IU leaders on the AI opportunity gap, the future of AI and Higher Ed

Host Jayson Manship explores the intersection of artificial intelligence and education on this episode of Authentic and Agentic. In the news segment, Manship details the massive SpaceX initial public offering and the company's vertically integrated AI infrastructure. He also analyzes the U.S. government asking Anthropic to restrict foreign access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models, alongside McDonald's testing new Google-powered AI drive-thru systems. Indiana University leaders Anne Leftwich and Brian Williams join the podcast to discuss rolling out artificial intelligence curriculum to more than 110,000 students and staff. They detail the creation of Gen AI 101, a practical video course initiated by IU President Pam Whitten that features a CGI co-teacher named Crimson. The group explores the challenges of campus adoption, including student fears of cheating accusations and the risk of a widening technological opportunity gap. Williams highlights how the Kelly School of Business is requiring two new AI courses for incoming freshmen to level the playing field. Leftwich also shares how she uses Google NotebookLM to generate custom audio podcasts for her daily commute. The episode concludes with a preview of next week's interview with product design leaders from InnovateMap.