TODAY: AI puts ME to work; Appalachian State rolls out an AI master's program that could be the blueprint for how to teach this stuff moving forward; and Google's VEO 2 text-to-video generator is now available. Plus, over a dozen more headlines from the world of AI!

APRIL 16, 2025

• Steal This Prompt: 🕵️‍♂️The Interrogator Prompt — Let AI Turn the Tables on You
• Top Story: Colleges Can Catch Up on Artificial Intelligence: Here's How
• THE HEADLINES
• TOOL OF THE DAY: ​Google’s VEO 2 AI Text-to-Video Generator Now Available

STP: 🕵️‍♂️The Interrogator Prompt — Let AI Turn the Tables on You

In business, we often get stuck in a routine of quick decision-making and reactive work. But what if we could break that pattern and force ourselves to think more critically about the ideas we have and the decisions we make?

AI can help with that!

Today, I’ll show you how I let ChatGPT take charge of me to produce something substantive in at least half the time it would have taken had I done it from scratch.

First, I had it summarize the press release from Appalachian State University in news summary form (see the post just below this one).

I wanted something more than a summary, but I wasn’t sure where to begin. So I used one simple follow-up prompt to have AI turn the tables.

​STEAL THE PROMPT HERE, AND PUT IT TO USE IN YOUR WORKFLOWS​

📰 Colleges Can Catch Up on Artificial Intelligence: Here's How

AI has already crept into nearly every part of how we work and make decisions. The question now isn’t whether schools should teach it — but how. This fall, Appalachian State University’s Walker College of Business is stepping into that conversation with new AI-focused concentrations in its MBA and Applied Data Analytics programs.

It’s early days, and the program is just getting started. But what they’re signaling? It’s smart. More schools should take notes.

AI Doesn’t Belong in a Silo — It Belongs in the Real World

One thing Appalachian State seems to understand: AI isn’t a stand-alone subject. It’s not something you tuck into a corner of the computer science department and forget. It’s a force multiplier for business — across marketing, operations, finance, HR, you name it.

That’s the first place many universities go wrong. They make AI technical when it needs to be tactical. App State is heading in the right direction by threading AI through the actual work students will be doing after graduation.

​CONTINUE HERE FOR THE BLUEPRINT ON TEACHING AI IN HIGHER ED THE RIGHT WAY​

THE HEADLINES

• ​AI Tool Unlocks Long-Standing Biomedical Mystery Behind Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s​
• ​New White House AI Guidance Focuses on ‘American Products,’ Reviewing Risk​
• ​Microsoft confirms AI pullback as tariffs compound pressure​​
• ​Moveworks Joins AI Agent Library Craze​
• ​NIH: AI May Aid Screening for Opioid Use Disorder​
• ​Study cracks the code behind why AI behaves as it does​​
• ​Claude Gains ‘Superpowers’: Anthropic’s AI Can Now Search Your Entire Google Workspace​
• ​Small US City Experiments With AI to Find Out What Residents Want​
• ​Cato Networks Introduces Controls to Manage ‘Shadow AI’ Use in Enterprises​
• ​People Are Really Bad at Spotting AI-Generated Deepfake Voices​
• ​‘She Helps Cheer Me Up’: People Forming Relationships With AI Chatbots​
• ​Dallastown Man Becomes First Charged Under New PA Child Porn Law for AI-Generated Images​
• ​Supply Chain Execs Share Views on AI​
• ​Israel Tops List of Countries With Highest Self-Reported AI Skills​
• ​Cohere Releases ‘Embed-4’ Multimodal AI Model for Agentic Search​

TOOL SPOTLIGHT: ​Google’s VEO 2 AI Text-to-Video Generator Now Available

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Google just launched Veo 2, its long-awaited AI text-to-video generator, inside Gemini Advanced. It’s part of the Google One AI Premium plan, priced at $20/month—the same as OpenAI’s ChatGPT Plus with Sora access.

Veo 2 creates 8-second, 720p videos in landscape format using just a text prompt. It’s built to better understand real-world physics and human motion, aiming for lifelike scenes and fluid character movement. You can go as simple or detailed as you want with prompts.

You’ll find it on both web and mobile, but only if you’re a Gemini Advanced user under the AI Premium plan. Google hasn’t said exactly how many videos you can make per month—but there is a limit, and you’ll get a heads-up as you approach it. Google also rolled out Whisk Animate, an experimental feature that turns image prompts into animated eight-second clips. It’s powered by Veo 2 and available through Google Labs.

How it stacks up to Sora:​
Sora makes 10-second videos at the same resolution, but both platforms limit access to premium users. Ultimately, it comes down to the ecosystem. If you are a heavy Google Drive user, Gemini makes sense. If OpenAI is your jam, then consider Sora.

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