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• AI Is Reshaping the Workplace, but Entry-Level Hires Are Way Ahead of the Game - Kit Eaton, Inc.
  In a fascinating fireside chat at the recent SXSW Conference in Austin, two experts dug right into the details of how generative AI is impacting workplaces globally. The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania just published a useful summary of the main points tackled by Neil Hoyne, Google’s chief measurement strategist and a Wharton […]
• Massachusetts Department of Correction Celebrates Virtual Education Team for Innovation during Teacher Appreciation Week- Mass Dept of Correction
  Formed in response to advances in digital education, the Virtual Education Team designs and implements original, engaging learning modules aimed at helping incarcerated individuals discover transferable skills and pursue self-improvement. Their work enhances the impact of the DOC’s Orijin tablet-based education, which has been implemented across all DOC facilities. “The work of teachers across Massachusetts […]
• April closings: The 2 latest colleges to close in 2025 - Alcino Donadel, University Business
  Two small private institutions celebrated their final commencement ceremonies following announcements of their impending closures. The news comes on the heels of reports finding that college closings are expected to uptick over the next five years due to the demographic cliff.Limestone University (S.C.)Limestone University’s governing board announced on April 29 that it had failed to […]
• The Future of Residential College: Hybrid, Scalable, and Built for Student Demand - Ron Stefanski, Market Scale
  The traditional residential college experience is transforming. Driven by rising costs, declining enrollment, and student demand for flexibility, small private colleges are rethinking their academic models. A 2022 McKinsey & Company survey found that 65 percent of higher education students want aspects of their learning experience to remain virtual, even post-pandemic. This shift signals a […]
• Apple Eyes Move to AI Search, Ending Era Defined by Google - Mark Gurman, Leah Nylen, and Stephanie Lai, Bloomberg
  Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of services, made the disclosure Wednesday during his testimony in the US Justice Department’s lawsuit against Alphabet Inc. The heart of the dispute is the two companies’ estimated $20 billion-a-year deal that makes Google the default offering for queries in Apple’s browser. The case could force the tech giants […]
• LinkedIn’s new AI tools help job seekers find smarter career fits - Steven Melendez, Fast Company
  New AI features from LinkedIn will soon help job seekers find positions that best suit them—without the need for exact keyword matches or specific job titles. LinkedIn’s new AI-powered job search interface allows users to express their goals in plain language, says Rohan Rajiv, LinkedIn’s head of career products. For example, users can type a […]
• How e-learning is enhancing peer-to-peer experience - Ramya Chatterje, the Statesman
  With continuous digitalisation, education is being transformed in profound ways, and the emergence of e-learning is arguably the most transformative of those forces, spreading knowledge like never before. The technological advancement and wide reach of the internet have contributed to unprecedented levels of online learning expansion, as shown by recent global figures: an estimated 5.56 […]
• Micro-credentials: In search of the best implementation model - Angela Yung Chi Hou, University World News
  In the post-pandemic era, a ‘one-size-fits-all’ QA approach should give way to ‘fit-for-purpose’ solutions, and we must gradually move towards a fitness for flexibility approach in response to the need for diversification, relevance and inclusiveness in higher education. Given that MCs have been regarded as a gateway to lifelong learning in Asia, it is imperative […]
• Let’s stop calling them ‘soft skills.’ They’re the hardest ones to master - Shannon McKeen, Fast Company
  At a recent academic conference, I noticed a familiar unease ripple through conversations about “soft skills.” Many participants winced at the term. They recognized the inadequacy of the term, yet struggled to agree on a better alternative. People floated around suggestions like “human skills,” “essential skills,” or “power skills,” but none seemed to stick. This […]
• Fiv/e Ways Gen AI Is Changing Workplace Identity - Stefano Puntoni, Knowledge at Wharton
  AI is often framed as a technological advancement, but Puntoni believes its real impact is in how humans adapt to it. The conversation needs to move beyond Silicon Valley and into the domains of business schools, social sciences, and workforce development to understand AI’s role in shaping the future of work. AI is unlikely to […]
