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• OpenAI ChatGPT leader discusses AI agents and the future of knowledge work at Harvard Business School - Emma Thompson, EdTech Innovation Hub
  The discussion also explored how the responsibilities of product managers could change as generative AI systems become part of the development process. Ostrovskiy wrote: “The job becomes less about coordination and more about 1) understanding real user problems, 2) defining what ‘success’ means in an AI system, and 3) building evals and feedback loops so […]
• How AI Can Close Equity Gaps for First-Generation Students - Richard J. Smith, EdTech
  The emergence of artificial intelligence in higher education is often blamed for widening the digital divide for first-generation college students. However, given that a growing majority of Americans have access to the internet and capable digital devices, such as laptops and smartphones, AI has the potential to close equity gaps for under-resourced students. Student support […]
• OpenAI Adds Interactive Math and Science Learning Tools to ChatGPT - Rhea Kelly, Campus Technology
  ChatGPT adds interactive learning tools: OpenAI introduced interactive math and science visualizations that allow users to explore formulas, variables, and relationships in real time. The tool currently covers over 70 core math and science topics and is aimed initially at high school and college-level learners. Users can adjust variables, manipulate formulas, and immediately see how […]
• The Unmaking of the American University - Nicholas Lemann, the NewYorker
  Now the compact between the universities and the federal government has been broken, and maybe not just temporarily. The Trump Administration has deployed a brutally effective, previously unused technique for getting these institutions’ full attention: suspending their funds, even those appropriated by Congress and legally committed to in contracts. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/03/16/the-unmaking-of-the-american-university
• Adopting AI is a social contract - Andrew Inkpen & Dani Inkpen, University Affairs
  Integrating artificial intelligence into our societies and personal lives binds us to certain futures and forecloses the possibility of others. Are we ready to accept the consequences? Much of the present conversation about AI in higher education centers around questions of implementation. How do we use AI in accordance with principles of universal design? How […]
• New Jersey to Use AI to Score Standardized Writing Tests - Liz Rosenberg, GovTech
  Starting this spring, a new state test called the New Jersey Student Learning Assessments-Adaptive for grades 3-10 will be “adaptive,” meaning students will get different questions based on their previous answers. The “artificial intelligence” will be trained using scores generated by human scorers on practice tests that were given to students in October and November. […]
• AI broke the college degree: Why higher education matters more than ever - Katherine Perry, the Linfield Review
  While it was once a faraway and futuristic idea, AI has now found its way into many aspects of everyday life, including higher education. This is what Patrick Dempsey, founder and co-CEO of Pend AI, spoke about in his keynote lecture on Feb. 18. Higher education is, at least in part, meant to equip students […]
• AI Tools to Reduce College Dropout Rates - Nancy Mann Jackson, EdTech
  Roughly 3 in 10 college students drop out without earning any degree, resulting in higher unemployment and lower lifetime earnings than those who earn bachelor’s degrees, according to the Education Data Initiative. To help boost student retention, colleges and universities are using a variety of artificial intelligence tools that can help identify at-risk students early, […]
• Today’s AI is built to respond. The future belongs to proactive systems. - Kiara Nirghin & Nikhara Nirghin, Big Think
  Much of what we’ve seen from the biggest artificial intelligence (AI) companies has revolved around words: You go to their chatbot, ask it a question, and it responds. Over the past couple of years, some have taken this a step further with AI agents — those can actually do things, but only things you’ve told […]
• What national AI plans get wrong and how to fix them - Cameron F. Kerry and Saurabh Mishra, Brookings
  AI is not a standalone sector; it creates value only when embedded in real industries. Countries should build cognitive infrastructure, including data, institutions, talent, and inherent local domain knowledge—not just compute capacity—to operationalize AI for real-world impact.  The winning strategy is to strengthen what a country already does well and use AI to move into […]
