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Survey: Generative AI Surpasses Cybersecurity in 2025 Tech Budgets (05/22/25)

Report: Identity Has Become a Critical Security Perimeter for Cloud Services (05/20/25)

Meta Launches Stand-Alone AI App (05/13/25)

Study: Data Privacy a Top Concern as Orgs Scale Up AI Agents (05/08/25)

OpenAI Launches GPT-4.1 with Upgrades in Coding, Context Processing, Efficiency (04/29/25)

Complete College America Launches Center to Boost Data-Driven Student Success Strategies (04/22/25)

University of Illinois System Sets Sights on Community College Transfers with One Million Degrees Partnership (04/17/25)

Stanford 2025 AI Index Reveals Surge in Adoption, Investment, and Global Impact as Trust and Regulation Lag Behind (04/15/25)

Copilot Updates Aim to Make AI More Personal (04/10/25)

Report: AI Is a Must for Modern Learners (04/08/25)

Anthropic Launches Claude for Education (04/03/25)

Google Launches Its Most Advanced AI Model Yet (04/01/25)

Google to Acquire Cloud Security Firm Wiz (03/27/25)

Western Governors University Joins Open edX as a Mission-Aligned Organization (03/25/25)

Google, Microsoft Expand AI-Driven Search Capabilities (03/20/25)

1EdTech: 6 Key Steps for a Successful Credentialing Program (03/18/25)

Cal Poly Pomona Launches AI and Innovation Center (03/13/25)

Boston U Expands AllCampus Partnership with New Non-Credit Certificate Programs (03/11/25)

IBM to Enhance Watsonx Portfolio Through DataStax Acquisition (03/06/25)

Penn State Building AI Student Concierge to Foster Student Success (03/04/25)

Study: Generative AI Could Inhibit Critical Thinking (02/27/25)

New Education Design Lab Initiative Convenes Five Community Colleges to Reimagine Their Future (02/25/25)

NSF Seeks Public Comment on Development of a National AI Action Plan (02/20/25)

New Cybersecurity Standards Impact Higher Education (02/18/25)

Educause HECVAT Vendor Assessment Tool Gets an Upgrade (02/13/25)

Microsoft Introduces Copilot Chat Agents for Education (02/11/25)

California State University Launches Systemwide ChatGPT Edu Deployment (02/06/25)

Study: 1 in 10 AI Prompts Could Expose Sensitive Data (02/04/25)

Chinese Startup DeepSeek Disrupts AI Market (01/30/25)

Tech Giants Launch $100 Billion AI Infrastructure Project (01/28/25)

Quality Matters Launches Advisory and Consulting Service (01/23/25)

UC Berkeley Announces Sky-T1-32B Open Source AI Model, Offering High Performance at a Fraction of the Cost (01/21/25)

Metaverse Org Declares the Technology Is Accelerating in Spite of Rise of AI (01/16/25)

Congressional Task Force Releases Recommendations for AI Governance (01/14/25)

University of Florida Invests in Supercomputer Upgrade for AI, Research (01/09/25)

New Amazon Nova Models Aim to Redefine Generative AI Performance (12/12/24)

United States Leads in Stanford HAI Global AI Ranking (12/10/24)

Cloud Security Alliance Report Plots Path to Trustworthy AI (12/05/24)

Syracuse U Transitions Campus Store Operations to Barnes & Noble College (12/03/24)

Windows Server 2025 Release Offers Cloud, Security, and AI Capabilities (11/21/24)

Stability AI Releases Stable Diffusion 3.5 Text-to-Image Generation Model (11/14/24)

Education Sector a Top Target for Mobile Malware Attacks (11/07/24)

New OpenAI Swarm Framework Offers Experimental Tool for Multi-Agent AI Networks (11/05/24)

Agentic AI Named Top Tech Trend for 2025 (10/31/24)

Okta, OpenID Foundation Propose New Identity Security Standard (10/29/24)

MathGPT AI Tutor Now Out of Beta (10/24/24)

Reports Note Increasing Threat of Nation-State-Sponsored Cyber Attacks (10/22/24)

OneDrive Update Adds AI Agents, Copilot Interactions (10/17/24)

Eclipse Foundation Establishes New Open Source Compliance Initiative (10/10/24)

