic

 As AI agents are integrated into an organization, enterprises will need to pivot from a set of linear processes and steps, to rewiring work in a very different way, explains Shah. That’s because the value in AI agents isn’t as another layer in an existing technology stack but as a connective tissue, he explains, moving between or across layers to coordinate a high-level task or retrieve and interpret data from multiple discrete applications. AI agents can create “a true competitive differentiation for an enterprise” by making decisions based on this capacity to contextualize, he says. “That is where the next battleground will be.” To build this connective tissue, leaders need to adapt their technology stack to surface higher quality decisions from AI agents, prioritizing access to multiple datasets and applications simultaneously to develop tacit knowledge. “Organizations that make this architectural shift become genuinely more adaptive,” says Chatterjee. “When a new business requirement emerges, you don’t wait six months for a software vendor to build a feature. You configure an AI employee using natural language and …

Welcome to the Injection Age

Welcome to the Injection Age

Published by Daniella Wilson

My generation—which is to say, the pillbox generation—came of age during the 1990s. The number of adults who were taking five or more prescription drugs doubled in that decade; the use of medications for depression and cholesterol more than tripled. If pills had once been used from time to time to curb a headache or stifle an infection, now they were a daily ritual for tens of millions of Americans. Popping meds, whether by catapult or tweezers, became the norm. In the 2020s, we’re living through a second such transition: the dawning of the needle age. For the past five years, the nation’s shots have multiplied to levels never seen before. Injected medications were once unusual, and mostly limited to diabetics who needed insulin. Now millions of diabetics use syringes of Ozempic, and millions of other people are on Mounjaro for weight loss. In 2025, some 12 percent of all U.S. adults partook of these injections or others in their class. GLP-1 shots were so commonplace last year that they accounted for about 7 percent …

‘Grandpa groomed and sexually abused me under the table at restaurants from the age of five’

‘Grandpa groomed and sexually abused me under the table at restaurants from the age of five’

Published by Sam Flores

A woman who was sexually abused “at least weekly” by her own grandfather from the age of five said he called it “tickling”, and over three years of abuse he “got braver” before progressing to “doing it in public under the table in restaurants”. Aimee Tomlin, now 30, who works in insurance and lives in Farnham in Surrey, said her paternal grandfather, Roger Colgate – formerly of Percy Place, Datchet in Windsor – made her feel like they had a “special bond” by taking her out on fairground rides, picnics and even making her a scrapbook. She said he would “come over for fish and chips every Friday” and put her “to bed”, before the abuse progressed to doing it in public and “when other cousins were around”. Aimee was eight years old in 2003 when another survivor – who wishes to remain anonymous – disclosed abuse by Roger from over 30 years earlier. Aimee said she was abused ‘at least weekly’ (Collect/PA Real Life) Aimee said this prompted her mother to ask her if …

Charlie’s Angels star Jaclyn Smith issues four-word reason for her youthful appearance at age 80

Charlie’s Angels star Jaclyn Smith issues four-word reason for her youthful appearance at age 80

Published by Daniella Wilson

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Jaclyn Smith is sharing the secret behind her youthful looks at age 80. When the Charlie’s Angels star was asked about her beauty tips at the Paley Honors Spring Gala in New York City, she was ready to give away the reason for her effortless glow. “Clean living, being loved,” the TV icon told Fox News Digital. She continued: “I have the best family in the whole wide world to grow up with. Great husband, two beautiful children, three granddaughters. So, it doesn’t get better than that. It’s all about love, all about family with me.” Smith has been married to her fourth husband, surgeon Brad Allen, since 1997. Jaclyn Smith starred on ‘Charlie’s Angels’ from 1976 to 1981 (Getty) Jaclyn Smith is revealing …

Magnifica Humanitas Is the Pope’s Bid for Human Dignity in the Age of AI

Magnifica Humanitas Is the Pope’s Bid for Human Dignity in the Age of AI

Published by skeptic

Welcome to CNET’s new series of guest columns called Alt View, a forum for a diverse array of experts and luminaries to share their insights into the rapidly evolving field of artificial intelligence. For more AI coverage, check out CNET’s AI Atlas. The last industrial revolution got its moral framework too late. AI doesn’t have to. Last November, I was fortunate enough to meet Pope Leo XIV at a private audience on child dignity and artificial intelligence. I asked Pope Leo whether he was comfortable with artificial intelligence becoming the operating system for people’s lives. He paused for what seemed like an eternity. Then he said, simply: no. On May 15, Pope Leo signed Magnifica Humanitas — his first encyclical, on artificial intelligence and the protection of human dignity — and it was published on May 25. He signed it 135 years to the day after his namesake, Leo XIII, published Rerum Novarum — the document that gave the industrial revolution its moral framework. The parallel is deliberate. Rerum Novarum arrived decades after the industrial revolution …

From silver travel to gig carers, how 6 changemakers in Asia are reimagining what it means to age

From silver travel to gig carers, how 6 changemakers in Asia are reimagining what it means to age

Published by Sam Flores

“I used to think ageing was something helpless,” said Wang Jing, a volunteer at Seagull Comprehensive Elderly Service Centre. “But after working with these aunties, I’ve witnessed a different kind of retirement living. It’s made me look forward to my retirement with more hope.” EQUIPPING CARERS BETTER In India, one startup is already nurturing a new generation of professional geriatric carers — a crucial workforce for the country’s population of more than 150 million seniors, who largely prefer to age at home. Many of these aspiring carers are young migrants from villages and small towns, drawn to cities in search of opportunity. Once hired, they are expected to adjust quickly to unfamiliar households and deliver efficient care. “This job requires a tremendous emotional equilibrium,” said Ramakrishna Velamuri, the dean of Mahindra University’s School of Management. “To expect that from such young workers is quite unrealistic.” That realisation inspired Anant Kumar and Priya Anant to leave their healthcare jobs and establish Life Circle Health Services, a Hyderabad-based eldercare company that equips trainees with practical and emotional …