• OpenAI’s New GPT-5.4 Pro Is Now The Smartest AI In The World. - TheAIGRID, YouTube
  The video discusses the release of OpenAI’s GPT-5.4 Pro, highlighting its dominance across sophisticated benchmarks like Frontier Math and OSWorld, where it demonstrates superhuman problem-solving by resolving mathematical equations that remained unsolved for decades [06:46]. While the model shows significant advancements in professional white-collar tasks and creative writing, the creator notes that its high performance […]
• OpenAI's new GPT-5.4 clobbers humans on pro-level work in tests - by 83% - David Gewirtz, ZDnet
  GPT-5.4 is also more reliable, producing 18% fewer errors and 33% fewer false claims than GPT-5.2, according to OpenAI. GPT-5.4's 83% score suggests AI rivals expert professionals. Tests span nine industries and 44 real-world occupations. New capabilities boost coding, tools, and computer control.https://www.zdnet.com/article/openai-gpt-5-4/
• Universities Are Not Only About Jobs. They're About Human Existence in the Age of AI. - Maria Mercedes Mateo-Berganza Diaz, IDB
  In a world where AI can outperform humans in many cognitive tasks, universities must preserve human judgment, ethics, and purpose — not just technical skills. Higher education must prioritize broad, humanistic foundations alongside specialized skills to prepare students for complex, “messy” work that machines cannot replace. For the Global South, the stakes are even higher: […]
• AI in HE: International study finds high use, low support - Karen MacGregor, University World News
  An international survey of university academics and students by Coursera, the massive online learning platform with 375 leading university and industry partners, has revealed highly positive attitudes towards generative AI and more than 95% make use of AI tools. But a weighty 56% fear that higher education is unprepared to handle AI. In the survey […]
• AI in higher education is now the norm—not the exception - Michelle Centamore, University Business
  AI is quickly becoming standard practice in higher education, with students and faculty reporting widespread use and a largely positive view of its impact, according to Coursera’s new report, “AI in Higher Education: Insights on Attitudes, Adoption, and Risks.” The findings also point to rising demand for formal training. Nine in 10 students said they […]
• Ensuring AI use in education leads to opportunity - OpenAI
  Of the 900 million people who use ChatGPT each week, college-age adults are the biggest adopters among age groups. How they learn to use AI will increasingly shape their future opportunities, and education systems are uniquely positioned to help. Much of modern education was built to help students get ready for existing systems of work. […]
• Introducing GPT‑5.4: Designed for professional work - OpenAI
  Today, we’re releasing GPT‑5.4 in ChatGPT (as GPT‑5.4 Thinking), the API, and Codex. It’s our most capable and efficient frontier model for professional work. We’re also releasing GPT‑5.4 Pro in ChatGPT and the API, for people who want maximum performance on complex tasks. GPT‑5.4 brings together the best of our recent advances in reasoning, coding, […]
• How the Last Analog Generation Can Shape AI - Cornelia C. Walther, Knowledge at Wharton
  We are living through a threshold moment in human history, and most of us haven’t fully grasped its magnitude. Those of us born before the mid-1990s represent something that will never exist again: the last generation to spend our formative years in an analog world. We learned to think, to relate, to solve problems in […]
• How AI Is Changing College Assessments of Proficiency - Abby Sourwine, GovTech
  Artificial intelligence is causing college instructors to move more meaningful examinations back to the classroom, and connect the dots with students on why learning matters. College instructors are redesigning how and where they assess student learning. Hummels is working with students in a pilot independent study project to explore research questions using AI chatbots. Students […]
• Ellucian's 3rd Annual Higher Education AI Survey Signals Shift from Individual AI Use to Institutional Strategy, Data Privacy Still the Top Barrier - Ellucian
  90% of higher ed professionals now use AI, suggesting personal adoption is nearing a ceiling (up from 84% year over year). Institutional AI adoption jumped to 66% (from 49% the previous year), signaling a move from experimentation to mainstream integration; 43% say AI is already reflected in their institution's strategic plan, and 88% expect institutional […]