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IT Trends :: Thursday, September 21, 2006

  • 09/20/06

Deals, Contracts, Awards

Minneapolis City Council Votes to Go Wireless

Minneapolis is joining other cities and realizing that wireless is a basic infrastructure, just like electricity, gas, and water. The city council approved a deal for a 10-year contract with Minnetonka-based US Internet. The system will provide service for residents at a $20-per-month fee cap for individuals and a $30-per-month fee cap for businesses. An interesting twist is that the university d'es not seem to yet be involved in this initiative, at least according to this report…

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UIS Officials: Global Campus Shouldn't Harm Online Programs

The University of Illinois at Springfield serves up a number of online courses already. Now it's kicking off the Global Campus Initiative (GCI), a for-profit online school that will use faculty and online courses from all three of its campuses. The Global Campus would be separate from online programs at each of the university’s three campuses, but would draw input from faculty at each institution. Rather than taking away from UI Springfield's current online servings, it views the GCI as a competitor against "the biggies," including the University of Ph'enix…

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    AI Giants Back Nonprofit Focused on Workforce Transition

    The AI industry's biggest names are investing in more than just models and infrastructure — they're focusing on workforce readiness. OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft and Amazon are backing Raise US, a new nonprofit that aims to raise $1 billion to help American workers prepare for an AI-driven economy.

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    VSLive! San Diego 2026 Puts AI at the Core of the Campus IT Stack

    For higher education IT teams working through AI pilots, ERP integrations, student-facing apps, analytics projects, and mounting security concerns, Visual Studio Live! San Diego 2026 offers a look at the development practices that are shaping the campus technology landscape.

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    AI Giants Warn It May Be Time to Slow Down

    For years, leaders in the artificial intelligence industry have warned that increasingly capable AI systems could eventually become dangerous, all the while continuing to race to build them. Now, their sentiments have changed.

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    Apple Introduces Redesigned Siri AI

    At its recent Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple introduced Siri AI, a redesigned version of its voice assistant that Apple describes in its own announcement as "a profoundly more capable and personal assistant." The update is intended to make Siri more conversational, more context-aware, and more useful across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Vision Pro.