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• Google releases model to rival OpenAI - Martin Crowley, AI Tool Report
  Google launched Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking, its “most thoughtful model yet” that’s capable of reasoning its way through complex tasks, in areas like programming, math, and physics. A bit like OpenAI’s o1 can.  Powered by Google’s recently released LLM, Gemini Flash 2.0, Google’s reasoning model is supposedly quicker at responding than others (reasoning models take […]
• Embracing the Future: New England Colege Takes the Lead in AI Education with New Online Master’s Program in Artificial Intelligence - New England College
  In response to the growing global demand for artificial intelligence (AI) expertise, New England College (NEC) has launched a forward-thinking fully online Master of Science in AI degree program. This carefully designed program aims to equip professionals with the advanced skills needed to drive innovation. The new online program provides students with the technical expertise […]
• AGI ACHIEVED | OpenAI Drops the BOMBSHELL that ARC AGI is beat by the o3 model - Wes Roth, YouTube
  On December 20, 2024, OpenAI announced that it had achieved artificial general intelligence (AGI) with its latest model, o3. This was a major milestone in the field of AI, and it has been met with a mix of excitement and apprehension.  o3 was able to achieve AGI by exceeding the 85% threshold on the Arc […]
• OpenAI SECRET Project "JAWBONE" | The Agentic Rollout Begins? - Wes Roth, YouTube
  OpenAI is working on a new feature called "Tasks" (codenamed "Jawbone") that allows users to schedule prompts for later execution by ChatGPT. This feature, potentially will let users automate tasks like receiving daily AI news summaries or reminders for house chores. Imagine the possibilities for course management, updating course content, creating This is seen as […]
• OpenAI's NEW Statement Has Everyone WORRIED | $2,000 per month to "replace" humans! - Wes Roth, YouTube
  OpenAI's potential $2,000 monthly subscription for its AI product has sparked concerns about job displacement. The product, essentially an AI Agent-scale device, boasting PhD-level intelligence, could replace human workers in various fields, leading to significant cost savings for companies. This raises questions about the future of work and the potential for widespread unemployment as AI […]
• New Tests Reveal AI’s Capacity for Deception - Tharin Pillay, TIME
  On Dec. 5, a paper released by AI safety nonprofit Apollo Research found that in certain contrived scenarios, today’s cutting-edge AI systems, including OpenAI’s o1 and Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet, can engage in deceptive behavior in pursuit of their goals—providing empirical evidence to support a concern that to date has been largely theoretical. “These [results] […]
• Why Google's quantum breakthrough is 'truly remarkable' - and what happens next - Tiernan Ray, ZD Net
  Google's quantum computing scientists this month demonstrated a breakthrough in the field that reinforces the sense that quantum computing is for real and will be able to find its place among other kinds of computers as a valuable resource. But much remains to be done: Google's latest quantum chip -- called Willow and fabricated in […]
• OpenAI brings ChatGPT to your landline - Kyle Wiggers, TechCrunch
  ChatGPT is coming to phones. No, not smartphones — landlines. Call 1-800-242-8478 (1-800-CHATGPT), and OpenAI’s AI-powered assistant will respond as of Wednesday afternoon. “[Our mission at] OpenAI is to make artificial general intelligence beneficial to all of humanity, and part of that is making it as accessible as possible to as many people as we […]
• Nudges Work—for Students’ Most Pressing Tasks - Johanna Alonso, Inside Higher Ed
  Nudges from a chat bot helped Georgia State students complete their FAFSA verifications, register for classes, sign up for academic coaching and more. My friends in Financial Aid indicate that you still have a balance to your account for fall term. The payment deadline is Friday. To avoid any disruption in your enrollment, you can […]
• AI Will Evolve Into an Organizational Strategy for All - Ethan Mollick, Wired
  This shift represents a fundamental change in how we structure and operate our businesses and institutions. While the integration of AI into our daily lives has happened very quickly (AI assistants are one of the fastest product adoptions in history), so far, organizations have seen limited benefits. But the coming year will mark a tipping […]
