Artificial Intelligence

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


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University of Pittsburgh Partners with AWS on Cloud Innovation Center

The University of Pittsburgh is teaming up with Amazon Web Services to establish a new Cloud Innovation Center focused on health sciences and sports analytics.

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Researchers Develop AI-Powered Method for Business Process Redesign

Researchers have developed a novel AI-powered approach that enables non-technical users to modify complex process models through simple conversations with chatbots.

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Survey: Generative AI Surpasses Cybersecurity in 2025 Tech Budgets

Global IT leaders are placing bigger bets on generative artificial intelligence than cybersecurity in 2025, according to new research by Amazon Web Services (AWS).

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Improving AI Governance for Stronger University Compliance and Innovation

AI can generate valuable insights for higher education institutions and it can be used to enhance the teaching process itself. The caveat is that this can only be achieved when universities adopt a strategic and proactive set of data and process management policies for their use of AI.

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AWS Updates AI Offerings with Amazon Nova Premier, Llama 4, Anonymous User Q Business Chatbots

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has made a number of AI moves to maintain its position alongside fellow cloud giants Microsoft and Google.

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Meta Launches Stand-Alone AI App

Meta Platforms has introduced a stand-alone artificial intelligence app built on its proprietary Llama 4 model, intensifying the competitive race in generative AI alongside OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and xAI.

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Duolingo Embraces AI in Push for Scalable Learning

Learning platform Duolingo has officially declared itself "AI-first," aiming to make learning replicable, scalable, and always available.

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Study: Data Privacy a Top Concern as Orgs Scale Up AI Agents

As organizations race to integrate AI agents into their cloud operations and business workflows, they face a crucial reality: while enthusiasm is high, major adoption barriers remain, according to a new Cloudera report. Chief among them is the challenge of safeguarding sensitive data.

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OpenAI Launches GPT-4.1 with Upgrades in Coding, Context Processing, Efficiency

OpenAI has announced GPT-4.1, offering stronger performance across software development, instruction following, and long-context comprehension.

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Microsoft Announces 'Computer Use' Automation in Copilot Studio

Microsoft has introduced a new AI-powered feature called "computer use" for its Copilot Studio platform that allows agents to directly interact with Web sites and desktop applications using simulated mouse clicks, menu selections and text inputs.