Michael Webb
@mwebb.bsky.social
Mostly AI and technology in education. Director of AI at Jisc. Might post the odd music and cat thing too.
Pretty wet on this morning’s ride. This is a road.
November 15, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Pretty wet on this morning’s ride. This is a road.
This is interesting - when I try to get ChatGPT to give me song lyrics without searching it gives me a few lines and then errors. Does anyone know if it's always done this? Or is it a rapid response to the German court ruling?
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This is interesting - when I try to get ChatGPT to give me song lyrics without searching it gives me a few lines and then errors. Does anyone know if it's always done this? Or is it a rapid response to the German court ruling?
Has anyone found a fix for the iPad iPadOS26 scrolling issue by any chance? The one where scrolling from anywhere apart from the edge of the screen stops working until you reboot?
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Has anyone found a fix for the iPad iPadOS26 scrolling issue by any chance? The one where scrolling from anywhere apart from the edge of the screen stops working until you reboot?
iOS 26 has made my iPad mini 6th gen pretty much unusable. Slow, screen barely responds. Anyone found a fix?
September 22, 2025 at 8:51 PM
iOS 26 has made my iPad mini 6th gen pretty much unusable. Slow, screen barely responds. Anyone found a fix?
My colleague Sue Attewell leads our stream of work looking at staff and student perceptions of AI.
In a new blog post the focus is with a group of pre-sessional international students.
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In a new blog post the focus is with a group of pre-sessional international students.
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Student Perceptions 2025: Insights from a Group of Pre-sessional International Students at the University of Manchester - Artificial intelligence
How do international students preparing to study in the UK view AI? Sue Attewell spoke with a group of pre-sessional students at Manchester, mostly from China, about their hopes, worries and everyday ...
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September 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
My colleague Sue Attewell leads our stream of work looking at staff and student perceptions of AI.
In a new blog post the focus is with a group of pre-sessional international students.
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In a new blog post the focus is with a group of pre-sessional international students.
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In a perfect world, maybe we’d all be able to accept everyone’s authentic self and not judge people by how they communicate, including how they write and express themselves. But we don’t live in a perfect world, do we?
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Opinion: how generative AI can help us address linguistic inequalities - Artificial intelligence
Within the theme of AI and social inclusion, Tom Moule discusses how generative AI can address linguistic inequality.
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July 25, 2025 at 10:53 AM
In a perfect world, maybe we’d all be able to accept everyone’s authentic self and not judge people by how they communicate, including how they write and express themselves. But we don’t live in a perfect world, do we?
#jisc #aied
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The US have released their AI action plan. We need to take notice as it has profound implications for academia. More here:
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Comparing and contrasting the US and UK AI Action Plans - Artificial intelligence
The US Government has just published its AI action plan. Given the UK’s own AI Opportunities Action Plan was published earlier this year, and that both plans touch directly or indirectly on education...
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July 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The US have released their AI action plan. We need to take notice as it has profound implications for academia. More here:
#jisc #aied
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#jisc #aied
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AI detection, assessment and learning to use electricity.
If we rely on scales/traffic lights and ignore assessment redesign then the logical conclusion is we have to detect AI misuse. Tools aren't great at it, and nor are people.
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If we rely on scales/traffic lights and ignore assessment redesign then the logical conclusion is we have to detect AI misuse. Tools aren't great at it, and nor are people.
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AI Detection, assessment and learning to use electricity - Artificial intelligence
This blog post is an update to two previous entries that focused on AI detection tools: ‘AI Detection: Latest Recommendations’ (September 2023) and ‘AI Writing Detectors – Concepts and Considerations’...
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June 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
AI detection, assessment and learning to use electricity.
If we rely on scales/traffic lights and ignore assessment redesign then the logical conclusion is we have to detect AI misuse. Tools aren't great at it, and nor are people.
nationalcentreforai.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/06/2...
If we rely on scales/traffic lights and ignore assessment redesign then the logical conclusion is we have to detect AI misuse. Tools aren't great at it, and nor are people.
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How often does this lift break down that this signed is needed? Didn’t fill me with confidence!
May 24, 2025 at 11:20 AM
How often does this lift break down that this signed is needed? Didn’t fill me with confidence!
How often does this lift break down that this signed is needed? Didn’t feel me with confidence!
May 24, 2025 at 11:20 AM
How often does this lift break down that this signed is needed? Didn’t feel me with confidence!
Can image generation be more than a gimmick? We think so. We ran a pilot exploring imagine generation with 44 institution late last year, and we've now released our report blog post, which includes a nice gallery of images and their prompts:
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Guidance on AI Image Generation: learnings from our pilot - Artificial intelligence
Following Jisc's Image Generation pilot, this report provides guidance on how colleges and universities can use image generation effectively.
