Artificial Intelligence

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


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ED Issues Guidance on the Use of Federal Grant Funds to Support Learner Outcomes with AI

In response to President Trump's April 23 Executive Order on advancing AI education, the United States Department of Education has issued new guidance on how K-12 and higher education institutions may use federal grant funds "to support improved outcomes for learners through the responsible integration of artificial intelligence."

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Georgia State U and Operation HOPE Program Fosters AI Literacy in Underserved Youth

A pilot program co-led by Operation HOPE and Georgia State University is working to build technical, entrepreneurial, and financial-literacy skills in Atlanta-area youth to help them thrive in the AI-powered workforce.

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Collaboration Brings OpenStax Course Materials to Microsoft Learning Zone

Open education resources provider OpenStax has partnered with Microsoft to integrate its digital library of 80 openly licensed titles into Microsoft Learning Zone, an on-device AI tool for generating interactive lessons and learning activities.

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Nonprofit to Pilot Agentic AI Tool for Student Success Work

Student success nonprofit InsideTrack has joined Salesforce Accelerator – Agents for Impact, a Salesforce initiative providing technology, funding, and expertise to help nonprofits build and customize AI agents and AI-powered tools to support and scale their missions.

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AI Security Spend Surges While Traditional Security Budgets Shrink

A new Thales report reveals that while enterprises are pouring resources into AI-specific protections, only 8% are encrypting the majority of their sensitive cloud data — leaving critical assets exposed even as AI-driven threats escalate and traditional security budgets shrink.

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Report: Agentic AI Protocol Is Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks

A new report has identified significant security vulnerabilities in the Model Context Protocol (MCP), technology introduced by Anthropic in November 2024 to facilitate communication between AI agents and external tools.

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Google Launches Lightweight Gemma 3n, Expanding Edge AI Efforts

Google DeepMind has officially launched Gemma 3n, the latest version of its lightweight generative AI model designed specifically for mobile and edge devices — a move that reinforces the company's emphasis on on-device computing.

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Federal Court Rules AI Training with Copyrighted Books Fair Use

A federal judge ruled this week that artificial intelligence company Anthropic did not violate copyright law when it used copyrighted books to train its Claude chatbot without author consent, but ordered the company to face trial on allegations it used pirated versions of the books.

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HPE and Nvidia Announce Expanded AI Infrastructure Partnership

Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Nvidia have expanded their partnership to accelerate enterprise artificial intelligence adoption through new modular infrastructure and turnkey AI platform offerings.

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Why AI Strategy Matters (and Why Not Having One Is Risky)

If your institution hasn't started developing an AI strategy, you are likely putting yourself and your stakeholders at risk, particularly when it comes to ethical use, responsible pedagogical and data practices, and innovative exploration.