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• Generative Artificial Intelligence in Education: Ethical Challenges, Regulatory Frameworks and Educational Quality in a Systematic Review of the Literature Provisionally accepted -Iván Miguel García-LópezIván, Frontiers
  Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is changing how education works, making learning more personalized and teaching more efficient. But it also brings serious questions around ethics, regulation, and educational equity. This study reviews 53 research papers published since 2020 to identify key concerns like data privacy, algorithmic bias, and unequal access, while also exploring how GenAI […]
• The analysis of generative artificial intelligence technology for innovative thinking and strategies in animation teaching - Xu Yao, Yaozhang Zhong & Weiran Cao, Nature
  This work examines the application of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) technology in animation teaching, focusing on its role in enhancing teaching quality and learning efficiency through innovative instructional strategies. A mixed-methods research approach is adopted, integrating quantitative analysis (experimental data and questionnaire surveys) and qualitative analysis (behavioral observations) to systematically assess the educational effectiveness of […]
• OpenAI upgrades the AI model powering its Operator agent - Kyle Wiggers, Tech Crunch
  OpenAI is updating the AI model powering Operator, its AI agent that can autonomously browse the web and use certain software within a cloud-hosted virtual machine to fulfill users’ requests. Soon, Operator will use a model based on o3, one of the latest in OpenAI’s o series of “reasoning” models. Previously, Operator relied on a […]
• Behind the Curtain: A white-collar bloodbath - Jim VandeHei,Mike Allen, Axios
  Dario Amodei — CEO of Anthropic, one of the world's most powerful creators of artificial intelligence — has a blunt, scary warning for the U.S. government and all of us: AI could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs — and spike unemployment to 10-20% in the next one to five years, Amodei told […]
• How Science Can Fix Its Trust Problem - Cory Miller & Michael L. Platt, Knowledge at Wharton
  Scientists today seem out of touch with reality. In the past, when a new administration proposed deep cuts to federal research, scientists reflexively girded for battle using a tried-and-true playbook. We circulated petitions, attended protests, fired off angry emails, lauded our accomplishments, and hoped the storm would pass, all while patting ourselves on the back. […]
• Practical Use Cases for Learning With VR In Higher Education - Amy Mowreader, Inside Higher Ed
  As virtual reality technology continues to develop, more colleges and universities are integrating it into the student experience inside and outside of the classroom. A recent survey of chief technology officers by Inside Higher Ed and Hanover Research found that 14 percent of respondents said their institutions had made meaningful investments in virtual reality and […]
• AI is ‘breaking’ entry-level jobs that Gen Z workers need to launch careers, LinkedIn exec warns - Jason Ma, Fortune
  “Now it is our office workers who are staring down the same kind of technological and economic disruption,” he wrote in a recent New York Times op-ed. “Breaking first is the bottom rung of the career ladder.” For example, AI tools are doing the types of simple coding and debugging tasks that junior software developers […]
• The people who think AI might become conscious - Pallab Ghosh, BBC
  The "Dreamachine", at Sussex University's Centre for Consciousness Science, is just one of many new research projects across the world investigating human consciousness: the part of our minds that enables us to be self-aware, to think and feel and make independent decisions about the world. By learning the nature of consciousness, researchers hope to better […]
• An existential crisis’: can universities survive ChatGPT? - Louise Eccles and Lottie Hayton, London Times
  As chatbot use becomes ever more widespread, what began as a trickle of issues has evolved into a profound challenge for universities. If vast numbers of students are using chatbots to write, research, code and think for them, what is the purpose of a traditional education? Since that first call in 2023, Palmer has carved […]
• Fuzzy comprehensive evaluation system and decision support system for learning management of higher education online courses - Jiaohuan Yang, Nature