• The Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Generate Case Studies for the Classroom - Rhonda Gilreath, Facutly Focus
  Case studies provide opportunities for students to learn and/or reinforce what they have already learned. While using AI to create case studies, it is important to use correct prompts to obtain appropriate output. For example, a single prompt asking AI to give five cases on five different topics may not provide sufficient detail. However, prompting […]
• Quantum computing: Game on - McKinsey
  New advances suggest quantum may finally be at an inflection point. Here’s what leaders need to know to become quantum-ready. Quantum computing has long been technology’s white whale. But in recent months, new developments suggest practical applications for this elusive technology could finally be within reach. “Quantum has been five to ten years away from […]
• AI-powered learning is a story about people, not machines - Patrick Blessinger, Abhilasha Singh and James Brown; University World News
  AI-powered learning is not a story about machines. It is about people. It is about how we use technology to foster human agency, to promote inclusion and to cultivate a more capable learning ecosystem. It will continue to reshape how knowledge is produced and consumed and it will continue to reshape teaching and learning processes. […]
• How To Pick The Right AI Agent - Aytekin Tank, Forbes
  If generative AI was the first frontier in artificial intelligence, AI agents are the next. We’ve reached a point where startups are posting job listings—not for humans, but for AI agents (or those who build them). It might be a clever PR move, but it’s not a gimmick. AI agents are becoming integral to forward-thinking […]
• The construction of student-centered artificial intelligence online music learning platform based on deep learning - Ruiqing Xia, Jiayin Li & Haiying Li, Nature
  Aiming at the student-centered online music learning platform, this study proposes a Course Recommendation Model for Student Learning Interest Evolution (CRM-SLIE) to improve the accuracy and adaptability of the platform’s course recommendation. This model combines attention mechanism and Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU), and introduces project crossing module, which can effectively capture students’ interest changes and […]
• I tried out a bunch of the AI assistants. Here’s what you need to know about each one - Jared Newman, Fast Company
  Does it feel to you like there are way too many AI assistants to keep track of? Between ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude, DeepSeek, and others, it’s hard to remember what each one excels at—if anything. Beyond just the underlying differences in large language models, each AI assistant has its own features, integrations, […]
• Meet The FIRST WATER POWERED Biomimetic AI Humanoid - Synthetic Humans Are Coming! - Six Digits, YouTube
  Clone Alpha isn’t just another human-like bot built with bolts and screws. It is groundbreaking AI that can seamlessly replicate biological functions of humans, from the flexibility in our fingers to the distinct gait of a human walking on uneven terrain. The complex ways in which our muscles contract, and tendons and joints interact took […]
• AI-Powered Simulation Targets Engineering Transformation: AWS Summit London - Berenice Baker, AI Business
  Deeptech startup PhysicsX is developing an AI-driven simulation platform that could transform industrial engineering by accelerating complex physics calculations by up to a million times. In an exclusive interview at the recent AWS Summit London, CEO and co-founder Jacomo Corbo explained how the company's innovative approach, powered by AWS's high-performance computing capabilities, is enabling unprecedented […]
• Lighthouse lessons: Four mindsets to make digital transformation stick - Dinu de Kroon, et al; McKinsey
  The latest Lighthouses, awarded in October 2024 and January 2025, follow the same core principles identified when the network began. Their leaders recognize that what transforms a business is not just a particular technology, or even a unique set of use cases, but the ability of people and processes to use technology to create value […]
• Why AI companies keep raising the specter of sentience - Chris Stokel-Walker, Wired
  In their blog post explaining what went wrong, OpenAI described “ChatGPT’s default personality” and its “behavior”—terms typically reserved for humans, suggesting a degree of anthropomorphization. OpenAI isn’t alone in this: humans often describe AI as “understanding” or “knowing” things, largely because media coverage has consistently framed it that way—incorrectly. AI doesn’t possess knowledge or a […]