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New Amazon Nova Models Aim to Redefine Generative AI Performance (12/12/24)

United States Leads in Stanford HAI Global AI Ranking (12/10/24)

Cloud Security Alliance Report Plots Path to Trustworthy AI (12/05/24)

Syracuse U Transitions Campus Store Operations to Barnes & Noble College (12/03/24)

Windows Server 2025 Release Offers Cloud, Security, and AI Capabilities (11/21/24)

Stability AI Releases Stable Diffusion 3.5 Text-to-Image Generation Model (11/14/24)

Education Sector a Top Target for Mobile Malware Attacks (11/07/24)

New OpenAI Swarm Framework Offers Experimental Tool for Multi-Agent AI Networks (11/05/24)

Agentic AI Named Top Tech Trend for 2025 (10/31/24)

Okta, OpenID Foundation Propose New Identity Security Standard (10/29/24)

MathGPT AI Tutor Now Out of Beta (10/24/24)

Reports Note Increasing Threat of Nation-State-Sponsored Cyber Attacks (10/22/24)

OneDrive Update Adds AI Agents, Copilot Interactions (10/17/24)

Eclipse Foundation Establishes New Open Source Compliance Initiative (10/10/24)

Are Organizations Moving from Cloud to On-Premises? AWS Says Yes; Gartner Says It's Not Widespread (10/08/24)

Microsoft 365 Copilot Gets Expanded AI Capabilities, Collaboration Tools (10/03/24)

New AAC&U Institute to Explore Challenges and Opportunities of AI in Teaching and Learning (09/26/24)

Pearson Launches New AI-Powered Study Tools (09/24/24)

U.S. Department of Commerce Proposes Mandatory Reporting Requirement for AI, Cloud Providers (09/19/24)

OpenAI Launches STEM-Optimized 'Reasoning' AI Model (09/17/24)

New Unified Teams App Consolidates Work, Personal, and Education Accounts (09/12/24)

World Leaders Sign First Global AI Treaty (09/10/24)

Cloud Security Alliance: Best Practices for Securing AI Systems (09/05/24)

California AI Watermarking Bill Garners OpenAI Support (08/29/24)

Cengage Intros Gen AI Student Assistant Beta (08/27/24)

California AI Regulation Bill Advances to Assembly Vote with Key Amendments (08/22/24)

Human Factor Moves to No. 1 Cloud Threat in Cloud Security Alliance Report (08/20/24)

Report Pegs Cost of AI at Nearly $300K Per Minute (08/13/24)

University of Nevada Las Vegas to Build VR Learning Hub for STEM Courses (08/08/24)

New ED Guidelines for Designing Trustworthy AI Tools in Education (08/06/24)

OpenAI Unveils SearchGPT AI-Powered Search Engine (07/30/24)

Tech Giants Form Open Source AI Security Group (07/25/24)

91% of CISOs Say AI Will Outperform Security Pros (07/23/24)

D2L Introduces AI Product for Learning Content Creation (07/18/24)

UIUC Study: AI Agents Can Exploit Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities (07/16/24)

Bryant University Launches Gen AI Chatbot for Community Engagement (07/09/24)

Building Florida's First AI Degree Program (07/02/24)

Report: Student Success Staff Tapping into AI Despite Lack of Institutional Support (06/27/24)

Raspberry Pi Debuts AI Kit (06/25/24)

Industry Leaders Weigh in on How Generative AI Will Revolutionize Education (06/20/24)

Apple Jumps into Gen AI Race with 'Apple Intelligence,' ChatGPT Integration (06/13/24)

1EdTech Appoints Curtiss Barnes as CEO (06/11/24)

AI Skills Boost Wages for Some, Redefine In-Demand Occupations (06/06/24)

Western Governors University Provides AI Writing Assistance to All Students and Faculty (06/04/24)

Instructure, Internet2 Launch New Data Governance Advisory Council (05/30/24)

Penn State Joins AI Accelerator Program (05/28/24)

NIST Launches Generative AI Testing Program (05/24/24)

Google Announces a Host of AI Updates (05/20/24)

OpenAI Rolls Out Next Evolution of ChatGPT, Able to Accept or Output Any Combination of Text, Audio, or Image (05/16/24)

ASU Awarded $3.75 Million to Advance Generative AI in Flexible Learning On the Go (05/14/24)

