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Is AI Good for Students? Here’s Why Many Educators Doubt It
AI is undermining students’ learning, many educators say. It’s also saving educators tons of time.
Billion-dollar coffins? New technology could make oceans transparent and Aukus submarines vulnerable
Quantum sensing, satellite tracking and AI are part of an accelerating arms race in detection that should prompt a re-evaluation of Australia’s defence strategy
Musk’s Grok AI bot falsely suggests Met misrepresented footage of clashes with far right
Police forced to rebut misinformation amplified by Allison Pearson as Musk accused of inciting violence at London rally
Google’s huge new Kent datacentre to emit 570,000 tonnes of CO2 a year
Exclusive: Planning documents show impact of Thurrock ‘hyperscale’ unit as UK attempts to ramp up AI capacity
Australian culture, resources and democracy for $4,300 a year? Thanks for the offer, tech bros, but no thanks
T-shirt wearing billionaire Scott Farquhar has articulated AI’s claim on Australia with rare honesty – so what will we and will we not give up?
In 2 years, half of all service calls will be resolved by AI
Service pros agree: AI agents are revolutionizing the service industry by boosting efficiency, cutting costs, and improving customer satisfaction.
Artificial intelligence may begin impacting the price you pay to fly
Artificial intelligence could one day be used by airlines to determine the price you pay to fly. Here’s how it could impact your and wallet and keep your personal information...
https://natlawreview.com/article/ai-chatbots-medical-field-healthcare-hero-or-hipaa-nightmare
Healthcare professionals are finding AI to be nothing short of an asset in producing efficient communication and data organization on the job. Clinicians utilize AI for managing medical records, patient...
OpenAI Ramps Up Robotics for AGI with Expert Hires and Partnerships
OpenAI is intensifying robotics efforts to advance AGI, recruiting humanoid experts and partnering with firms like Figure AI to enable AI’s physical interactions. Amid competition from Google DeepMind, this addresses...
How to lead through the AI disruption
Ruba Borna, vice president of the Global Specialists and Partners group at Amazon Web Services (AWS), discusses how leaders can succeed in the face of AI disruption.
Study finds safety features weaken when AI models are cut down for efficiency
Slimmed down AI on phones and in cars can lose their safety guidelines
AI Is Making Employees So Productive That Tech Companies Have Stopped Hiring
One chart defines the next decade of innovation and jobs.
SETDA: AI Beats Cybersecurity as Top State Ed-Tech Priority
The latest annual report by the State Educational Technology Directors Association highlights AI’s growth alongside gaps in funding, teacher support and cybersecurity.
Transparency is key as AI gets smarter, experts say
Cybersecurity panelists spotlighted multiple risks and threats posed by emerging frontier AI applications.
If You or Your Clients Are Using AI, Here is What You Should Know
The laws and regulations around data privacy and cybersecurity are ever-changing, and with the rapidly growing popularity of artificial intelligence (AI),
SK Hynix completes HBM4 development, aims to mass produce memory for AI workloads
Development is complete, and mass production is about to start
FuriosaAI and OpenAI showcased live chatbot running advanced AI within normal data center power limits
FuriosaAI ran OpenAI’s chatbot using two of its RNGD accelerators
How AI Is Upending Politics, Tech, the Media, and More
At WIRED’s AI Power Summit Monday, industry executives and officials discussed the impact artificial intelligence is having on every corner of society—and where it goes from here.
Persona Vectors Cleverly Reveal How AI Such As ChatGPT Becomes Emotionally Charged
AI is overbearing. Worries are that humans will be mentally harmed. Turns out that AI uses persona vectors. We have a chance at shaping AI behaviors. This is the scoop.
Parents Testifying Before US Senate, Saying AI Killed Their Children
Parents of children who died by suicide after chatbot use will be testifying in the Senate during a hearing about AI chatbot risks.
Simulated humanoid robots learn to hike rugged terrain autonomously
Training humanoid robots to hike could accelerate development of embodied AI for tasks like autonomous search and rescue, ecological monitoring in unexplored places and more, say University of Michigan …
Dyna Robotics Raises $120 Million to Advance Robotic Foundation Models on the Path to Physical Artificial General Intelligence
/PRNewswire/ — Dyna Robotics today announced it has closed a $120 million Series A funding round, led by Robostrategy, CRV, and First Round Capital, with…
Dyna Robotics Raises $120 Million to Advance Robotic Foundation Models on the Path to Physical Artificial General Intelligence
Dyna Robotics today announced it has closed a $120 million Series A funding round, led by Robostrategy, CRV, and First Round Capital, with participation from Salesforce Ventures, NVentures (NVIDIA’s venture...
California bill to regulate high-risk AI fails to advance state legislature
A California artificial intelligence bill addressing the use of automated decision systems in hiring and other consequential matters failed to advance in the state assembly during the final hours of...
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The Despair of the Teacher in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
There may still be a few sheltered analog folk out there who pronounce the abbreviation for Artificial Intelligence, AI, like the name of the steak sauce, mistaking the “I” for...
Google releases VaultGemma, its first privacy-preserving LLM
Google Research shows that AI models can keep training data private.
OpenAI upgrades Codex with a new version of GPT-5
OpenAI’s AI coding agent, Codex, can now spend anywhere from a few seconds to several hours on a task, thanks to a new, customized version of GPT-5.
Swift Tests Use of AI to Fight Cross-Border Payment Fraud
Swift conducted tests to demonstrate the potential impact of artificial intelligence in preventing cross-border payments fraud. The global messaging
Mount Sinai Launches Cardiac Catheterization Artificial Intelligence Research Lab
New AI research lab at The Mount Sinai Hospital aims to transform patient care for complex heart procedures
Google says users want summaries over links as it tries to balance ‘a healthy ecosystem’ amid AI Overview lawsuit
In the midst of a lawsuit over AI Overviews, Google says that user preferences are shifting to want summaries over traditional links.
The Future Of AI Consulting Services Is Disruptively Bright
Despite what you may have read in the media, consulting is not being entirely consumed by artificial intelligence. Yes, the economic paradox of professional services in the AI computing era...
Harvard’s new free AI tool could help treat Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and even cancer
AI can do more than just write your essays – a new model is advancing drug discovery for hard-to-treat diseases.
Flagship’s Lila Sciences lands $235M to expand AI-powered autonomous research labs
Flagship Pioneering’s Lila Sciences has landed a substantial $235 million series A as it looks to exceed the current limits of the drug d | Flagship Pioneering’s Lila Sciences has...
Connecticut Professors Fear Dependence, Cognitive Decline Over AI Use
Professors at Central Connecticut State University worry that reliance on artificial intelligence tools is already changing student behavior — less thinking abstractly, less engagement and potential cognitive decline.
In factories, AI-powered robotics and algorithms are speeding up manufacturing for shampoo, dog food, and more
Companies like Bausch + Lomb and Prose are using AI in manufacturing to better predict machinery issues and increase production volume.
Splunk .conf25: Cisco, AI, And Data
Splunk, a Cisco company announces a series of AI related capabilities at their 2025 Boston conference for both security and operations.
How AI Tools Differ from Human Tools
Why the mental models we’ve built for human interfaces don’t work for AI, & how Anthropic’s latest guidelines are reshaping tool design for better performance & efficiency.
AI-Native Security for the New Era of Email Threats: Our Investment in AegisAI
Accel leads Aegis AI’s seed investment, founded by former Google Safe Browsing and reCAPTCHA leaders Cy Khormaee and Ryan Luo.