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Collective Conversation Focuses on AI | Wake Tech

Oct 23, 2024 - More than 100 individuals dedicated to closing the gender and representation gaps in Wake County gathered Wednesday to learn more about artificial intelligence in the workplace during Wake Invests in Women's Collective Conversation event at Wake Tech's RTP Campus.

Collective Conversation Focuses on AI | Wake Tech

Virginia Activates Its Artificial Intelligence Task Force

Oct 18, 2024 - Virginia has now set its AI Task Force in motion, aiming to support and advise policymakers on the technologies. Ten members have been named; more may follow.

Virginia Activates Its Artificial Intelligence Task Force

Treasury Department now using AI to save taxpayers billions

Oct 17, 2024 - The Treasury Department said its increased use of artificial intelligence in fraud detection helped prevent or recover more than $4 billion in losses over the past year.

Treasury Department now using AI to save taxpayers billions

Inside an Effort to Build an AI Assistant for Designing Course Materials

Oct 1, 2024 - Over the past few months, a group of educators has been designing and testing a system that uses ChatGPT

Inside an Effort to Build an AI Assistant for Designing Course Materials

UNC Chapel Hill Provost’s Office announces new AI initiatives

Sep 16, 2024 - The initiatives aim to enhance Carolina’s understanding and usage of artificial intelligence.

UNC Chapel Hill Provost’s Office announces new AI initiatives

Without Accounting for Bias and Discrimination, AI Safety Standards Will Fall Short

Sep 16, 2024 - It will be an uphill battle to ensure that AI standards adequately and robustly protect the public, writes Data & Society's Serena Oduro.

Without Accounting for Bias and Discrimination, AI Safety Standards Will Fall Short

A new dawn for the technology officer

As companies strive to create value from AI, generative AI, and other rapidly evolving technologies, enterprise tech officers will make fundamental shifts in the way they operate.

A new dawn for the technology officer

UTHealth Houston collaborates with OpenAI to offer clinicians HIPAA-compliant ChatGPT solutions

Sep 13, 2024 - UTHealth Houston unveiled a partnership with OpenAI on Friday to build and deploy algorithms for use in medical training and at the patient’s bedside.

UTHealth Houston collaborates with OpenAI to offer clinicians HIPAA-compliant ChatGPT solutions

FAS Receives $1.5 Million Grant on The Artificial Intelligence / Global Risk Nexus

Sep 11, 2024 - Grant funds research of AI's impact on nuclear weapons, biosecurity, military autonomy, cybersecurity, and other global issues.

FAS Receives $1.5 Million Grant on The Artificial Intelligence / Global Risk Nexus

Teachers Are Doing UNBELIEVABLE Things With AI!

Sep 11, 2024 - Not even the TEACHERS believe it!

Teachers Are Doing UNBELIEVABLE Things With AI!

NASCIO Survey Exposes the Hard Data Truths of AI Adoption

Sep 10, 2024 - Responses from 46 states show a big challenge for government in the AI era: many focus on data analysis and business intelligence while neglecting elements such as metadata management, master data and data stewardship.

NASCIO Survey Exposes the Hard Data Truths of AI Adoption

CDT Submits Comment on AISI’s Draft Guidance, “Managing Misuse Risk for Dual-Use Foundation Models”

Sep 9, 2024 - CDT, in collaboration with Data & Society (D&S), submitted comments in response to the U.S. AI Safety Institute’s (AISI) request for comment on their draft guidance for developers on mitigating the risks associated with the misuse of foundation models.

CDT Submits Comment on AISI’s Draft Guidance, “Managing Misuse Risk for Dual-Use Foundation Models”

US, UK, EU sign international AI treaty

Sep 9, 2024 - The Council of Europe hailed the agreement as the "first international legally binding treaty" on the use of AI systems. It said it was an open treaty that could be signed by more countries.

US, UK, EU sign international AI treaty

Guide, don’t hide: reprogramming learning in the wake of AI

Sep 4, 2024 - As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly integral to the world outside academia, universities face a crucial choice: to use or not to use.

