Artificial Intelligence

Here you'll find articles detailing new developments in artificial intelligence and how it's impacting higher education.


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SharePoint Rolls Out Agentic AI Building and Governance Tools

Microsoft has announced a number of AI enhancements for its SharePoint collaboration platform, including a public preview of agentic building capabilities, a redesigned user experience, and expanded content governance tools.

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Veeam Launches Agent Commander to Help Detect Enterprise AI Risk

Veeam Software has introduced Agent Commander, a new platform designed to help enterprises detect AI risk, protect AI systems, and undo AI mistakes.

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Druva Adds Agentic Workflows, Deep Analysis Agents to DruAI Platform

Druva has announced an expansion of its DruAI platform, introducing Deep Analysis Agents and new agentic workflow capabilities aimed at automating complex forensic, compliance, and operational investigations.

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Defending Against Data Breaches in the Age of Deepfakes

As social-engineering attacks surpass ransomware as the top cyber risk, institutions must reevaluate their cybersecurity practices.

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Rubrik Agent Cloud Expands Policy Controls for Agent Prompts/Responses

Rubrik has made Rubrik Agent Cloud generally available, adding expanded governance controls that enforce predefined and custom policies on both AI agent prompts and responses.

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Report: No Foolproof Method Exists for Detecting AI-Generated Media

Microsoft has released a new research report warning that no single technology can reliably distinguish AI-generated content from authentic media, and that deepening reliance on any one method risks misleading the public.

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AI Adoption Is Surging, but Infrastructure and Language Gaps Persist

Artificial intelligence may be spreading faster than previous waves of consumer tech, but a report from Microsoft's AI Economy Institute suggests its benefits are concentrating in a relatively small set of countries, with infrastructure and language emerging as major dividing lines.

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Digital Holistic Student Supports Initiative Aims to Improve How Colleges Use Technology to Support Students

A new Gates Foundation-funded project is bringing together a group of access-oriented institutions and nonprofit partners to study and improve the digital tools colleges and universities rely on to support students.

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Anthropic's New AI Model Targets Coding, Enterprise Work

Anthropic has released Claude Opus 4.6, introducing a million-token context window and automated agent coordination features as the AI company seeks to expand beyond software development into broader enterprise applications.

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The Higher Ed Playbook for AI Affordability

Fulfilling the promise of AI in higher education does not require massive budgets or radical reinvention. By leveraging existing infrastructure, embracing edge and localized AI, collaborating across institutions, and embedding AI thoughtfully across the enterprise, universities can move from experimentation to impact.