AI Is Pushing Older Employees Straight Out of the Workforce, New Report Finds
"AI-exposed jobs saw relative increases in total transitions out of work and specifically to unemployment."So far, the narrative of AI in the workplace has had a consistent victim: the recent college …
Higher ed claims to foster critical-thinking skills. It has no real system for developing them.In the age of AI, machines may be able to do a range of brainwork and tasks, like gathering and …
AI-enabled cheating is forcing some schools to go analog
AI is starting to make some classrooms look a little more old school.The University of Chicago Law School is requiring first-year students to keep their laptops closed in class this fall, as part of a broader strategy to ensure students learn to think independently as artificial intelligence becomes
46% Of Managers Are In AI Denial, And It Could Cost Them Their Jobs
There's a specific kind of denial showing up across the management ranks, and it's going to be very expensive for the people holding onto it.When Leadership IQ surveyed 1,251 executives, directors, and managers, the study found that 79.5% of them personally use AI tools. These aren't skeptics just si
AI Surveillance and Social Progress - Schneier on Security
In the near future, AI-powered surveillance systems will be able to track everything we do in public, and much of what we do in private. And if we do something wrong—shoplift, litter, jaywalk, you name it—the system will notice, retain it, tie it to your official government record, communicate that fact to you, and provide real-time alerts to any relevant authorities… and maybe also to the general public. Think of these systems as automated speed cameras, but on steroids. Only they’ll enforce not just speed limits, but any other rule you can imagine. And you won’t receive a ticket weeks later by mail; you’ll be informed about and fined for your violation immediately...
University of Chicago Law to ban phones, laptops in classroom for first-year students in new AI plan
CHICAGO (WLS) -- University of Chicago Law School announced it will ban phones and laptops in the classroom for first-year students in its new AI strategy.The school made the announcement Thursday as …
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Work, an agent built to finish the job
The new agent runs across your apps and files, schedules its own tasks, and can stay with a project for hours, handing back finished decks, sheets, docs and even web apps.OpenAI has spent two years telling people that ChatGPT can answer almost anything. With its latest release, it wants ChatGPT to fi
Data centers don’t pay their ‘fair share’ of electricity costs. Here’s why
Setting a price for electricity is straightforward in principle but complicated in execution.Many major tech companies have pledged to pay their fair share of the costs associated with generating and transmitting more electricity to serve large data centers. But ratepayers across the United States ar
'Cognitive Surrender': Faster Solutions, Lower Test Scores Show How AI is Eroding Math Skills
When ChatGPT arrived in late 2022, educators quickly asked whether students would use artificial intelligence to cheat, learn or simply get through homework more efficiently. Evidence is beginning to …
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Artificial intelligence is offering us an opportunity to give every student in the lecture hall the chance to think ideas through and truly understand. Let’s take it
College Students Are Testing at the Level of 10-Year-Olds
Are you smarter than a 4th grader?Gone are the days of university freshmen reading classical philosophers like Plato or contemporary pedagogues like Ta-Nehisi Coates. These days, incoming college …
Z.ai launches ZCode to challenge Cursor, Claude Code and GitHub Copilot in AI coding | VentureBeat
Z.ai has launched ZCode, a free AI coding tool powered by GLM-5.2 that challenges Cursor, Claude Code and GitHub Copilot while highlighting rising geopolitical risk in enterprise developer software.
Secretaries and admins grapple with a growing threat from AI | AP News
Employment data offers a grim outlook for secretaries and administrative assistants in the age of artificial intelligence, but workers in the women-dominated occupation say the numbers don’t tell the whole story. Administrative professionals say adapting is a key part of their day-to-day. By tasking AI with the more repetitive items and freeing up time for more strategic work, some say they are using these tools as a launchpad for career growth. But according to a Brookings Institution report they may be more exposed to AI-induced displacement than other professionals.
A CEO offered to pay for the AI training. Then came the catch.
Edition 191 - She didn't want an AI expert. She wanted something harder to find.
Think about your work experience. Identify at least one messy process you turned into something that runs without you in the past. Don’t have one? Start there! Practice telling that story in 60 seconds: what it looked like before, what you built, and the fact that it still runs today.
TCEA Responds: When Staff Build Their Own AI Apps – TCEA TechNotes Blog
Dear TCEA Responds: We have a non-IT staff member who used Gen AI tools to build a small application for district use. The app is simple, serves a real
The Rise Of ‘Bring Your Own AI’ To Work As Leaders Fall Behind
Artificial intelligence is transforming the workplace at a remarkable pace, and demand for AI talent continues to surge, with roles jumping 69%. Still, many employers are failing to prepare their employees for the transition. According to a new study, this is creating career futility among some worke