Digital Transformation

Here you'll find articles exploring digital transformation in higher education.


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Miami Dade College Launches Online Workforce Education Initiative

Florida's Miami Dade College is now providing workforce training to students across the country through XploreFLEd, an online program focused on "developing essential skills for today's job market."

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New Copilot Studio Feature to Introduce AI Agent Building Tools

Microsoft has announced plans to roll out a public preview of a new feature within Copilot Studio, allowing users to create autonomous AI "agents" designed to handle routine tasks.

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IBM Releases Granite 3.0 Family of Advanced AI Models

IBM has introduced its most advanced family of AI models to date, Granite 3.0, at its annual TechXchange event. The new models were developed to provide a combination of performance, flexibility, and autonomy that outperforms or matches similarly sized models from leading providers on a range of benchmarks.

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New OpenAI Swarm Framework Offers Experimental Tool for Multi-Agent AI Networks

OpenAI has introduced a new open source framework designed to simplify the development and management of multi-agent AI systems that can collaborate autonomously to perform tasks.

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Agentic AI Named Top Tech Trend for 2025

Agentic AI will be the top tech trend for 2025, according to research firm Gartner. The term describes autonomous machine "agents" that move beyond query-and-response generative chatbots to do enterprise-related tasks without human guidance.

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'Early Version' of ChatGPT Windows App Now Available to Paid Users

OpenAI has announced the release of the ChatGPT Windows desktop app, about five months after the macOS version became available.

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Hugging Face Gradio 5 Offers AI-Powered App Creation and Enhanced Security

Hugging Face has released version 5 of its Gradio open source platform for building machine learning (ML) applications. The update introduces a suite of features focused on expanding access to AI, including a novel AI-powered app creation tool, enhanced web development capabilities, and bolstered security measures.

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Okta, OpenID Foundation Propose New Identity Security Standard

Okta and the OpenID Foundation have announced the formation of the IPSIE Working Group — with the acronym standing for Interoperability Profiling for Secure Identity in the Enterprise — dedicated to a new identity security standard for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications.

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MathGPT AI Tutor Now Out of Beta

Ed tech provider GotIt! Education has announced the general availability of MathGPT, an AI tutor and teaching assistant for foundational math support.

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Juniper Launches AI-Native Networking and Security Management Platform

Juniper Networks has introduced a new solution that integrates security and networking management under a unified cloud and artificial intelligence engine.