Reposted by CUNY AI LabCUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026AI is upending education — from how students learn to how schools prepare them. On Oct. 14, Cornell’s Steven Jackson, CUNY’s Aankit Patel, and The New York Times’ Natasha Singer tackle what comes next, moderated by the Graduate Center’s Luke Waltzer. Register www.gc.cuny.edu/events/ai-an... 155
CUNY AI Lab @cunyailab.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Please join us on October 14 at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social for a panel discussion on “AI and the Future of Education” co-sponsored by the CUNY AI Lab and moderated by CAIL co-founder @lukewaltzer.bsky.social. www.gc.cuny.edu/events/ai-an...gc.cuny.eduAI and the Future of EducationElebash Recital Hall 075
CUNY AI Lab @cunyailab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026New on the CUNY AI Lab blog: Spring 2026 CAIL fellow Jonathan B. Toro on the limits of AI-assisted coding and how our tendency to anthropomorphize LLMs can obscure the human knowledge and communities that make digital infrastructure possible. ailab.gc.cuny.edu/blog/saying-...ailab.gc.cuny.eduSaying Please to an LLM: Building an Interactive Window with an Open-Weight Model - CUNY AI LabA CAIL Fellow spends three months load-testing open-weight models in the CAIL Sandbox, tries to build a citation tool inside the chat, and finds out what it takes to get it working. 000
CUNY AI Lab @cunyailab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Gentle reminder: applications for the 2026-27 CUNY AI Lab Fellowship are due tomorrow! All Grad Center students are eligible to apply. ailab.gc.cuny.edu/blog/cail-fe...ailab.gc.cuny.eduCall for Applications: CAIL Fellows 2026-27 - CUNY AI LabThe CUNY AI Lab is seeking graduate student Fellows for the 2026-2027 academic year. Applications are due September 22, 2026. 000
Reposted by CUNY AI LabStefano Morello @veritas44.bsky.social · 19/08/2026DHQ is looking for its next home/editor! Get in touch if you have any questions! 001
CUNY AI Lab @cunyailab.bsky.social · 20/07/2026New on the CUNY AI Lab blog: we run nearly all of our tools on open-weight models. Here’s why. (Spoiler alert: they are more transparent, cost a fraction of the proprietary flagship models, and have all but closed the capability gap.) ailab.gc.cuny.edu/blog/running...ailab.gc.cuny.eduRunning the CUNY AI Lab on Open Weights - CUNY AI LabWhy the CUNY AI Lab runs nearly all of its tools on open-weight models — what open weights are, what frontier models cost to run, and how open models have closed the capability gap. 012
Reposted by CUNY AI LabBrandon Walsh @walshbr.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Literally messaged @plach.bsky.social this at the exact moment she posted this lol 164
Reposted by CUNY AI Labpam lach @plach.bsky.social · 26/06/2026I wish more institutions would dedicate resources to home-grown critical AI experimentation, rather than ceding control and precious dollars to our tech overloads. @cunyailab.bsky.social is a model of how to do this! #ACH2026 0155
Reposted by CUNY AI LabBrandon Walsh @walshbr.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Moderating one last session of papers for #ACH2026 "Building Community-Oriented Infrastructures for AI Experimentation" featuring a whole host of people from @cuny.edu discussing their work at the @cunyailab.bsky.social 184
CUNY AI Lab @cunyailab.bsky.social · 25/06/2026We’re glad to share the CUNY Graduate Center AI Guidelines, co-drafted by three of the CUNY AI Lab’s co-founders. The guidelines are meant to support thoughtful, transparent, and critically engaged uses of AI in teaching, research, and administrative work across the GC community. 030
Reposted by CUNY AI LabSerhii Nazarovets @serhiinazarovets.bsky.social · 25/06/2026A nice surprise: @cunyailab.bsky.social has launched an #AI Use Disclosure tool based on the #GAIDeT framework. Researchers can now generate publication-ready, structured disclosures of how #genAI was used across different stages of the research workflow: tools.ailab.gc.cuny.edu/ai-disclosure/ 072
