Brandon Weger

Higher ed assessment professional dedicated to student learning & success. Publisher of The Higher Ed AI Brief. TRIO advocate and coffeeholic.

[Brandon Weger @BrandonWeger]

Definitely want to test the reasoning model, but Voice and Transcribe have me curious too. I’ve seen classroom role-playing modules built on earlier voice models, and with these performance numbers and the audio quality, the potential for better curriculum resources and student learning feels real.

[Brandon Weger @BrandonWeger]

Interesting to see what they’re building! 7 models released this week. @MicrosoftAI @mustafasuleyman #ai #highered

[Brandon Weger @BrandonWeger]

80% of the code at one frontier AI lab is now written by AI. Microsoft just pushed always-on agents into the tools your campus already runs on. The next higher ed skill isn't prompting. It's judgment.

Read HERE: https://t.co/mIb2p0ZWYi

#HigherEd #AI #HigherEducation #AIinEducation #EdTech

[Brandon Weger @BrandonWeger]

AI's deepest question is not whether machines become human.

It is whether humans accept machine standards for life.

New in The Higher Ed AI Brief:
The Human Question Behind AI

https://t.co/h6BeNhmiWV

#AI #HigherEd #Ethics #AIinEducation

[Brandon Weger @BrandonWeger]

This is very intriguing! As someone that’s explored openclaw in the early days, I’m very interested to see what this looks like as an enterprise grade solution connected to your local computer and your Microsoft cloud infrastructure. #ai #AgenticAI #Edu @MicrosoftAI @Copilot @mtholfsen

[Mike Tholfsen @mtholfsen]

Check out the just-announced Microsoft Scout 🧭

[Microsoft AI @MicrosoftAI]

Humanist superintelligence. The kind of AI worth building. https://t.co/jaUGlG0I4S

#MSBuild

[Brandon Weger @BrandonWeger]

A lot of higher ed data work still lives in Excel.

For an Office of Institutional Effectiveness, tools like this can speed up KPI tracking, survey analysis, enrollment trends, assessment reporting, and accreditation prep.

The real win is not just faster spreadsheets. It is helping teams move from data cleanup to better questions, clearer evidence, and more timely decisions.

#HigherEd #InstitutionalEffectiveness #DataAnalytics #AI

5 Copilot in Excel Tips to Try Today | Microsoft 365

https://t.co/5QkXlR2iXe via @YouTube

[Brandon Weger @BrandonWeger]

@mtholfsen Spot on. Using Copilot in Outlook to clear the plate at the end of the day is a massive productivity unlock. The new Allowing Actions capability turns the dreaded evening inbox catch-up into a complete non-issue.
Who else is using this to hit Inbox Zero before logging off tonight? What is your go-to EOD prompt?

[Mike Tholfsen @mtholfsen]

Copilot in Outlook is getting a big update. Now Copilot can take action on your Inbox and Calendar, and it turns Outlook into your AI-powered Chief of Staff. In this video, I show 8 tips and tricks to make the most of the new Copilot in Outlook 📧

YouTube 📺 https://t.co/fyRXg8nWwA

[Mustafa Suleyman @mustafasuleyman]

One last run-through before Build tomorrow when I can finally share what we’ve been up to in the lab. Livestream starts at 9:30 am PT, and you can register or tune in here: https://t.co/HUPJqU0QMF

[Brandon Weger @BrandonWeger]

AI has made the assessment problem impossible to ignore.

It is not just about cheating. It is about whether assignments still show what students know and can do.

A strong read on moving from panic to redesign.

https://t.co/XOej03apTk

#HigherEd #AI #EdTech #Assessment

[Brandon Weger @BrandonWeger]

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[Microsoft OneNote @msonenote]

Can't keep up with all the innovation coming to Copilot Notebooks in the OneNote app? View this May 2026 Update infographic we created in Notebooks.

Read more here: https://t.co/xp89XUfvwl

Output lightly edited for clarity.

[Brandon Weger @BrandonWeger]

AI Policy Enters the Grant Scorecard https://t.co/Rw0ixOBgAZ

#highered

[Arena.ai @arena]

Exciting news, MAI-Image-2.5 (Preview) from @MicrosoftAI debuts at #3 in the Text-to-Image Arena with a score of 1,254 — a +72 point improvement over MAI-Image-2.

A top 5 arena previously held only by @GoogleDeepMind and @OpenAI has a new lab in the mix.

Congrats to the @MicrosoftAI team on this accomplishment.

[Brandon Weger @BrandonWeger]

AI-Resilient Assessment Design: Deep Dive + Guide
#HigherEd #AIinEducation #AssessmentDesign #TeachingAndLearning #GenAI

https://t.co/ci64IWtXfX

[Brandon Weger @BrandonWeger]

An AI strategy without a security strategy is unfinished.

Model access, vendor contracts, API keys, shadow AI, incident response. One operating system. One owner per risk.

Today in The Higher Ed AI Brief:
https://t.co/tRBnZF4LDz

#HigherEd #AILeadership #Cybersecurity #EdTech #AIGovernance