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The AI at Work series continues Sept. 16 from 9:30-10:45 a.m. for a hands-on look at Claude Code and Claude Cowork. Whether you are experienced working with Claude or just looking to get started, you’ll walk away with practical ways to put both to use. Join in person in 104 SOM or online via Microsoft Teams.
This Issue’s Tip: Get to Know Claude Code and Claude Cowork
Most of us know Claude as a place to ask questions—but two tools now available under Syracuse University’s Claude Enterprise license can actually do the work. Claude Code handles programming tasks straight from the command line, while Claude Cowork takes on multi-step knowledge work like research synthesis, data analysis and document prep—no coding required. Get to know Claude Cowork and Claude Code with this helpful introduction from our own Shannon Glennon.
News and Views
In Summary
AI is making news on two fronts—money and risk. Global investment is forecast to top $1 trillion in 2026, even as companies question the payoff. On the risk side, frontier models ran autonomous cyberattacks, one managed staff and fired a worker, and another helped design novel viruses, sharpening safety concerns. Colleges, scholarship and the entry-level job market are all still adjusting.
Academia and Higher Education
- To Catch AI Cheating, Turnitin Wants to Monitor Students’ Keystrokes (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
- These Professors Are Retiring Early. AI Was the Last Straw. (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
- AI Is a ‘Wicked Problem.’ That’s the University’s Specialty. (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
- Should AI Fluency Be a Graduation Requirement? (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
- The Academic-Integrity Council Can’t Keep Up With AI (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
- The Next Wave of AI-Cheating Technology (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
- AI Is Ruining Scholarship (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
- AI Helps Researchers Win NIH Grants. Will Science Suffer? (Inside Higher Ed)
Big Tech and AI Leadership
- Mark Zuckerberg AI Manifesto (Meta)
- Zuckerberg: AI’s Biggest Risk Is One Entity with Too Much Control (Axios)
- Musk and Zuck’s AI Comeback (Axios)
Business and Industry Adoption
- How Walmart Uses AI to Limit Weather Disruptions in Its Supply Chain (Retail Dive)
- Why AT&T Is Betting Big on Open-Weight AI (The Wall Street Journal)
- AI Turns Sports’ Dead Air Into a Selling Season (PYMNTS)
Detection, Authenticity and Everyday Life
- Why AI Is Causing Visual Captchas to Get More Difficult and Less Common (The Washington Post)
- How Claude Marks AI-Generated Content (Claude)
- Bot Meets Bot (The New York Times)
Policy and Government
- Trump’s Vision for A.I. Dominance Comes With Major Air Pollution (The New York Times)
- A.I.-Driven Chip Crunch Leads to New Rush of Lobbying in Washington (The New York Times)
- Chatbots Are Doing the Work of Congress (The Washington Post)
Safety and Security
- Anthropic’s Mythos Created Fake Identities to Fool Humans in New Cyber Incident (CNBC)
- OpenAI Warns Autonomous Hacks Are ‘Watershed Moment for Computer Security’ (Cybersecurity Dive)
- OpenAI Pauses Some AI Training After Autonomous Cyberattack (ABC News)
- Oh Cool, AI Is Inventing New Biological Viruses Now (Gizmodo)
- OpenAI Introduces ‘ChatGPT for Teens’ as Safety Concerns Grow (The New York Times)
Workforce and Jobs
- Corporate America Was Enthusiastic About Artificial Intelligence. Until it Got the Bill. (The New York Times)
- Many Recent Grads Say AI Is Making it Harder to Get a Job. Economists Aren’t So Sure (NPR)
- The Bright Side of AI’s Impact on the Labor Market (The Wall Street Journal)
- Global AI Investment Is Forecast to Exceed $1 Trillion in 2026 (Goldman Sachs)
- Advances in AI Capabilities to Outpace Cost Savings (CIO Dive)
- Claude Was Put in Charge of Human Workers—and Fired One (Time)
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