Guide, don’t hide: reprogramming learning in the wake of AI

Challenging The Myths of Generative AI

Aug 29, 2024 - Eryk Salvaggio says we must dispense with myths if we are to think more clearly about what AI actually is and does.

Challenging The Myths of Generative AI

General Services Administration Launches AI-Focused Cohort

Jun 20, 2024 - The federal oversight agency has launched its first cohort focused on artificial intelligence for its Presidential Innovation Fellows program, aiming to create a talent pipeline for AI in government.

General Services Administration Launches AI-Focused Cohort

'AI for Science' Initiative at DOE Gains Traction

Jun 6, 2024 - The Department of Energy is seeking to accelerate the progress of science with tailored AI models.

'AI for Science' Initiative at DOE Gains Traction

Privacy Nonprofit Unveils Center for Artificial Intelligence

Jun 5, 2024 - It aims to help serve policymakers, companies and other organizations in creating AI governance strategies.

Privacy Nonprofit Unveils Center for Artificial Intelligence

2024 EDUCAUSE Action Plan: AI Policies and Guidelines

May 23, 2024 - Survey results from a May 2024 survey among higher education tech professionals about AI policies and guidelines at their institutions.

2024 EDUCAUSE Action Plan: AI Policies and Guidelines

UW-La Crosse Students and Staff Debate AI Uses on Campus

May 21, 2024 - A summit at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse fielded comments from professors and students about AI policies, which are up to individual professors.

UW-La Crosse Students and Staff Debate AI Uses on Campus

University Suspends Students for AI Homework Tool It Gave Them $10,000 Prize to Make

May 21, 2024 - Emory University gave students a $10,000 entrepreneurial prize for their AI startup, then suspended them and accused them of cheating when they built it.

University Suspends Students for AI Homework Tool It Gave Them $10,000 Prize to Make

AI Tutoring Outperforms Active Learning | Research Square

May 14, 2024 - This study found that students learn more than twice as much in less time when using an AI tutor, compared with the active learning class.

AI Tutoring Outperforms Active Learning | Research Square

University of Kentucky publishes AI policies for research

Apr 18, 2024 - The University of Kentucky has published policies governing the use of generative artificial intelligence for research purposes.

University of Kentucky publishes AI policies for research

Marin County, Calif., Schools Consider Use of AI

Apr 8, 2024 - Educators at both the county and the college level are rapidly getting up to speed on AI issues such as legal disclaimers, parental permissions, policies, precautions and potential uses.

Marin County, Calif., Schools Consider Use of AI

The OMB Memo Shows That AI Can Be Governed

Mar. 29, 2024 - a new OMB memo signifies a pivotal shift towards AI enforceable regulation in the United States.

The OMB Memo Shows That AI Can Be Governed

Student Data is the New Oil

Feb. 20, 2024 - Does the recent repackaging of University of Michigan public datasets suggest that research data should be closed by default?

Student Data is the New Oil

UNESCO survey: Less than 10% of schools and universities have formal guidance on AI

Jun 1, 2023 - A new UNESCO global survey of over 450 schools and universities found that fewer than 10% have developed institutional policies and/or formal guidance concerning the use of generative AI applications.

UNESCO survey: Less than 10% of schools and universities have formal guidance on AI

Inside the AI talent wars: Tech companies are ransacking university AI programs at Stanford, MIT, and Cornell in search of engineers

Apr 24, 2023 - With the AI boom, many companies are feeling the heat to beef up their AI capabilities. They're turning to top colleges in search of this rare talent.

Inside the AI talent wars: Tech companies are ransacking university AI programs at Stanford, MIT, and Cornell in search of engineers

Georgia Professors Enlist AI for Assistance, Personalization

Professors are harnessing GenAI as a patient simulator at Emory, as a teaching assistant at Morehouse and for chatbots at Georgia State.

Georgia Professors Enlist AI for Assistance, Personalization

Putting humans back in the loop: An affordance conceptualization of the 4th industrial revolution

Dec 25, 2022 - The current technology epoch—sometimes called the fourth industrial revolution (4IR)—involves the innovative application of rapidly advancing digital technologies such as artificial intelligence

Putting humans back in the loop: An affordance conceptualization of the 4th industrial revolution