Ep 36: News in AI for the Humanities 6/7/25

In this episode of News in AI for the Humanities, explore how recent advancements in generative AI from Anthropic, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Suno, Midjourney, Perplexity, Canva, and the strategic partnership between Amazon and The New York Times are revolutionizing humanities education and scholarship. Join Dr. Meghan McInnis-Domínguez, Associate Professor at the University of Delaware, as she discusses transformative AI tools reshaping creative expression, innovative teaching, and research methods. Discover the implications of AI for ethical considerations, digital literacy, and equitable access in humanities education.

Timestamps:
00:00 Welcome
0:10 Intro
1:38 Claude Web Search
7:38 Claude 4 Opus and Sonnet and Claude EDU
11:37 Amazon’s Nova Act
19:02 NYT and Amazon Deal
20:38 Microsoft Copilot Updates
28:04 Perplexity’s AI Agents
30:55 Canva AI Updates
37:28 Midjourney V7
45:04 Google’s Veo 3 Roll-out
48:08 Suno 4.5
56:50 Outro

Sources:
Anthropic
• "Introducing Claude for Education." Anthropic, Apr. 2025, https://www.anthropic.com/news/introd.... Accessed 4 June 2025.
• Wiggers, Kyle. "Anthropic Rolls Out an API for AI-Powered Web Search." TechCrunch, 7 May 2025, https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/07/ant.... Accessed 4 June 2025.
• Anthropic. Introducing Claude 4. Anthropic, 2025, www.anthropic.com/news/claude-4. Accessed 4 June 2025.
Microsoft – 365 Copilot Wave 2
• "Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2: Pages, Python in Excel, and Agents." Microsoft 365 Blog, 16 Sept. 2024, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/micro.... Accessed 4 June 2025.
Amazon – Nova Act and NYT Deal
• "Amazon Unveils Nova Act, an AI Agent That Can Control a Web Browser." TechCrunch, 31 Mar. 2025, https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/31/ama.... Accessed 4 June 2025.
• Reuters. "New York Times, Amazon Sign AI Licensing Deal." Reuters, 29 May 2025, www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/new-york-times-amazon-sign-ai-licensing-deal-2025-05-29/. Accessed 4 June 2025.
• "Ep 537: Perplexity Goes Agentic, Google Gemini Updates, NYT/Amazon Team Up & More AI News That Matters." AI News That Matters, 2025. https://www.youreverydayai.com/perple.... Accessed 4 June 2025.
Perplexity – AI Agents
• Dobberstein, Laura. "Perplexity Unveils AI Agents Capable of Complex Research Tasks." The Register, 30 May 2025, www.theregister.com/2025/05/30/perplexity_labs_ai_agent/. Accessed 4 June 2025.
Canva – Visual Suite 2.0
• Mehta, Ivan. "Canva Is Getting AI Image Generation, Interactive Coding, Spreadsheets, and More." TechCrunch, 10 Apr. 2025, https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/10/can.... Accessed 4 June 2025.
Midjourney – Version 7
• Wiggers, Kyle. "Midjourney Releases V7, Its First New AI Image Model in Nearly a Year." TechCrunch, 3 Apr. 2025, https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/03/mid.... Accessed 4 June 2025.
Google - Veo 3
• Lardinois, Frederic. "Google's Veo 3 Can Generate Videos and Soundtracks to Go Along with Them." TechCrunch, 20 May 2025, https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/20/goo.... Accessed 4 June 2025.

Suno – Version 4.5
• Suno. "Introducing v4.5." Suno, 1 May 2025, https://suno.com/blog/introducing-v4-5. Accessed 22 May 2025.
• McInnis-Domínguez, Meghan. New Horizons (AI for Humanities). Suno.com, 4 June 2025.

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