Turnitin: More than Half of Students Continue to Use AI to Write Papers (05/09/24)

Amazon Rolls Out 'Q' Enterprise AI Assistant (05/07/24)

Data Literacy, AI Democratization Top Trends in Data & AI/Analytics for 2024 (04/30/24)

Industry Leading Academia in AI Research (04/25/24)

Coursera Co-founder Andrew Ng Joins Amazon Board of Directors (04/23/24)

OpenAI Testing AI-Generated Voice Mimicry in Limited Private Preview (04/18/24)

Global Digital Education Council Established (04/16/24)

Top Actions to Achieve a Future of Unified Data Models in Higher Ed (04/11/24)

AWS Plans to Lay Off Hundreds of Tech, Sales, and Marketing Staff (04/09/24)

U.S. and U.K. to Collaborate on AI Safety Testing Frameworks (04/04/24)

Report: AI/ML Tool Usage Skyrockets Across Industry Sectors (04/02/24)

Pace University to Launch New AI Lab (03/28/24)

Cisco Acquires Splunk, Promotes AI Focus (03/26/24)

New Microsoft Education Updates Focus on AI and Security (03/21/24)

Admissions Trends to Watch: Past Challenges, Future Priorities (03/19/24)

Pearson Expanding Generative AI Study Tools to More Pearson+ E-Textbooks (03/14/24)

Partnership Adds Videos and Podcasts to OpenStax Resources (03/12/24)

Ithaka S+R Launching New Universal Credit Explorer Website (03/07/24)

NIST Cybersecurity Framework Gets First Refresh (03/05/24)

Researchers Identify 'Smishing' Attack that Uses AWS SNS (02/29/24)

16-State Commission on Artificial Intelligence and Education Established (02/27/24)

Survey Suggests Higher Ed Institutions Are Not Ready for Generative AI (02/22/24)

ChatGPT Piloting Selective 'Memory' Feature (02/20/24)

University at Albany to Install First IBM Prototype AI Hardware in the World on a Higher Education Campus (02/15/24)

Google Renames Bard, Introduces Tiered Models and Pricing (02/13/24)

Burnout, Excessive Workloads Plague Teaching and Learning Workforce in Higher Ed (02/08/24)

Survey: 59% of AI Early Adopters Accelerating Its Use, But 40% Lag Behind (02/06/24)

Anthology Offers Framework for AI Policy and Implementation (02/01/24)

Georgia State U and Partner Schools to Study AI Chatbots and Student Outcomes (01/30/24)

Microsoft Expands Access to Copilot, Announces Education AI Enhancements (01/25/24)

15 Ed Tech Startups Selected for AWS Education Accelerator Program (01/23/24)

Arizona State University Partners with OpenAI to Explore Gen AI Potential in Education (01/18/24)

Microsoft, AFL-CIO Working to Shape AI's Role in Workforce (01/16/24)

Otermans Institute Debuts Nine-Lesson Course Using Only AI Digital Human Teachers (01/11/24)

Boise State Cybersecurity Institute Partners with Sophos to Expand Experiential Learning (01/09/24)

IBM and Meta Launch Global AI Alliance with Dozens of Partners and Collaborators (12/14/23)

University of California Deploys Full Canva Product Suite Across All Campuses (12/12/23)

Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute Forms AI Security Incident Response Team (12/07/23)

Educause Survey Reveals Growing Dissatisfaction Among Higher Education Cybersecurity Professionals (12/05/23)

U.S. Students Slower Than Others Globally to Adopt Generative AI, Survey Reveals (11/30/23)

AAC&U Kicks Off Digital Equity Institute with 19 Higher Education Institution and Organization Members (11/28/23)

Turnitin Introduces iThenticate 2.0 and a New Similarity Report (11/21/23)

Glendale to Be the First Community College to Partner with Dreamscape Learn to Bring VR Learning to Campus (11/16/23)

University of Chicago Researchers Develop Technique to Poison Generative AI Image Scraping (11/14/23)

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Partners with SkillStorm to Train Tech Talent Across the Midwest (11/09/23)

IT Spending Forecasted to Top $5 Trillion in 2024 (11/02/23)

Minority-Serving National University to Offer Google Certificate Program for Both Undergraduates and Graduate Students (10/31/23)

AI Predictive Model Partnership Dramatically Raises CUNY Graduation Rate (10/26/23)