Weekly Newsletter Practical AI Strategies Practical AI for Curriculum Leaders Registration Closes this week Hi everyone, Registrations for the Term 4 (October-December) 6-week Practical AI for Curriculum Leaders course will close at 4pm AEDT on Friday, October 16th. The course includes an hour per week of live and recorded professional learning and discussion. With an international group of K-12 and Higher Education colleagues, the course is a space for discussing practical strategies for...
8 days ago • 1 min read
Weekly Newsletter Practical AI Strategies Big tech is writing its own rules again Hi everyone, I’ve been away for a couple of weeks, but the AI wheels keep on turning… No blog post this week, but here are a few highlights from recent AI news to keep you up to date. In the US, big tech has been given a licence to police itself by the Trump administration. Because that worked so well in the past… Trump says he’s happy to have “the smartest people in the world watching over each other”. Closer...
15 days ago • 2 min read
Weekly Newsletter Practical AI Strategies Practical AI Strategies 2 is Out Now! Plus, computer using AI is solved Hi everyone, Practical AI Strategies 2 is Out Now from Amba Press! 🎉 I started writing this book at the end of 2025. Originally I had planned a second edition of 2024's book, but as soon as I sat down to write I knew that enough had changed to fill a whole second volume. Practical AI Strategies 2 is more critical than book 1, expanding on the ethical concerns of the industry and...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Weekly Newsletter Practical AI Strategies Practical AI for Curriculum and Wellbeing Leaders: Waitlists Close Soon Hi everyone, The early bird waitlists for Practical AI for Curriculum Leaders and Wellbeing Leaders will close soon. Both courses offer a 6 week intensive, with one hour live per week, recordings and resources available async. The courses are open to Australian and international educators in all sectors: K-12, Higher Education, and Vocational Education. Early bird access is $1440...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Weekly Newsletter Practical AI Strategies Practical AI for Curriculum and Wellbeing Leaders: Waitlists Filling Up Hi everyone, The Term 4 (Oct-Nov) waitlist for Practical AI for Curriculum leaders is filling up. This course is capped at 25 students to ensure a lively community and room for good conversations. It's 6 weeks, one hour live per week, with recordings and resources available async. The course is open to Australian and international educators in all sectors: K-12, Higher Education,...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Weekly Newsletter Practical AI Strategies Hi everyone, Before we get into this week's blog post, a reminder that the waitlists for the Term 4 live, six-week intensive courses are now open. Practical AI for Wellbeing Leaders https://leonfurze.com/wellbeing-leaders/: is a brand new course for wellbeing leaders, pastoral and year level coordinators, and school counsellors, covering the wellbeing risks of AI including youth mental health, social chatbots, and deepfakes. Practical AI for...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Weekly Newsletter Practical AI Strategies Practical AI for Curriculum and Wellbeing Leaders Term 4 waitlists are now open, including a brand new course. Hi everyone, Two six-week courses are running in Term 4 (October to November), both with an hour per week of live sessions plus recordings and resources. Practical AI for Curriculum Leaders https://leonfurze.com/curric-leaders/: AI for curriculum design and assessment, for faculty leaders, assistant principals, and curriculum designers across...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Weekly Newsletter Practical AI Strategies What's the Cost of Getting it Wrong With AI? Hi everyone, Lately I've been writing a lot about "AI slop" and problems like hallucinations: all of which stem from the technical construction of language models. These aren't problems we can prompt ourselves away from: they're fundamental to the ways we use AI. And we can decide if, how, and when we use AI in our communications. In this week's article, I use two terms as a way to help make those...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Weekly Newsletter Practical AI Strategies Problem Patterns in AI: Beyond Hallucinations Hi everyone, There's a lot of hype right now around AI "escaping" and "going rogue", with both OpenAI and its main competitor Anthropic releasing big statements about security incidents. I'm not going to say much right now about these issues, other than fear-narratives are great for raising money... Security concerns are important, but I think that the "right now" harms of GenAI for most day-to-day users...
3 months ago • 1 min read