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Capabilities & Research Breakthroughs
- Google DeepMind Creates Super-Advanced AI That Can Invent New Algorithms (ArsTechnica)
- AI Predicts Cancer Outcomes From Photos (The Lancet)
- OpenAI’s Chief Scientist: AI Can Drive Novel Research (Nature)
- We Now Know How AI ‘Thinks’—and It’s Barely Thinking at All (The Wall Street Journal)
- AI Is Getting More Powerful, but Its Hallucinations Are Getting Worse (The New York Times)
Government
- White House OSTP Wants Input on National AI R&D Strategic Plan (MeriTalk)
- UK Government to Launch AI Tool to Speed Up Public Consultations (The Guardian)
- United States Copyright Office: Copyright and Artificial Intelligence (United States Copyright Office)
- Trump Administration Fires Top U.S. Copyright Official (Axios)
- Copyright Office Head Fired After Reporting AI Training Isn’t Always Fair Use (ArsTechnica)
- Singapore’s Vision for AI Safety Bridges the US-China Divide (Wired)
- Tech, AI Company Chiefs Urge Senators to Tone Down Regulations (Financial Post)
- Tech Giants Push for Mandatory AI Education (CSforAll)
Higher Education
- Sam Altman Says How People Use ChatGPT Depends on Their Age and College Students are Relying on It to Make Life Decisions (Tech Radar)
- Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College (New York Magazine)
- The Professors Are Using ChatGPT, and Some Students Aren’t Happy About It (The New York Times)
- From ‘Filler’ to ‘Fulfilling’: How to Change Students’ Perceptions of a Course (Times Higher Education)
- Is Your Online Student a Bot? (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
- Is AI Enhancing Education or Replacing It? (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
- Are You Ready for the AI University? (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
- Using Peer Networks to Integrate AI Literacy Into Liberal Arts (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
- When GenAI Resets the Assessment Baseline (Times Higher Education)
- Colleges Turn to AI to Fix the Disjointed Student-Transfer Process (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
- Can We Use GenAI to Subvert the Neoliberal University? (Times Higher Education)
- Will the Humanities Survive Artificial Intelligence? (The New Yorker)
Industry News
- Microsoft to Lay Off 3% of Global Workforce – Roughly 7K Jobs – in Shift to Develop AI (New York Post)
- OpenAI Retains Nonprofit Control in Surprise Move (OpenAI)
- OpenAI and the FDA Are Holding Talks About Using AI In Drug Evaluation (Wired)
- Apple Eyes Adding AI Search to Replace Google, Ending Tech Giant Partnership (PYMNTS)
- US Close to Letting UAE Import Millions of Nvidia’s AI Chips, Sources Say (Reuters)
Trends
- AI in 2025: Purpose-Driven Models, Human Integration, and More (AI News)
- The 10 Biggest AI Trends Of 2025 Everyone Must Be Ready For Today (Forbes)
- Five Trends in AI and Data Science for 2025 (MIT Sloan Management Review)
- Top 5 New Artificial Intelligence Innovations in 2025 (Wilnick Magazine)
- The One File That Will Level Up Your Generative AI Game (And How to Write It) (Shelly Palmer)
This Issue’s Tip: Create Custom Images for Presentations or Social Media
Need a visual that perfectly matches your idea—but stock images aren’t cutting it? Use an AI image generator to create unique graphics on demand.
Pro Tip: Be specific! Mention the style (cartoon, photo, watercolor), setting, and mood for best results.
This Issue’s Prompt: Improve This Message
A prompt is how you ask generative AI tools to do something for you (e.g., creating, summarizing, editing or transforming). Treat it like a conversation, using clear language and enough context to get the result you have in mind.
To get more practice, use the generative AI tool of your choice (for example, Microsoft Copilot, OpenAI ChatGPT or Anthropic Claude) to execute the following prompt:
“Make this Slack message sound clearer and more professional: ‘Can you do this soon? It’s kind of important”
This is a helpful way to polish tone and clarity in communication.
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