  The current circumstances encompass online learning management for improving learners’ access to study materials at their convenience, anytime, anywhere. Hence, establishing effective teaching and learning management is a primary concern in facilitating academic growth for both students and teachers in HEI2. Therefore, online educational websites must prioritize learning management and pedagogical excellence to meet the […]
• Agentic AI Is Already Changing the Workforce - Jen Stave, Ryan Kurt and John Winsor, Harvard Business Review
  AI agents are fast becoming much more than just sidekicks for human workers. They’re becoming digital teammates—an emerging category of talent. To get the most out of these new teammates, leaders in HR and procurement will need to start developing an operational playbook for integrating them into hybrid teams and a workforce strategy. That strategy […]
• I tested Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Claude 4 Sonnet with the same 7 prompts — here’s who came out on top Face-off - Amanda Caswell Tom's Guide
  When it comes to chatbot showdowns, I’ve run my fair share of head-to-heads. This latest contest comes just hours after Claude 4 Sonnet was unveiled and I couldn’t wait to see how it compared to Gemini 2.5 Pro, also new with updated features. Instead of just testing Gemini and Claude on typical productivity tasks, I […]
• The new economics of enterprise technology in an AI world - Aamer Baig, James Kaplan, Jeffrey Lewis, and Pablo Prieto, McKinsey
  Enterprise technology spending in the United States has been growing by 8 percent per year on average since 2022.1 This surge is not surprising, given the increasing role technology plays in how businesses function and create value. The issue lies in what companies are getting for that spend, and the track record on that score […]
• OpenAI is buying Jony Ive’s AI hardware company - Jay Peters, the Verge
  In an interview with Bloomberg, Ive called AI hardware misfires like the Humane Pin and Rabbit R1 “very poor products,” and said that “there has been an absence of new ways of thinking expressed in products.” The first product isn’t intended to be an iPhone killer, though: “In the same way that the smartphone didn’t […]
• The inner game of women CEOs - Aalia Ratani, Carolyn Dewar, and Johanne Lavoie - McKinsey
  Human-centric skills are more critical than ever in an increasingly complex world. Here’s how some women CEOs harness these strengths to meet the challenges of the role. What makes an effective CEO? In short, comfort with embracing polarities.  CEOs sit at the nexus of organizational tensions, balancing seemingly opposing demands. They must be confident and […]
• Duolingo CEO says AI is a better teacher than humans—but schools will still exist ‘because you still need childcare’ - Irina Ivanova, Fortune
  Now the company has much broader ambitions. With a community of 116 million users a month, Duolingo has amassed loads of data about how people learn, accumulating tricks to keep learners engaged over the long term and even know how well a student will score on a test before they take it. According to founder […]
• Why you shouldn’t say ‘please’ to ChatGPT - Ritesh Chugh, ACS Information Age
  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently revealed that including polite phrases when prompting AI systems costs the company tens of millions of dollars in additional electricity expenses. Every word we type is processed as part of a "token" — a unit of data that the AI system must analyse and respond to. The more tokens used, […]
• From debt to dollars: Gen Z shifts from college loans to skilled trades - Salt Lake City Tribune
  As the class of 2025 prepares for the leap into life after high school, Penelope Masotti, a high school senior, is charting a less traditional course. With a passion for cosmetology and a pragmatic view of the future, she is opting for trade school, joining a growing wave of Gen Z students redefining what higher […]
• The upskilling imperative: Required at scale for the future of work - McKinzie
  Amid overall uncertainty, including about the future that AI will bring, two things are clear. One, jobs and occupations will change as new technologies are used to handle and support more tasks. The transition to AI is already underway, according to the results of the latest McKinsey American Opportunity Survey (AOS) in which roughly 20 […]
• Google Unveils A.I. Chatbot, Signaling a New Era for Search - Tripp Mickle, NY Times
  Google became the gateway to the internet by perfecting its search engine. For two decades, it surfaced 10 blue links that gave people access to the information they were looking for. But after a quarter century, the tech giant is betting that the future of search will be artificial intelligence. On Tuesday, Google said it […]