CUNY AI Lab @cunyailab.bsky.social · 23/06/2026We’re excited to share that CUNY Login Single Sign-On (SSO) is now available for the CUNY AI Lab Sandbox! Existing approved users can now sign in with their CUNY credentials by clicking “Continue with CUNY Login.” More details here: ailab.gc.cuny.edu/blog/cuny-lo... 011
CUNY AI Lab @cunyailab.bsky.social · 11/06/2026New on the CUNY AI Lab blog: CAIL Fellow Nicole Walker writes about building ThinkWith, a tool developed through our vibe-coding workshop series to help composition students make stronger connections between texts and cultural artifacts. ailab.gc.cuny.edu/blog/thinkwi...ailab.gc.cuny.eduThe ThinkWith Tool for the Composition Classroom - CUNY AI LabA CAIL workshop participant vibe-codes a tool that gives composition students real-time feedback on whether their paragraphs genuinely 'think with' a text — and reflects on what that means for the val... 030
Reposted by CUNY AI LabIan G. Williams @igraywill.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Got to help out today with the @gctlc.bsky.social's 2026 Critical AI Literacy Institute, in my capacity as a fellow w/ @cunyailab.bsky.social. Such fun & interesting conversations with faculty across CUNY, across disciplines. @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social #CriticalAI #AILiteracy #CriticalPedagogy 042
CUNY AI Lab @cunyailab.bsky.social · 04/06/2026New on the CUNY AI Lab blog: CAIL Fellow @igraywill.bsky.social reflects on building a customized writing timer through our Spring 2026 workshop series on AI-assisted prototyping for digital scholarly projects. ailab.gc.cuny.edu/blog/franken...ailab.gc.cuny.eduBuilding a Frankentimer With Agentic Coding Assistance - CUNY AI LabA CAIL Fellow reflects on building a personal Pomodoro timer through AI-assisted prototyping in the Spring 2026 workshop series — and on the ambivalence of doing so. 131
CUNY AI Lab @cunyailab.bsky.social · 01/06/2026The CUNY AI Lab’s model registry makes the models available in the Sandbox more legible and helps students see AI not as one monolithic chatbot, but as a set of designed systems with different capacities, licences, and limits. ailab.gc.cuny.edu/models/ailab.gc.cuny.eduModel Registry - CUNY AI LabCUNY-built AI infrastructure for teaching, learning, and research in public higher education, developed at the CUNY Graduate Center. 000
CUNY AI Lab @cunyailab.bsky.social · 29/05/2026The CUNY AI Lab now has a blog! We’ll share updates, notes from CAIL fellows and staff, guest posts from CUNY faculty, students, and staff, and reflections on building public AI infrastructure for teaching and research. ailab.gc.cuny.edu/blog/welcomeailab.gc.cuny.eduWorking with AI, in Public - CUNY AI LabWhy the CUNY AI Lab is starting a blog, and what to expect from posts here. 011
Reposted by CUNY AI LabLuke Waltzer @lukewaltzer.bsky.social · 18/05/2026New post at Visible Pedagogy, @zmuhl.bsky.social of @gctlc.bsky.social and @cunyailab.bsky.social on "Writing Under Surveillance: The Problem with AI Detection." vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2026/05/18/w...vp.commons.gc.cuny.eduWriting Under Surveillance: The Problem with AI Detectionby Zach Muhlbauer During a summer composition course, a LaGuardia student learns their work has come under suspicion that it was written by AI. The instructor claims the student’s spoken and writte… 033
Reposted by CUNY AI LabZach Muhlbauer @zmuhl.bsky.social · 15/05/2026So thankful for the @cunyailab.bsky.social team and for our @cunygcdi.bsky.social comrades 🥬 031
CUNY AI Lab @cunyailab.bsky.social · 15/05/2026@zmuhl.bsky.social and the CAIL Fellows presented their work and our initiatives at the annual @cunygcdi.bsky.social digital show case! Stay tuned for more presentations and events! @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social 072
Reposted by CUNY AI LabJojo Karlin @jojokarlin.bsky.social · 15/05/2026And @digitalfellows.bsky.social @cunyailab.bsky.social @manifoldscholar.bsky.social and the program social media fellows! All fantastic! 093