IBM and Meta have announced the launch of an international AI Alliance, consisting of developers, researchers, and adopters from across the industry and the world to advance the use of AI in an open, safe, and responsible manner. Over 50 members and collaborators worldwide have joined this effort.
Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI have partnered to launch the Frontier Model Forum to draw on the expertise of member companies to promote safety and responsibility in developing frontier AI models. They are calling for other companies to join them in this collective effort.
In a new report titled “Expanding Student Access to Work-Based Learning: Federal Policy Recommendations,” education research organization Aurora Institute calls for policy-makers to “let go of the notion that education has to be a linear, time-bound sequence of learning that occurs only within formal education institutions.”
The Texas Department of Information Resources, in its newly released Biennial Performance Report, has asked the state legislature to make it easier for higher education institutions and other state agencies to have dedicated information security officers by allowing them to share ISOs regionally.
National nonprofit Complete College America has partnered with three states — Arkansas, Montana and Oklahoma — to form a network of institutions focused on equity and student success.
EducationSuperHighway is shifting its attention away from the needs of K-12 internet connectivity and to the unconnected American household. The nonprofit, which helped close down the "classroom connectivity gap," has a new mission: to make sure the 18.1 million households that can't afford to connect to broadband get it.
Digital Promise has launched SEERNet, a five-year program that's intended to inspire research on digital learning at scale in both higher education and K-12.
New Jersey Institute of Technology is launching a STEM initiative that will expose high school students to forensic science as a pathway to higher education.
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its COVID-19 guidance for institutions of higher education.
The United States Department of Agriculture is awarding grants ranging from $50,000 to $1 million to institutions supporting distance learning and telemedicine in rural communities. The deadline for this competitive grant program is June 4.