• Apprenticeships are a trending alternative to college — but there’s a hitch - Jon Marcus, Hechinger Report
  Apprenticeships combine paid on-the-job training with classroom time. Increasing their use has bipartisan support and was a rare subject of agreement between the presidential candidates in the election just ended. Apprenticeships have also benefited from growing public skepticism about the need for college: Only one in four adults now says having a four-year degree is […]
• Looking for internships? They are in short supply - Jon Marcus, Hechinger Report
  Not only are there growing concerns about the supply of apprenticeships meeting demand; there’s a shortage of another important workforce training tool — internships. There were an estimated 5.7 million fewer high-quality internships last year than learners who wanted to intern, according to the Business-Higher Education Forum, or BHEF.Employers last year provided 2.5 million high-quality […]
• Alternative Credentials Market Size and Share - Fortune Business Insights
  The global alternative credentials market size was valued at USD 16.33 billion in 2023. The market is projected to grow from USD 18.83 billion in 2024 to USD 69.87 billion by 2032, exhibiting a CAGR of 17.8% during the forecast period. This market refers to the education and training sectors that provides non-traditional credentials aimed […]
• Columbia College Chicago to cut programs, lay off up to 25 faculty next fall amid budget troubles - Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune
  Columbia College Chicago plans to cut 11 undergraduate and graduate programs and eliminate up to 25 faculty positions next academic year to “promote future growth centered around student success” amid ongoing budget trouble and declining enrollment, the school announced Monday evening. “We wanted to make sure that our curriculum reflects what industry needs are and […]
• College operating costs rose 3.4% in fiscal 2024 - Ben Unglesbee, Higher Ed Dive
  Costs for operating a college rose 3.4% in fiscal 2024, according to the latest Higher Education Price Index from the Commonfund Institute. The price increases outpaced Commonfund’s preliminary projections this spring of 3% for the year. However, the HEPI showed that inflation has slowed more than half a percentage point from fiscal 2023 and is […]
• Closing the gap: A call for more inclusive language technologies - Chinasa T. Okolo and Marie Tano, Brookings
  A growing body of work has identified a digital language divide: the disparity between languages in terms of digital content availability, accessibility, and technological support.Multilingual machine translation technologies have the potential to both mitigate and exacerbate these issues. Efforts to close the digital language divide in a responsible manner must go beyond merely adding more […]
• Google’s NotebookLM AI podcast hosts can now talk to you, too - Jay Peters, the Verge
  Google’s NotebookLM and its podcast-like Audio Overviews have been a surprise hit this year, and today Google company is starting to roll out a big new feature: the ability to actually talk with the AI “hosts” of the overviews. When the feature is available to you, you can try it out with new Audio Overviews. […]
• AI-authored abstracts ‘more authentic’ than human-written ones - Jack Groves, Times Higher Ed
  Journal abstracts written with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) are perceived as more authentic, clear and compelling than those created solely by academics, a study suggests. While many academics may scorn the idea of outsourcing article summaries to generative AI, a new investigation by researchers at Ontario’s University of Waterloo found peer reviewers rated […]
• OpenStax Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Providing Open Educational Resources - Matt Jones, Open Stax
  OpenStax, which expands access of K–12 and higher-education resources and research-informed educational tools, is celebrating its 25th anniversary as 2024 comes to a close, according to a news release. The educational initiative from Rice University has served almost 37 million students in 153 countries and saved students nearly $3 billion in educational costs since its […]
• Millersville University professor creates first-of-its-kind AI course - Sarah Metts, WGAL
  Dr. Oliver Dreon is the author of the course. It's intended to educate on what AI is, as well as how to properly use it, detect it, and teach it to students. "Millersville hosted a summit in the spring around AI, and it was really awesome to hear how this is impacting so many different […]