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• OpenAI calls for robot taxes, a public wealth fund, and a 4-day workweek to tackle AI disruption - Tom Carter, Business Insider
  In a series of policy recommendations released on Monday, OpenAI said the rapid advance of AI would require far-reaching economic and political reforms, including a public wealth fund, taxes on automated labor, and a potential four-day workweek. "We're beginning a transition toward superintelligence: AI systems capable of outperforming the smartest humans even when they are […]
• Colleges ramp up offerings to teach students to be AI ethicists - Kate Rix, HigherEdDive
  This is driving the popularity of courses, certificates and master’s programs focused on AI ethics. Some are designed for students with little or no computer science background. Others focus on how to use AI in a specific field. But at the core of each program is an emphasis on avoiding harm. “AI concerns everybody,” said […]
• Is college becoming less affordable? An update - Phillip Levine, Brookings
  Affordability has recently emerged as one of the central economic and political issues in the United States. Polling data suggests that many Americans feel that core components of a middle-class lifestyle have become increasingly out of reach. A college education is one of those components. Indeed, between 1990 and 2024 the prices of many items […]
• What Deans and Department Chairs Must Do Before Fall - Ray Schroeder, Inside Higher Ed
  Something is unfolding in the labor market that will greet your new graduates, in an incrementally tighter job market. The urgency is real. Entry-level hiring at the 15 biggest tech firms fell 25 percent from 2023 to 2024, according to a SignalFire report. With AI tools performing more of the work  previously reserved for recent graduates, […]
• OpenAI’s warning: Washington isn’t ready for what’s coming - Axios, YouTube
  In this Axios interview, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman emphasizes the urgent need for Washington and society to prepare for the arrival of "super intelligence." He explains that the next generation of AI models will represent a significant leap forward, moving beyond small tasks to potentially enabling career-defining scientific discoveries and allowing individuals to perform the […]
• American billionaire: Only two types of people will succeed in the age of artificial intelligence - Reporters
  As workers of all generations, from Generation Z to Baby Boomers, look for ways to secure their careers in the age of artificial intelligence, Alex Karp, CEO of the tech giant Palantir, has a pretty simple answer to the question of who will have the upper hand in the future. According to him, two groups […]
• Harvard offers six free online courses in AI and coding - MSN
  Harvard University has expanded its free online learning portfolio with six courses focused on artificial intelligence, data science, programming, and web development. These globally accessible programmes are available in self-paced and scheduled formats, accommodating both beginners and professionals aiming to enhance their technology skills. The initiative reflects rising demand for digital literacy and supports the […]
• Ending the era of unpaid internships - Florida Atlantic University, Inside Higher Ed
  Florida Atlantic University wants to turn this system on its head by ending the era of the unpaid internships. Forty percent of Florida Atlantic’s student body is Pell-eligible and many balance low-paid work to support themselves financially during their studies. “Looking at the data, we realized that we need to go out and fund internships […]
• 4 ways higher ed can lead in uncertain times - Elon University
  At Elon University, the 2025 President’s Report explores how colleges and universities can respond with clarity and purpose by focusing on what today’s students need to think critically, adapt and lead responsibly. How universities are boosting enrollment and retentionCentral to this work is a simple but powerful idea: preparing students not just with knowledge, but […]
• 'Double-edged sword': Montana campuses prepare for AI-driven future - Darren Frey Glendive Ranger-Review
  The growing role of artificial intelligence in higher education is forcing colleges to adapt, and Montana campuses are preparing to take a major step with a new AI tool launching as early as May. When Dawson Community College President Chad Knudson attended the March Board of Regents Meeting in Dillon over spring break, a separate […]
• The Connected Campus: A Secure, AI-Ready Digital Ecosystem for Higher Education - Alexander Slagg, EdTech
  A connected campus supports improved learning experiences, campus operations and overall decision-making by university leadership. While previous iterations of campus technology systems were focused on simply connecting users with resources and each other, the connected campus goes much further, forming a holistic technology ecosystem that drives secure interoperability across systems and resources. “A connected campus depends […]
• How AI may reshape career pathways to better jobs - Justin Heck, Mark Muro, Shriya Methkupally, and Joseph Siegmund, Brookings
  Amid much concern about the future of college graduates in the era of AI, workers without four-year degrees face major challenges as well: There are over 15 million of these workers in jobs that are highly exposed to AI. Of those, nearly 11 million are employed in “Gateway” occupations—jobs that have historically enabled workers to […]
• Schedule of this blog has changed to Monday to Friday - No new postings will be made Saturdaqy or Sunday.
   Look for the next posting on Monday at 5 AM Central time.  Thanks!
• Schedule of this blog has changed to Monday through Friday - No new postings will be made Saturday or Sunday.
   Schedule of this blog changed to Monday through Friday. New postings resume Monday morning at 5 AM Central Time.
• ‘AI-shaped economy’ now has students rethinking their majors - Matt Zalaznick, University Business
  Workforce disruptions caused by generative AI have some students rethinking their majors with one analysis characterizing higher education’s relationship with AI as “both promising and complex.”Here are the stats:More than 40% of bachelor’s degree students and more than half of those seeking associate’s degrees said generative AI has caused them to consider changing their major […]
• Emotion Concepts and their Function in a Large Language Model - Nicholas Sofroniew, et al; Transformer Circuits
  Large language models (LLMs) sometimes appear to exhibit emotional reactions. We investigate why this is the case in Claude Sonnet 4.5 and explore implications for alignment-relevant behavior. We find internal representations of emotion concepts, which encode the broad concept of a particular emotion and generalize across contexts and behaviors it might be linked to. These […]
• Artificial Intelligence - AAUP
  For decades, there have been significant labor issues around the use of technology in higher education. Now, the uncritical adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) poses a threat to academic professions through potential work intensification and job losses and through its implications for intellectual property, economic security, and the faculty working conditions that affect student learning […]
• Schedule of this blog changed to Monday to Friday - No weekend posts
    Look for the next posting on Monday.  Thanks!
• A dual-framework analysis of artificial intelligence adoption in cross-cultural higher education - Zouhaier Slimi & Beatriz Villarejo Carballido, Nature
  The integration of artificial intelligence in higher education is increasingly critical as institutions face both opportunities and ethical challenges in its adoption. This study introduces a dual-framework model that combines the Technology Acceptance Model with an AI Ethics Framework, highlighting "Ethical Readiness" as essential for successful AI implementation, and identifies key drivers and barriers to […]
• AI Models Lie, Cheat, and Steal to Protect Other Models From Being Deleted - Will Knight, Wired
  A new study from researchers at UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz suggests models will disobey human commands to protect their own kind. I've had these assertions presented to me as evidence of (take  your pick):  AI is already conscious; AI is evil and will destroy us; AI is capable of lying to protect itself; […]