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Anthropic's open source standard, the Model Context Protocol (MCP), released in late 2024, allows users to connect AI models and the agents atop them to external tools in a structured, reliable format. It is the engine behind Anthropic's hit AI agentic programming harness, Claude Code, allowing it to

• Varonis discovers new prompt-injection method via malicious URL parameters, dubbed “Reprompt.”• Attackers could trick GenAI tools into leaking sensitive data with a single click• Microsoft patched the …

Civic institutions—the rule of law, universities, and a free press—are the backbone of democratic life. They are the mechanisms through which complex societies

Anthropic's fourth installment of its Economic Index, drawing on an anonymized sample of two million Claude conversations from November 2025, finds that AI is changing how people work rather than whether they work at all. The study tracked usage across the company's consumer-facing Claude.ai platfor...

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TranslateGemma is a new family of open translation models built on Gemma 3.

The Brookings Institution recently published “AI’s future for students is in our hands” and released its companion report page, “A new…

Is your AI chatbot draining the local water supply? As artificial intelligence becomes integral to our lives, we must confront its staggering physical footprint. In this issue of The Learning Loop,…

Explore practical tips, resources, and insights to transform teaching and learning with technology. Empower your students and enhance education today!

The AI boom is driving an unprecedented wave of data center construction, but there aren’t enough skilled tradespeople in the US to keep up.AI companies like Meta and OpenAI have been offering multimillion-dollar pay packages to top talent, hoping to lure the best researchers and engineers away …

In today’s column, I examine the use of AI personas to simulate the roles of therapists and patients in the realm of psychotherapy and mental health, which is increasingly being undertaken for training purposes and to conduct important scientific research.The use of AI personas is one of the least le

What if you could harness the power of artificial intelligence without sacrificing your privacy, breaking the bank, or relying on restrictive platforms? It’s not just a dream, it’s entirely possible, …

OpenAI is internally testing a new feature called "Agora," and it could be related to some sort of cross-platform feature that works in real time or some other new product. [...]

This issue of The Learning Loop explores the massive infrastructure being built for AI, the shift toward “raw” authenticity in social media, and the rapid evolution of autonomous agents…

In This Issue: Stop lecturing at your students and start learning with them. Transitioning to active learning can be daunting, but this issue provides the exact toolkit you need to make it seamless…

In This Issue: As AI tools become ubiquitous, the “human” competitive advantage shifts to metacognition and critical inquiry. In this issue, we dive into why “thinking about our t…

Researchers identified an attack method dubbed "Reprompt" that could allow attackers to infiltrate a user's Microsoft Copilot session and issue commands to exfiltrate sensitive data. [...]

In this episode, we explore the shift in AI capabilities that allows for non-technical leaders to build software and solve complex business problems in minut...

Large AI models are big energy consumers and carbon emitters. Sustainable AI practices can reduce their environmental impact.

If there is no red line around AI-generated sex abuse, then no line exists.Will Elon Musk face any consequences for his despicable sexual-harassment bot?For more than a week, beginning late last month, anyone could go online and use a tool owned and promoted by the world’s richest man to modify a pic

Defense Secretary Hegseth announced Grok AI will access Pentagon classified networks amid a global deepfake controversy.

AI will take over increasing numbers of workflows and tasks in the next five years, but workflows and tasks aren’t jobs. Your strategy must invest in the people who use AI to improve their productivity and employee experience.

In this research, we summarize work-related institutional AI strategies, policies, and guidelines; the risks, opportunities, and challenges associated

Apple once framed ChatGPT as a temporary fix, but replacing it with Google has users wondering how serious Apple still is about privacy.The post Apple Dumped ChatGPT for Google to Save Siri, and It Feels Like a Privacy Betrayal Millions of iPhone Users Never Saw Coming appeared first on Gotechtor.

Elon Musk’s Grok has been blocked by Indonesia and Malaysia, the first countries to do so after the artificial intelligence tool’s “digital undressing”

The program allows patients in the state to get prescription refills for 190 common meds.

A TIME investigation reveals the difficult conditions faced by the workers who made ChatGPT possible