OpenAI makes ChatGPT Plus free for college students in the US and Canada until the end of May 2025, intensifying competition with Anthropic in higher education
OpenAI has made its premium ChatGPT Plus subscription free for all college students in the United States and Canada through the end of May …
The UK's PM debuts plans to increase its public sector compute over 20x to spark a “national renewal”, saying the UK doesn't need to walk a US or EU path on AI
Going our own way will unleash national renewal — Artificial intelligence is the defining opportunity of our generation.
Udemy forces creators to use opt-out windows, the first of which was three weeks and ended on September 12, to prevent their videos from being used to train AI
https://www.404media.co/... X: Jason Koebler / @jason_koebler : This is a really wild story in part because Udemy is being more transparent than other companies, and is saying: It ...
How a California college uses data collection tools to track students' daily movements, like homework trackers, e-proctoring software, and license plate readers
How a California college uses data collection tools to track students' daily movements, like homework trackers, e-proctoring software, and license plate readers
A Markup examination of a typical college shows how students are subject to a vast and growing array of watchful tech … Threads: @craignewmark . Mastodon: @irisRichardson@mastodon....
UNESCO: overreliance on remote learning tech during COVID-19 led to “staggering” education inequality and hindered talk of more equitable, lower-tech options
The COVID-19 pandemic pushed education from schools to educational technologies … John Thornhill / Financial Times : ‘Edtech’ offers no escape from reality Benjamin Godfrey / Coins...
How an 8-year-old's YouTube account and a parent activist sparked a debate in Denmark on Google's ubiquity in schools and its handling of children's data
An 8-year-old's YouTube snafu—and one unlikely parent activist—sparked a nationwide debate on the tech giant's ubiquity and handling of children's data. Tweets: @benpatrickwill , @...
A look at Meta's $150M Meta Immersive Learning project, through which it has partnered with Iowa-based VR startup VictoryXR to create 10 “metaversities”
During her inorganic chemistry class at Morehouse College in the spring of 2021, Dr. Muhsinah Morris launched a little experiment.
China's edtech overhaul could eliminate foreign investors from the sector and wipe out billions invested by Sequoia, Tiger, Tencent, and SoftBank's Vision Fund
Financial Times :
China issues regulations for food delivery platforms, mandating minimum wage, respect for worker rights, and more, leading to Meituan shares dropping by 14%+
- It extended losses after Beijing issued food platform curbs — Meituan is grappling with a broader antitrust investigation
China issues regulations for food delivery platforms, mandating minimum wage, respect for worker rights, and more, leading to Meituan shares dropping by 14%+
- It extended losses after Beijing issued food platform curbs — Meituan is grappling with a broader antitrust investigation
In a blow to the edtech sector, China orders tutoring companies teaching the school curriculum to go non-profit, bans them from IPOs and raising foreign capital
Bloomberg :
NY governor signs a bill to suspend the use of facial recognition and other biometric ID tech in schools until July 2022, the first such regulation in the US
Rachel Sandler / Forbes :
NY Governor signs a bill to suspend the use of facial recognition and other biometric ID tech in schools until July 2022, the first such regulation in the US
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill Tuesday temporarily banning the use of facial recognition in schools, making it the first state to take such a step.
UK's NHS says it is working with Microsoft, Google, Palantir, and Faculty AI on a dashboard that shows the spread of the virus and NHS' ability to deal with it
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UK's NHS says it is working with Microsoft, Google, Palantir, and Faculty AI on a dashboard that shows the spread of the virus and NHS' ability to deal with it
The NHS has confirmed it is teaming up with leading tech firms to ensure critical medical equipment is available to the facilities …