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‘I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI

As AI has upended the way students learn, academics worry about the future of the humanities – and society at large

AI in Teaching and Learning: Where Should Student AI Literacy Live?

We’ve launched a semi-regular feature to keep you informed about how artificial intelligence (AI)—especially generative AI (GenAI)—is shaping teaching and

Artificial Intelligence Stocks: The 10 Best AI Companies

Government of Canada announces support to help Alberta business enhance artificial intelligence technologies and compete in global markets

Mystery Shopping Meets Machine Learning: Can Algorithms Become the Ultimate Customer Experience Auditor?

Customer expectations across Africa are shifting faster than most organisations can track. A single inconsistent interaction can ignite a viral complaint. Omnichannel journeys now weave through apps, physical stores, chatbots, and voice assistants, sometimes all in the same transaction.

How Blockchain Helps Reduce Bias in AI Models

Discover how blockchain helps reduce AI bias by ensuring transparent, verifiable, and diverse datasets for fair and ethical AI model development.

How Penn Engineering is working to safely scale AI agents to the physical world

The lab explores how large groups of artificial intelligence agents — systems that act on behalf of users — can operate together without causing harm in a high-stakes environment.

Here's why some people choose cryonics to store their bodies and brains after death | MIT Technology Review

Cryonic preservation is pricey and might never work. Some people think it’s worth it anyway.

Anthropic wins injunction against Trump administration over Defense Department saga | TechCrunch

A federal judge has ordered that the Trump administration rescind recent restrictions it placed on the AI company.

Judge sides with Anthropic to temporarily block the Pentagon’s ban | The Verge

A federal judge granted Anthropic a preliminary injunction in its lawsuit against the Trump administration, fighting the government’s attempt to designate the AI company as a supply chain risk.

Anthropic Supply-Chain-Risk Designation Halted by Judge | WIRED

A judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s designation, clearing the way for Anthropic to keep doing business without the label starting next week.

David Sacks out as White House AI and Crypto Czar | The Verge

Venture capitalist and former White House advisor David Sacks told a reporter today that he had “used up” his time as a special government employee, moving instead to a presidential advisory council.

Wikipedia cracks down on the use of AI in article writing | TechCrunch

The site, whose policies are subject to change, has struggled with the issue of AI-generated writing.

Apple’s AI Playlist Playground is bad at music | The Verge

The Playlist Playground beta creates Apple Music playlists using AI based on text prompts, but doesn’t understand genre, time, or much of anything.

Apple will reportedly allow other AI chatbots to plug into Siri | The Verge

Apple is planning to allow other third-party AI chatbots to work with Siri with a new “Extensions” feature in iOS 27, according to a report from Bloomberg.

Data centers get ready — the Senate wants to see your power bills | TechCrunch

Senators Josh Hawley and Elizabeth Warren want the Energy Information Administration to gather more details about how data centers use power — and how that affects the grid.

Google’s ‘live’ AI search assistant can handle conversations in dozens more languages | The Verge

Google is expanding access to its real-time voice search feature, called Search Live, to more than 200 countries and dozens of languages.

Meta gets ready to launch two new Ray-Ban AI glasses | The Verge

Third-generation ‘Scriber’ and ‘Blazer’ Ray-Bans passed through the FCC this month. They’re described as production units, suggesting Meta may launch them soon.

ByteDance's new AI video generation model, Dreamina Seedance 2.0, comes to CapCut | TechCrunch

The new model in CapCut will have built-in protections for making video from real faces or unauthorized intellectual property.

Wikipedia bans AI-generated articles | The Verge

Wikipedia is banning the use of AI for generating or rewriting articles, saying that the use of large language models “often violates several of Wikipedia’s core content policies.”