Episodes
#10 — NIH AI grants less novel, 1% AI authorship .edu, open-source AI parity
How AI's use in grant writing correlates with research novelty, set against a backdrop of rapid model development and new governance frameworks in education and policy.
#9 — Federal agentic AI in production, higher ed AI adoption
Federal agencies and higher education institutions are adopting agentic AI for operational workflows while navigating challenges in governance and workforce readiness.
#8 — AI proposals NIH funding, Copilot research, LLM agents show failures
How AI is changing academic research, from increasing grant success to potentially narrowing scientific focus and creating new risks in agentic systems.
#7 — Educational Institutions Adopt AI Policies, EU AI Act Enforcement
On recent AI developments, including EU AI Act updates, formal policy adoption in education, and new applications in research and grants management.
#6 — EU AI Act enforceable, US funding shifts to scientists, AI
On shifts in government policy, including US research funding moving from universities to AI and the EU AI Act's enforcement, alongside maturing AI agent capabilities.
#5 — US government $5B AI, White House redirects research funds
The US government is dedicating $5 billion to accelerate scientific research using AI, supported by $40 million in computing credits from Microsoft.
#4 — AI legal frameworks, college AI governance, AI benefits analysis
New governance models and institutional frameworks are being developed to guide the responsible and integrated adoption of AI in higher education.
#3 — AI Act guidance, enforcement, US frontier model influence
An overview of recent AI regulatory developments, including new EU AI Act guidance, a US policy shift on frontier models, and the growing patchwork of state laws.
#2 — GSA LLM data clause draft, EU AI Act amendments approved
On new government AI regulations, including a U.S. draft clause for data protection and delayed obligations for high-risk systems under the EU AI Act.
#1 — CSU signs ChatGPT, AI grant writing, secure autonomous systems
On the growing integration of AI in universities, including a major contract at California State University, and the resulting tensions with faculty.
From our community
A peer working group for research administrators who are actively building AI into their offices. Some members work alongside IT teams; others are piecing it together on their own. What unites the group is the work of implementation itself: