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• If Anthropic Succeeds, a Nation of Benevolent AI Geniuses Could Be Born - Steve Levy, Wired
  When Dario Amodei gets excited about AI—which is nearly always—he moves. The cofounder and CEO springs from a seat in a conference room and darts over to a whiteboard. He scrawls charts with swooping hockey-stick curves that show how machine intelligence is bending toward the infinite. His hand rises to his curly mop of hair, […]
• OpenAI revenue jumps 30% in three months: report - Chris Ciaccia, Seeking Alpha
  ChatGPT, the generative artificial intelligence chatbot that took the world by storm in late 2022, has surpassed 20M paid subscribers, up from 15.5M at the end of 2024, according to The Information.That jump of 4.5M paid subscribers, or roughly 30%, suggests the company is generating at least $415M in revenue per month, up from at […]
• Emergence AI’s new system automatically creates AI agents rapidly in realtime based on the work at hand - Carl Franzen, Venture Beat
  Another day, another announcement about AI agents. Hailed by various market research reports as the big tech trend in 2025 — especially in the enterprise — it seems we can’t go more than 12 hours or so without the debut of another way to make, orchestrate (link together), or otherwise optimize purpose-built AI tools and […]
• AI Literacy in Higher Education: Preparing Students for the Future Workforce - Jaspreet Bindra, Best Colleges India
  AI literacy is essential for students as industries embrace artificial intelligence, making its integration into higher education crucial for future job readiness. The rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) are transforming industries worldwide, making AI literacy an essential skill for students entering the workforce. As AI continues to disrupt traditional job roles, higher education institutions […]
• How COOs maximize operational impact from gen AI and agentic AI - Curt Mueller, et al; McKinsey
  Better, faster, easier, cheaper: That’s the promise of gen AI. For at least some companies, it’s becoming the reality as well, as leaders find new ways for gen AI—and the increasingly capable agents it enables—to automate, augment, and accelerate work across virtually every function. Early adopters are using gen AI to help strengthen supplier negotiations […]
• First Therapy Chatbot Trial Yields Mental Health Benefits - Morgan Kelly, Dartmouth
  Dartmouth researchers conducted the first-ever clinical trial of a generative AI-powered therapy chatbot and found that the software resulted in significant improvements in participants’ symptoms, according to results published March 27 in NEJM AI. People in the study also reported they could trust and communicate with the system, known as Therabot, to a degree that […]
• The contact center crossroads: Finding the right mix of humans and AI - McKinsey
  While it is increasingly clear that the contact center of the future is likely to be an AI-led environment, the pace at which companies will arrive at this future state is far less certain. Today’s leaders are faced with the difficult choice of just how far to go with their automation plans to retain the […]
• AMD is powering AI success with smarter, right-sized compute - Venture Beat
  Modernizing existing data centers is an essential first step to removing bottlenecks to AI innovation. This frees up space and power, improves efficiency and greens the data center, all of which helps the organization stay nimble enough to adapt to the changing AI environment.“You can upgrade your existing data center from a three-generation-old, Intel Xeon […]
• OpenAI to release open-source model as AI economics force strategic shift - Michael Nuñez, Venture Beat
  OpenAI announced plans to release its first “open-weight” language model since 2019, marking a dramatic strategic shift for the company that built its business on proprietary AI systems. Sam Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive, revealed the news in a post on X on Monday. “We are excited to release a powerful new open-weight language model with […]
• The Cybernetic Teammate: A Field Experiment on Generative AI Reshaping Teamwork and Expertise - Fabrizio Dell'Acqua, et al (including UPCEA SOLAR25 keynote speaker Lilach Mollick), Harvard Business Working Paper No. No. 25-043
  Our findings reveal that AI significantly enhances performance: individuals with AI matched the performance of teams withoutAI, demonstrating that AI can effectively replicate certain benefits of human  collaboration. Moreover, AI breaks down functional silos. Without AI, R&D professionals tended to suggest more technical solutions, while Commercial professionals leaned towards commercially oriented proposals. Professionals using AI […]
• These 5 new AI tools can help you do everything from managing tasks to improving your public speaking - Jeremy Caplan, Wonder Tools (reprinted in Fast Company)