Are Organizations Moving from Cloud to On-Premises? AWS Says Yes; Gartner Says It's Not Widespread (10/08/24)

Microsoft 365 Copilot Gets Expanded AI Capabilities, Collaboration Tools (10/03/24)

New AAC&U Institute to Explore Challenges and Opportunities of AI in Teaching and Learning (09/26/24)

Pearson Launches New AI-Powered Study Tools (09/24/24)

U.S. Department of Commerce Proposes Mandatory Reporting Requirement for AI, Cloud Providers (09/19/24)

OpenAI Launches STEM-Optimized 'Reasoning' AI Model (09/17/24)

New Unified Teams App Consolidates Work, Personal, and Education Accounts (09/12/24)

World Leaders Sign First Global AI Treaty (09/10/24)

Cloud Security Alliance: Best Practices for Securing AI Systems (09/05/24)

California AI Watermarking Bill Garners OpenAI Support (08/29/24)

Cengage Intros Gen AI Student Assistant Beta (08/27/24)

California AI Regulation Bill Advances to Assembly Vote with Key Amendments (08/22/24)

Human Factor Moves to No. 1 Cloud Threat in Cloud Security Alliance Report (08/20/24)

Report Pegs Cost of AI at Nearly $300K Per Minute (08/13/24)

University of Nevada Las Vegas to Build VR Learning Hub for STEM Courses (08/08/24)

New ED Guidelines for Designing Trustworthy AI Tools in Education (08/06/24)

OpenAI Unveils SearchGPT AI-Powered Search Engine (07/30/24)

Tech Giants Form Open Source AI Security Group (07/25/24)

91% of CISOs Say AI Will Outperform Security Pros (07/23/24)

D2L Introduces AI Product for Learning Content Creation (07/18/24)

UIUC Study: AI Agents Can Exploit Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities (07/16/24)

Bryant University Launches Gen AI Chatbot for Community Engagement (07/09/24)

Building Florida's First AI Degree Program (07/02/24)

Report: Student Success Staff Tapping into AI Despite Lack of Institutional Support (06/27/24)

Raspberry Pi Debuts AI Kit (06/25/24)

Industry Leaders Weigh in on How Generative AI Will Revolutionize Education (06/20/24)

Apple Jumps into Gen AI Race with 'Apple Intelligence,' ChatGPT Integration (06/13/24)

1EdTech Appoints Curtiss Barnes as CEO (06/11/24)

AI Skills Boost Wages for Some, Redefine In-Demand Occupations (06/06/24)

Western Governors University Provides AI Writing Assistance to All Students and Faculty (06/04/24)

Instructure, Internet2 Launch New Data Governance Advisory Council (05/30/24)

Penn State Joins AI Accelerator Program (05/28/24)

NIST Launches Generative AI Testing Program (05/24/24)

Google Announces a Host of AI Updates (05/20/24)

OpenAI Rolls Out Next Evolution of ChatGPT, Able to Accept or Output Any Combination of Text, Audio, or Image (05/16/24)

ASU Awarded $3.75 Million to Advance Generative AI in Flexible Learning On the Go (05/14/24)

Turnitin: More than Half of Students Continue to Use AI to Write Papers (05/09/24)

Amazon Rolls Out 'Q' Enterprise AI Assistant (05/07/24)

Data Literacy, AI Democratization Top Trends in Data & AI/Analytics for 2024 (04/30/24)

Industry Leading Academia in AI Research (04/25/24)

Coursera Co-founder Andrew Ng Joins Amazon Board of Directors (04/23/24)

OpenAI Testing AI-Generated Voice Mimicry in Limited Private Preview (04/18/24)

Global Digital Education Council Established (04/16/24)

Top Actions to Achieve a Future of Unified Data Models in Higher Ed (04/11/24)

AWS Plans to Lay Off Hundreds of Tech, Sales, and Marketing Staff (04/09/24)

U.S. and U.K. to Collaborate on AI Safety Testing Frameworks (04/04/24)

Report: AI/ML Tool Usage Skyrockets Across Industry Sectors (04/02/24)

Pace University to Launch New AI Lab (03/28/24)

Cisco Acquires Splunk, Promotes AI Focus (03/26/24)

New Microsoft Education Updates Focus on AI and Security (03/21/24)

Admissions Trends to Watch: Past Challenges, Future Priorities (03/19/24)