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• OpenAI and Meta set to unveil AI models capable of reasoning and planning - Dev Kondaliya, Computing
  Tech firms are building the foundations of what could - eventually - develop into artificial general intelligence. OpenAI and Meta are gearing up to launch new AI models, promising huge advances in reasoning and planning capabilities. "We are hard at work in figuring out how to get these models not just to talk, but actually […]
• 5 Key Generative AI Announcements from Google Cloud Next: Is Google Closing the Gap? - BRET KINSELLA, Synthedia
  Okay, Google was not talking about the traditional view of AI agents at Cloud Next when it introduced Vertex AI Agent Builder. These are generative AI applications that Microsoft calls Copilots, and others (AKA OpenAI) might call assistants or chatbots. A classical definition of AI agents generally suggests some autonomy and “agency” to make decisions […]
• New AWS survey reveals the link between AI fluency and the next education revolution - Kim Majerus, AWS Public Sector Blog
  Access Partnership recently conducted a study commissioned by Amazon Web Services (AWS) on AI skills across various industries globally—including education. The study found that employers and employees in the education sector anticipate that AI utilization will improve productivity by more than one-third. When asked what their organization would do with 33 percent more capacity, both […]
• Innovations in AI and Higher Education - Nick Fetty, New York Academy of Sciences
  From the future of higher education to regulating artificial intelligence (AI), Reid Hoffman and Nicholas Dirks had a wide-ranging discussion during the first installment of the Authors at the Academy series. It was nearly a full house when authors Nicholas Dirks and Reid Hoffman discussed their respective books during an event at The New York […]
• Exploring the fast-growing role of AI in academic research - University World News
  Research that uses generative AI is expanding rapidly across fields, and is said to be accelerating and transforming scientific knowledge. Today we launch a weekly series of articles on AI and Research exploring the multiplying ways in which AI is involved in higher education research. The series will culminate in a special briefing in June.https://www.universityworldnews.com/special-report.php
• The rise of micro-credentials: The end of universities? - Hakan Ergin and John Brennan, University World News
  Micro-credentials have recently been high on the agendas of various higher education stakeholders across the world.  Supranational organisations, such as the OECD and the European Commission, have begun to explore further use of micro-credentials in member countries’ higher education systems. Employers, on the other hand, have started to use micro-credentials in their hiring procedures. In […]
• AI and HE around the world – Evolution and revolution? - University World News
  Join us on a journey around the globe, through the eyes of our expert commentators and correspondents. How are universities engaging with the rise and rapid evolution of GenAI? With the ethical challenges and assessment opportunities? With the research opportunities and threats? With the AI race to lead the world of science? As Professor Rick […]
• Upskilling demands the desire to be open to learning - Gaurav Bhagat, Education Times
  To enhance your career growth and open new career opportunities, professionals need to upgrade their skills. Investing in continuous learning is becoming a necessity rather than a luxury in today’s dynamic labour market, where 54% of workers report needing to upskill or reskill within the next year, according to a recent LinkedIn survey. One has […]
• Illinois State University Embarks on Ethical AI Journey - Roman Rember, ElBlog
  Illinois State University establishes a multidisciplinary committee to create a strategic framework for the responsible adoption of Artificial Intelligence. The committee aims to guide the campus community in leveraging AI while prioritizing ethical considerations, cross-divisional collaboration, and developing a clearer stance on AI usage in various university domains.https://elblog.pl/2024/04/12/illinois-state-university-embarks-on-ethical-ai-journey/
• OpenAI, Meta to roll out AI versions capable of planning, reasoning - Abhijeet Kumar, Business Standard
