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WSJ: Microsoft Reports Strong Cloud Growth, But Questions About AI Returns Persist (Apr. 29, 2026)
Microsoft posted $82.9B in sales, $31.8B net income, and 18% year-over-year growth, beating expectations. Azure grew about 40%, Copilot reached 20 million paid users, and AI capital spending will rise to $190B. -
OpenAI: Introducing GPT-Rosalind for life sciences research (Apr. 16, 2026)
OpenAI introduces GPT-Rosalind, a life-sciences reasoning model for biology, drug discovery, and translational medicine, with a plugin linking to 50+ tools, available via trusted access for qualified organizations. -
Quanta Magazine: The AI Revolution in Math Has Arrived (Apr. 13, 2026)
Many mathematicians dismiss LLMs for making odd mistakes, but some tolerate the errors, extract useful ideas, and act as verifiers. Ernest Ryu used ChatGPT to prove Nesterov’s convergence. -
Simon Willison: AI at Google (Apr. 13, 2026)
Steve Yegge claimed Google’s AI adoption mirrors John Deere’s: 20% agentic power users, 20% refusers, and 60% chat-tool users. Googlers dispute this claim. -
NY Times: What Teens Are Doing With Those Role-Playing Chatbots (Apr. 4, 2026)
Teens use role-playing chatbots for entertainment, companionship, writing practice, and exploring taboos, often spending hours a day and bypassing age checks. Growing use has prompted concerns. -
Simon Willison: Supply Chain Attack on Axios Pulls Malicious Dependency from npm (Mar. 31, 2026)
A supply chain attack compromised Axios npm, adding a malicious dependency, plain-crypto-js, that stole credentials and installed a RAT. -
NY Times: Woman Spent Five Months in Jail After A.I. Linked Her to Bank Fraud Case (Mar. 30, 2026)
Angela Lipps, a Tennessee woman never having been to North Dakota, was arrested after facial‑recognition software linked her to bank fraud and spent five months jailed. Charges were dismissed on Dec. 24, police acknowledged missteps. -
Inside Higher Ed: As AI Skills Surge, Entry-Level Jobs Lag (Apr. 30, 2026)
Handshake finds 85% of seniors use AI, many daily, while employer demand for AI skills rises. Only 28% report AI in coursework, creating a gap, raising job anxiety, and spurring more study. -
The Chronicle of Higher Education: Can’t Get ChatGPT to Cite Your College? Try These Tactics. (Apr. 24, 2026)
As students turn to AI for college searches, institutions risk disappearing unless they adopt answer-engine optimization, updating content, FAQs, formatting, and metadata. -
The Chronicle of Higher Education: Nearly Everyone’s Using AI at Cal State. And Nearly Everyone’s Worried About It. (Apr. 1, 2026)
A Cal State survey of 94,000 students, faculty, and staff found near-universal use of generative AI, especially ChatGPT, paired with widespread doubts about accuracy, ethics, and job security. -
NY Times Opinion: There’s Another Reason Gen Z Can’t Find Work (Apr. 22, 2026)
Young workers find the job market bleak, facing more despair and weak wages. A decades-long collapse of the job ladder, driven by employer consolidation, noncompete clauses, and reduced hiring, leaves many stuck in low-paying jobs, with fewer outside offers.