IT Trends :: Thursday, March 16, 2006

DEALS, CONTRACTS, AWARDS

Google Picks ASU for Engineering IT Support Shop

Google will open an office for engineering and IT support at Arizona State University. The search engine giant chose Tempe because of the city's Wi-Fi developments and the ASU campus because of the school's commitment to engineering excellence. (Information Week)
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Troy University Scores Microsoft Award

Microsoft awards its computing curriculum award of $50,000 each to 14 universities worldwide. Troy University was one of the institutions that won this prestigious award. It will use prize money to build cyber-security lab where computer science majors learn to develop secure and reliable information technology systems. (TMCnet)
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    Learning Continuity Built into the LMS Withstands Cloud or Cybersecurity Interruptions

    When your institution's administrative or instructional capabilities face disruption from natural, technical, or malicious events, what measures does your LMS offer to provide a "business as usual" operating and learning environment? Instructure's Ryan Lufkin comments on the LMS and learning continuity.

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    Microsoft Moving to Internally Developed AI Models in Office Apps

    Microsoft is reportedly using its own in-house artificial intelligence models to handle some workloads in Excel and Outlook, offering new evidence that the company is moving its AI strategy beyond model development and into large-scale cost reduction.

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    Google Moves AI Agents into the Mainstream

    At its recent I/O developer conference, Google presented artificial intelligence agents not as a distant research project, but as a product strategy spanning Search, personal assistants, productivity software, developer tools, and smart glasses.

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    OpenAI to Combine AI Products into Desktop 'Superapp'

    OpenAI is reportedly developing a desktop application that would combine several of its emerging AI products into a single platform, according to reports, marking the latest step in the company's effort to transform ChatGPT from a standalone chatbot into a broader productivity and automation environment.