News Update :: Tuesday, July 5, 2006

News

Academia, Industry, Feds Form ID Theft Research Center

A group of influential information technology firms, government agencies, colleges, and universities has formed a joint academic center to spearhead research in the area of identity management, information sharing policy, and data protection...

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Spellings Commission Report Mum on Education Technology

A first draft of a report by the Spellings Commission, the Bush administration’s panel (named after Department of Education Secretary Margaret Spellings) established to study the future of higher education, includes just two references to technology...

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Kauffman Gift to Broaden Campus Entrepreneurial Education

The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation last week said it would give its second major grant – of $35 million – to broaden entrepreneurship education throughout the academic community. The program was launched in 2003, when eight schools were awarded $25 million to transform campus culture by starting entrepreneurship programs within liberal arts, engineering, and other disciplines outside of the business school...

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eUniversity Releases Podcast Trumpeting Online Benefits

Capella University, a for-profit online university, has launched a podcast series titled "Inside Online Education"...

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UT San Antonia Names Chief Information Officer

The University of Texas at San Antonio named John McGowan as associate vice provost for information technology and chief information officer...

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Contracts, Deals, Awards

Rolls-Royce Donates Turbine to G.W. School of Engineering

Rolls-Royce Inc. has donated an industrial gas turbine to George Washington University's School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS)...

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Jenzabar Partners to Offer Career Services Via Web Offering

Electronic learning platform developer Jenzabar, Inc. formed a partnership with an employment services provider to begin offering career research services via its Web platform and portal...

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Campus Technology 2006
in Boston, July 31-August 3, 2006

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    California Governor Signs AI Content Safeguards into Law

    California Governor Gavin Newsom has officially signed off on a series of landmark artificial intelligence bills, signaling the state’s latest efforts to regulate the burgeoning technology, particularly in response to the misuse of sexually explicit deepfakes. The legislation is aimed at mitigating the risks posed by AI-generated content, as concerns grow over the technology's potential to manipulate images, videos, and voices in ways that could cause significant harm.

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    NIST's U.S. AI Safety Institute Announces Research Collaboration with Anthropic and OpenAI

    The U.S. AI Safety Institute, part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has formalized agreements with AI companies Anthropic and OpenAI to collaborate on AI safety research, testing, and evaluation.

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    Report: Use of Game Engines Expands Beyond Gaming

    Game development technology is increasingly being utilized beyond its traditional gaming roots, according to the recently released annual "State of Game Development" report from development and DevOps solutions provider Perforce Software.

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    Cloud Security Alliance: Best Practices for Securing AI Systems

    The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), a not-for-profit organization whose mission statement is defining and raising awareness of best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment, has released a new report offering guidance on securing systems that leverage large language models (LLMs) to address business challenges.