Higher Ed
23 posts
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AI Agents Advance as Society Grapples with Risks
Claude: Claude Cowork and chat are now one Claude (Sep. 16, 2026) Claude is merging Cowork, chat, and Design, allowing users to handle research, reports, documents, and presentations in one…
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AI’s Rapid Advances Demand Safer, Smarter Institutions
NY Times: Where Is the U.S. Beating China on A.I., and Where Is It Lagging? (Sep. 23, 2026) The United States leads China in advanced A.I. models and computer chips,…
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AI Risks, Trust, and Human Judgment in a Changing World
Google: The Gemini app for Windows is here (Sep. 10, 2026) Google launched the Gemini app for Windows 10 and 11. NY Times: A.I. Could Possibly End Humanity. How Are…
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AI’s Expanding Impact, Ethics, and Influence
The Baylor Lariat: Business school implements AI as ‘core service,’ keeps ethics at forefront (Aug. 31, 2026) Baylor’s business school is integrating AI into education, offering training, sandboxes, and peer…
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AI Adoption Surge and Governance, Safety Challenges
Deseret News: In the age of AI, is a university education still worth it? (Aug. 10, 2026) Baylor President Linda Livingstone describes leading the university through turmoil to Research 1…
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Data-center politics and AI corporate conflicts
9to5Mac: Apple sues OpenAI, accuses ex-employees of stealing trade secrets (Jul. 10, 2026) Apple sued OpenAI, alleging former employees stole trade secrets by soliciting Apple parts, downloading confidential files, and…
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AI capability surge and infrastructure impacts
Simon Willison: What’s new in Claude Sonnet 5 (Jun. 30, 2026) Claude Sonnet 5 offers Opus 4.8-like performance, a 1,000,000-token context, 128,000-token outputs, and drops sampling params temperature, top_p, and…
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AI Growth: Local Models and Societal Strain
Quesma: Qwen 3.6 27B is the sweet spot for local development (Jun. 29, 2026) Qwen 3.6, especially the dense 27B model, delivers powerful local performance, handles coding and creative tasks…
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AI Infrastructure Boom and Responsible Human Use
Epoch AI: The Epoch Brief - June 12, 2026 (Jun. 12, 2026) "The AI infrastructure boom, which began in 2023, has more than doubled the share of US GDP attributable…
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AI Market Race and Governance Risks
WSJ: The Trillion-Dollar Stakes of the OpenAI vs. Anthropic IPO Race (Jun. 1, 2026) OpenAI and Anthropic will mainly compete on technology, but who lists first in a hot IPO…