Announcements

The SF State Technology Governance Committee (TGC) hosted a presentation from EAB on "AI and the Future of Higher Education" on Monday, May 6th, 2024, from 11:00 a.m. to noon.

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) and its impacts on higher education have been felt here at SF State across this academic year as faculty, students, and staff consider this new technology. Mixed reactions such as concern, excitement, and confusion are being experienced on our campus and at campuses across the country. While responses and activities may differ from campus to campus, the dynamics are the same: we are facing rapid changes while seeking to balance the range of opportunities and the myriad of risks. 

The SF State Technology Governance Committee invited EAB, a higher education consulting group, to share their insights and research on the GAI phenomenon and give us a national view of how it may impact the future of higher education.

In their presentation, “AI and the Future of Higher Education: Five Transformative Opportunities”, EAB presented case studies and practical examples from other campuses, helping to understand AI opportunities being tested at other campuses as well as measures for reducing or addressing risks.

View the recording of the session and access materials presented, linked below, respectively.

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before April 28, 2024, a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter.  

For more details, see: https://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/7451

Hear from four SF State students share their usage, perceptions, and experiences with Generative AI in this recorded online panel session held on March 13th, 2024. The panel titled “I am your student, this is how I use AI” was hosted by the Academic Technology Advisory Committee (ATAC) and moderated by Andrew Roderick, Assistant Vice President of Academic Technology.

Planning an AI-centered event for campus participants? Looking to showcase and promote awareness of your AI work?

Share your work with AI on campus and we will feature your work on the campus response to AI website. Our list of events is ever growing, and we are always looking to expand it. To have your event featured on the AI website, fill out the events intake form.

Zoom’s AI Companion and AI Summary features are coming to all San Francisco State University Zoom accounts on Wednesday, January 17, 2024. Simultaneously, Otter.ai will no longer be able to connect to SF State hosted Zoom sessions.

What is AI Companion and AI Summary?

AI Companion and AI Summary behave much like cloud recordings. At a meeting host’s discretion, Zoom will transcribe the meeting and present a searchable report and summary to the meeting participants. More information can be found on Zoom’s AI feature page.

Using AI Companion and AI Summary

Zoom’s new AI features will automatically be available to all faculty and staff who log in to Zoom with their SF State accounts. Students will not have it enabled by default, but can do so from the Zoom website, https://sfsu.zoom.us. Only meeting hosts can enable AI functionality in Zoom meetings; participants can only request that a host activate AI functionality. When AI features are activated in a meeting, all participants are shown a disclaimer, similar to when a host records a session.

Otter.ai Campus Use Blocked in Zoom

Otter.ai is an automated transcription product that can be used within Zoom meetings to capture audio, automatically transcribe it, and generate meeting summaries, very similar to the Zoom AI Companion product. It is not licensed at SF State aside from a few individual or personal purchases. Unfortunately, the use of an Otter.ai agent in a Zoom meeting provides no method to alert other users to its transcription (recording and translation of audio). To protect the privacy of campus users, we will begin blocking Otter.ai access to Zoom on the same date (January 17th, 2024). This step is also being taken at other CSU campuses.

Support

For more information or for any questions or concerns, please contact Academic Technology via phone call to (415) 405-5555 or email to at@sfsu.edu.