New 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...

Running the CUNY AI Lab on Open Weights - CUNY AI Lab

Why 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.

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Literally messaged @plach.bsky.social this at the exact moment she posted this lol

pam lach@plach.bsky.social · last mo.

I 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

I 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

Moderating 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

We’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.

Matt Gold@mkgold.bsky.social · last mo.

I’m excited to shared draft AI Guidelines for the CUNY Graduate Center community @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Importantly, they embed a right of refusal for faculty, staff, and students where reasonable alternatives exist.

A 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/

We’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...

New 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...

The ThinkWith Tool for the Composition Classroom - CUNY AI Lab

A 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...

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Got 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

New 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...

Building a Frankentimer With Agentic Coding Assistance - CUNY AI Lab

A 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.

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The 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/

Model Registry - CUNY AI Lab

CUNY-built AI infrastructure for teaching, learning, and research in public higher education, developed at the CUNY Graduate Center.

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The 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/welcome

Working with AI, in Public - CUNY AI Lab

Why the CUNY AI Lab is starting a blog, and what to expect from posts here.

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New 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...

So thankful for the @cunyailab.bsky.social team and for our @cunygcdi.bsky.social comrades 🥬

CUNY AI Lab@cunyailab.bsky.social · 3mo ago

@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

@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

And @digitalfellows.bsky.social @cunyailab.bsky.social @manifoldscholar.bsky.social and the program social media fellows! All fantastic!