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RAGs, Reasoning and Deep Research: What’s new in AI and what might it mean for teaching in 2025?

New AI tools released in recent weeks will change how students engage with the technology in their studies.
562 Days of AI: Reflections from the Festival of Learning and Teaching

In June, the University hosted its Festival of Learning and Teaching, centred on the topic of 'Meaningful approaches to learning and teaching in the age of AI’. One festival event was the panel discussion ‘562 days of AI: What have we learned since Chat-GPT arrived?’, which explored some of the recent developments in generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) technology, and their implications for teaching and learning practice.
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A very short history of GPTs before ChatGPT

For many of us, artificial intelligence (AI) seemed to arrive with ChatGPT. But the field of AI is hardly new—the term itself is almost 70 years old—and the core technology that powers the generative AI software we use today is something University of Adelaide staff and students have been working with well before ChatGPT burst onto the scene.
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