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May 19, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Can image generation be more than a gimmick? We think so. We ran a pilot exploring imagine generation with 44 institution late last year, and we've now released our report blog post, which includes a nice gallery of images and their prompts:
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Two wins for the Jisc cyber team at last night's Security Excellence Awards! Winning both CISO and security team of the year, the judges remarked "exceptional leadership defending not just one organisation, but the entire academic sector, while building a security community."
May 2, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Two wins for the Jisc cyber team at last night's Security Excellence Awards! Winning both CISO and security team of the year, the judges remarked "exceptional leadership defending not just one organisation, but the entire academic sector, while building a security community."
A new blog post from my colleague Catherine Barker. Well worth reading, especially to see the striking fashion images that it can create and how they compare to those possible when we did our image generation pilots just a few months ago.
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ChatGPT image generation: What’s changed and why it matters - Artificial intelligence
OpenAI have built their most advanced image generator yet into GPT-4o, which ‘excels at accurately rendering text, precisely following prompts, and leveraging 4o’s inherence knowledge base and chat co...
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April 9, 2025 at 7:29 AM
A new blog post from my colleague Catherine Barker. Well worth reading, especially to see the striking fashion images that it can create and how they compare to those possible when we did our image generation pilots just a few months ago.
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Got round to trying Perplexity deep research. The name overhypes its ability but still a decent enough tool to help with some search activities.
March 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Got round to trying Perplexity deep research. The name overhypes its ability but still a decent enough tool to help with some search activities.
It’s snowing in Birmingham this morning! Ok, just a tiny bit but still… #digifest25
March 12, 2025 at 6:44 AM
It’s snowing in Birmingham this morning! Ok, just a tiny bit but still… #digifest25
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So much in Sana Khareghani’s wonderful keynote on where we are with AI that I could only capture a fraction! #digifest #digifest25 from @jisc.bsky.social
March 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
So much in Sana Khareghani’s wonderful keynote on where we are with AI that I could only capture a fraction! #digifest #digifest25 from @jisc.bsky.social
Fantastic session sharing examples from our Learnwise pilot, with a message around both how useful it is and how quick to deploy. #digifest25
March 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Fantastic session sharing examples from our Learnwise pilot, with a message around both how useful it is and how quick to deploy. #digifest25
Standing room only in our Kaltura workshop around personalised learning and their AI Class Genie beta. #digifest25
March 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Standing room only in our Kaltura workshop around personalised learning and their AI Class Genie beta. #digifest25
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Hall 3 is starting to take shape and there's a buzz in the air. Make sure you tag us in your posts if you're joining us at #Digifest25 so we can share our favourites 🧡
March 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Hall 3 is starting to take shape and there's a buzz in the air. Make sure you tag us in your posts if you're joining us at #Digifest25 so we can share our favourites 🧡
Who’s coming to Jisc Digifest next week? If you are come and add to our AI map!
March 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Who’s coming to Jisc Digifest next week? If you are come and add to our AI map!
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🤖 'We need to learn from the sudden leap we saw with ChatGPT – we're likely to see a similar leap in robotics, which will broaden the impact across many of our skills areas'
@mwebb.bsky.social of @jisc.bsky.social tells colleges
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@mwebb.bsky.social of @jisc.bsky.social tells colleges
feweek.co.uk/with-the-rig...
Preparing for the AI Era: How UK colleges can lead the way
The AI automation age will create stronger demand for uniquely human skills
feweek.co.uk
February 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
🤖 'We need to learn from the sudden leap we saw with ChatGPT – we're likely to see a similar leap in robotics, which will broaden the impact across many of our skills areas'
@mwebb.bsky.social of @jisc.bsky.social tells colleges
feweek.co.uk/with-the-rig...
@mwebb.bsky.social of @jisc.bsky.social tells colleges
feweek.co.uk/with-the-rig...
Engineering Responsible AI:foundations for environmentally sustainable AI. An excellent new report:
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February 7, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Engineering Responsible AI:foundations for environmentally sustainable AI. An excellent new report:
nepc.raeng.org.uk/media/2aggau...
nepc.raeng.org.uk/media/2aggau...
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Jisc's @mwebb.bsky.social initial top level advice on #Deepseek nationalcentreforai.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/01/2... #AIEd
DeepSeek - Initial Thoughts and Advice. - Artificial intelligence
Another day, another new and slightly unexpected AI development. This time, it’s DeepSeek. It’s been hard to miss the news, but in case you have, here’s a quick summary: Chinese company DeepSeek has s...
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January 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Jisc's @mwebb.bsky.social initial top level advice on #Deepseek nationalcentreforai.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/01/2... #AIEd
I’m sure there’s some metaphor or story here - but anyway, I love the inventive use of an upside down gym bench to fix the velodrome track.
January 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I’m sure there’s some metaphor or story here - but anyway, I love the inventive use of an upside down gym bench to fix the velodrome track.