  Microsoft-backed OpenAI and Meta will soon release artificial intelligence (AI) models capable of reasoning and planning, according to a Financial Times (FT) report. Meta has announced plans to release Llama 3 in the coming weeks, while OpenAI has revealed that its forthcoming AI model ‘GPT-5’, which will also be introduced soon, the report added. According […]
• Opinion: Higher Ed’s Reasons to Both Embrace and Fear AI - Jim A. Jorstad, Gov Tech
  Much of the writing about artificial intelligence in higher education has been about the tool’s potential to enhance student learning, teaching strategies and the entire education process. Many say it might help identify and track students who would benefit from additional support and resources. However, there are significant warnings about the potential dangers of AI. […]
• 85% of new people managers receive no formal training. This is why you can’t fake it - TOMAS CHAMORRO-PREMUZIC, Fast Company
  If you are in a position of leadership, your job is unquestionably hard. You must deliver results; identify, develop, and retain talent; keep people motivated, even coach them; and manage your personal goals all while maintaining a positive reputation and coming across as authentic.  Your life plays out on the jumbotron 24/7, and your organization’s […]
• No One Actually Knows How AI Will Affect Jobs - Will Knight, Wired
  Forget artificial intelligence breaking free of human control and taking over the world. A far more pressing concern is how today’s generative AI tools will transform the labor market. Some experts envisage a world of increased productivity and job satisfaction; others, a landscape of mass unemployment and social upheaval. Someone with a bird's-eye view of […]
• Meta AI releases OpenEQA to spur ’embodied intelligence’ in artificial agents - Michael Nuñez, Venture Beat
  Meta AI researchers today released OpenEQA, a new open-source benchmark dataset that aims to measure an artificial intelligence system’s capacity for “embodied question answering” — developing an understanding of the real world that allows it to answer natural language questions about an environment. The dataset, which Meta is positioning as a key benchmark for the […]
• Degrees Earned Fall Again, Certificates Rise - Sara Weissman, Inside Higher Ed
  Fewer people are earning degrees for the second year in a row, but certificates are having a moment, according to a new report.  The latest “Undergraduate Degree Earners” report, released Thursday, showed that almost 100,000 fewer people earned bachelor’s and associate degrees or certificates during the 2022–23 academic year, a 2.8 percent decrease. The number […]
• Generative AI Update for 2024 - Ray Schroeder and Katherine Kerpan, the European Business Review
  Any update on this technology has to carry the caveat that it is changing day by day and that research and development is, in most cases, months ahead of what is available to the general public. We are now in a period of highly competitive one-upmanship in the features, speed, security, and reliability of GenAI […]
• Google Announces STUNNING AI Agents | Google Cloud Keynote AI Agents - Wes Roth, YouTube
  It looks like Google is going all in on AI agents the latest Google Cloud next keynote presentation which covers some of the new product developments across Google had one major theme and that is AI agents. AI agents for customer service. AI agents for helping your employees get more stuff done for marketing, for […]
• Big tech unites around AI workforce training for 100M workers - Lindsey Wilkinson, CIO Dive
  Microsoft, Google, IBM, Intel, SAP and Cisco plan to collectively train nearly 100 million technology workers over the next ten years to mitigate AI’s disruption to the workforce, the companies said Friday in an announcement. The group, which includes Accenture, Eightfold and Indeed, plans to evaluate the impact of AI on 56 information and communication […]
• GPT-5: 4 New Features We Want to See - Maxwell Timothy, Make Use Of
  OpenAI's GPT-4 is currently the best generative AI tool on the market, but that doesn't mean we're not looking to the future. With OpenAI CEO Sam Altman regularly dropping hints about GPT-5, it seems likely we'll see a new, upgraded AI model before long. [skipping to wish #3] So, if GPT-5 ships with GPT Agents, […]
• AI Pioneer Shows The Power of AI AGENTS - "The Future Is Agentic" - Matthew Berman, YouTube
  In this video, host Matthew Berman, steps through a short presentation by AI pioneer and co-founder of Coursera, Andrew Ng.  This presentation at Silcon Valley Sequoia explains how and why the use of AI agents working as a team can produce results far superior to the current mode of using GenAI to generate responses, such […]