  Realistic AI voices, smart job coaching, automatic task runners—these tools are free, powerful, and ready to help. Hundreds of AI tools emerge every week. I’ve picked five new ones worth exploring. They’re free to try, easy to use, and signal new directions for useful AI.1. Sesame: Talk with a surprisingly lifelike AI Of all the AI […]
• Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro is the smartest model you’re not using – and 4 reasons it matters for enterprise AI - Matt Marshall, Venture Beat
  Gemini 2.5 Pro marks a significant leap forward for Google in the foundational model race—not just in benchmarks but also in usability. Based on early experiments, benchmark data and hands-on developer reactions, it’s a model worth serious attention from enterprise technical decision-makers, particularly those who’ve historically defaulted to OpenAI or Claude for production-grade reasoning.https://venturebeat.com/ai/googles-gemini-2-5-pro-is-the-smartest-model-youre-not-using-and-4-reasons-it-matters-for-enterprise-ai/
• ‘You can’t create 18-year-olds’: What can colleges do amid demographic upheaval? - Ben Unglesbee, Higher Ed Dive
  This is a moment for higher education 18 years in the making.  By the latest estimates, 2025 will be the year that the number of high school graduates peak. The long-dreaded demographic cliff — caused by declining birth rates starting in 2007 — is coming. But the coming decline in traditional-aged college students might not […]
• Age of AI: The augmented mind in the university classroom - James Yoonil Auh, University World News
  Today, we are surrounded – indeed, immersed – in a world of digital devices quietly powered by artificial intelligence. Whether through Microsoft’s Copilot, Google’s predictive search, Grammarly’s real-time editing, or the invisible algorithms guiding us through traffic and daily decisions, we are engaged in a kind of ambient co-thinking with machines. Most of the time, […]
• How online learning platforms are revolutionising upskilling - Arunima Jha, India Today
  Online learning platforms have emerged as a key driver for upskilling, providing flexibility, affordability, and industry-relevant courses. These platforms enable professionals and students, particularly career switchers and those from non-traditional backgrounds, to enter high-demand fields such as AI, fintech, and cybersecurity. Experts from UniAthena and Intellipaat highlight how these platforms facilitate quality learning aligned with […]
• Tracing the thoughts of a large language model - Anthropic
  Language models like Claude aren't programmed directly by humans—instead, they‘re trained on large amounts of data. During that training process, they learn their own strategies to solve problems. These strategies are encoded in the billions of computations a model performs for every word it writes. They arrive inscrutable to us, the model’s developers. This means […]
• AI-Driven Education Poised for Breakthrough as StudyPal Launches Next-Generation Learning Platform - Yahoo!
  StudyPal, an innovative AI-powered education platform, today announced the launch of its latest suite of AI-driven learning tools, designed to revolutionize student engagement and personalized learning. As the debate over AI in education continues, StudyPal aims to demonstrate how artificial intelligence can enhance comprehension, retention, and accessibility for learners worldwide. AI has rapidly integrated into […]
• 'This has been a game changer' | Educators embrace AI at Texas State University symposium - Jessica Cha, KVUE
  Around 375 higher education teachers gathered at Texas State University this week for their first symposium on artificial intelligence in education as educators strive to keep pace with rapidly evolving technology. The two-day "AI in Teaching and Learning Symposium," which concluded Thursday, was designed to showcase ways to enhance teaching practices by integrating AI into […]
• Online microcredentials: a response to meet the market's demand for soft skills - Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
  The demand for professionals with soft skills, such as effective communication, critical thinking and time management, is high in today's job market. "Soft skills are the personal and social skills that enable professionals to work effectively, both on their own or in teams. They're associated with personal behaviour patterns and attitudes such as decision-making, time […]
• Investing in the Future: Preparing Students for the AI Revolution - Teaching and Learning Services, Carleton
  In a world where technology is rapidly evolving, artificial intelligence (AI) is seemingly everywhere, transforming many aspects of our daily lives. From using smart thermostats or robot vacuums in our homes, to offering virtual reality simulations in university courses, to automating tasks in the workplace, AI is changing the way we live, learn and work. […]