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- Are communication skills still important in the age of AI? Research says yes - RM Barton, PurdueIn an artificial intelligence (AI)-mediated world, many professionals are seeking skills that will help them weather technological shifts and find career stability. Emerging research suggests that the skills the future job market will demand most are skills that technology cannot replace or replicate: people skills. According to the McKinsey Global Institute, the importance of people […]
- As frontier models go rogue, colleges beef up AI cybersecurity education - Eric Geller, Cybersecurity DiveAs the world increasingly recognizes the need for safer and more secure AI, U.S. colleges and universities are trying to meet a growing demand for AI security education that prepares future workers to safeguard businesses’ and governments’ powerful AI systems. AI cybersecurity education programs, from undergraduate and graduate classes to professional certificates, are sprouting up […]
- The AI Invasion Has Come for Mathematics - Ahmed Abbes and Haynes Miller, Inside Higher EdOn Tuesday, OpenAI released hundreds of new mathematical findings, following closely on the resolution by OpenAI’s bots of the Millennium Prize problem addressing the Navier-Stokes equations. This was a true blitz: 10,000 internal agents spent 88 hours and produced a proof apparently satisfying the criteria of this challenge, issued by the Clay Mathematics Institute some […]
- He Helped Create Modern AI. Now the ‘Godfather of AI’ Wants an FDA-Style Approval System for It. - Sherin Shibu, EntrepreneurGeoffrey Hinton is known as the “Godfather of AI” due to his pioneering work in the field.The Nobel Prize-winning computer scientist wants new AI models to be approved like drugs.Hinton’s call for greater oversight arrives as AI industry insiders raise alarms about the technology they are helping build.https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/the-godfather-of-ai-wants-an-fda-style-approval-process
- The Superintelligence Force: A Moment to Reconsider the Pace and Nature of AI - Ray Schroeder, Inside Higher EdI am not entirely convinced that the “Superintelligence Force” is the best way to cool down the competition and slow down the race. However, here we are. This is the only available opportunity to cool down the competition and pursue a safer approach to further development. Although higher education was not heavily consulted in the […]
- Workforce in motion: Skills and pathways to future jobs in the United States - María Jesús Ramírez, Kweilin Ellingrud, Tanguy Catlin, Diego Castresana, and Anna Kortis -McKinseyAI, automation, and broader structural trends are accelerating the reallocation of work across the US economy. Capturing its benefits requires developing new professional pathways and skills, and reducing barriers between declining and growing occupations. The US economy could create more jobs in the next decade than will be replaced through automation, but the change may require […]
- Deluge of 377 OpenAI proofs bewilders the math world - Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta MagazineThe technology firm OpenAI has announced the solutions to 377 open questions across nearly every mathematical subdiscipline. The results are spread over 722 papers, which OpenAI has uploaded to the Github code repository. They were achieved by a new, unnamed internal model that the company intends to release publicly in the near future, once they […]
- UW-Stevens Point to host lectures, panels on strategies to navigate AI misinformation - UW Stevens PointThe “Truth, Trust and Technology: Information in the Age of AI” series for the 2026-2027 academic year aims to help people navigate the complexities of information people must evaluate with an abundance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) within digital platforms we read and use. This kickoff event, “Technology Brought Us Here, Now What?” features presenter Chad […]
- Gonzaga Community Explores AI Through Faith, Ethics, and Dialogue - Gonzago UniversityThis fall, faculty, staff, and students are participating in reading groups focused on Pope Leo's encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, which examines artificial intelligence through the lenses of human dignity, ethics, faith, and the common good. The discussions are creating space for the Gonzaga community to engage thoughtfully with one of the most significant technological developments of […]
- Why more employers are hiring workers without college degrees - Heather Olinger, Maura Barrett - Scripts NewsA growing number of employers are prioritizing skills over college degrees, opening new career paths for workers with experience and certifications. As companies struggle to fill jobs and industries evolve faster than traditional education systems can keep up, more employers are shifting toward skills-based hiring — focusing on experience, certifications, and practical abilities instead of […]
- Five design principles for meaningful online global learning - Marcia Cross, Times Higher EducationAs digital technologies transform access to both information and education, how can universities offer distinctive educational value for professional learners online? Online programmes that bring together professionals from different organisations, sectors or countries can distinctly support this sense-making process. My department does this by starting from a simple idea: online learning does not happen in isolation […]
- City Colleges sees shift from in-person to online enrollment -the Channels, Luz Elena Del Pielago, Santa Barbara City CollegeThe numbers show that the challenge of filling classes has extended to departments across City College. While the reasons behind the decline are not completely clear yet, the difference between online and in-person enrollment has become noticeable.Van Arsdale said that one possible factor could be for the growing use of artificial intelligence. “It’s a response […]
- Want to be a lifelong learner? Don’t go it alone - Celine Nguyen, PsycheThe history of autodidacticism shows that learning has always been social. The right relationships open intellectual horizons. The internet is full of resources for self-directed learning: for any subject, you can easily find blog posts about essential texts, links to university syllabi, and hours of YouTube lectures. When I attempted to make use of these […]
- What Does the Credential Still Certify? Cognitive Stewardship for AI-Mediated Education - Kai Yao, AIES 2026Generative AI is changing a basic premise of educationalassessment: that submitted work can reliably evidence thehuman capacities a credential claims to certify. The chal-lenge is not simply whether students use AI, but what re-mains inferable about learning when some cognitive workhas been delegated to a system. This paper developscogni-tive stewardship, a framework for AI-mediated assessmentthat […]
- 64 Online Learning Statistics for 2026 - Toya S., National UniversityWho Is Enrolling in Online Education? The typical online learner is not a recent high school graduate experimenting with digital formats. Most are what NU calls ANDers: working adults balancing careers, families, and education. This demographic shift is reshaping how institutions will deliver instruction.As of Fall 2023, approximately 54.3% of all U.S. college students took […]
- Workforce in motion: Skills and pathways to future jobs in the United States - María Jesús Ramírez, Kweilin Ellingrud, Tanguy Catlin, Diego Castresana, and Anna Kortis, McKinseyThe US economy could create more jobs in the next decade than will be replaced through automation, but the change may require the largest and most sustained workforce transformation in US history. We estimate that roughly 11 million workers in declining occupations may need to transition to new jobs, ranging from six million to 16 […]
- The ‘AI and Future of Work’ Series — How the University is preparing students for what is next - Lidia Zur Muhlen, Cavalier DailyAccording to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, college graduates of the last three years are entering a challenging job market. The unemployment rate for recent college graduates was 5.7 percent in Q1 of 2026, compared with 4.23 percent for workers overall. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, in June 2019, the unemployment rate for recent […]
- New AI Framework Teaches Robots to Choose Their Own Skills and When to Use Them - BioengineerOne of the most stubborn problems in artificial intelligence is teaching an agent to carry out tasks that stretch far into the future, where rewards arrive rarely and the path to success is measured in hundreds of small decisions. A robot asked to stack blocks into a pyramid or open a microwave must chain together […]
- Building digital skills and career opportunities - Age UKAt 60, Mahmoud is exploring a new career direction after spending several months unemployed. With support from Age UK Islington, he is developing his digital skills, improving his ability to search for work and exploring the possibility of becoming self-employed. He was particularly interested in digital marketing, including content creation, website development and building applications. […]
- The AI industry is booming. Women are getting left behind - the Guardian.orgWomen made up only about a quarter of new hires in AI roles in the last year, compared to 50% of new hires in non-AI roles, according to a recent report from LinkedIn. In executive roles, that number drops to just 13%. At the same time, LinkedIn’s research shows that women are more likely to […]
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