Left alone with nothing to do, AI agents started playing
MIT researchers marooned 13 AIs on a virtual island, and they responded by inventing games, mourning a lost ring and, eventually, getting better at their jobs.
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Keeping a human in the AI loop is ‘untenable’ due to cuts, USDA IT official says
The Agriculture Department is trying to “get smarter” about AI with fewer resources. Other agencies are trying other ways to keep up with changes while dealing with workforce limitations. The post Keeping a human in the AI loop is…
FedScoop ·CEOs say they’re not yet seeing transformational change from AI
But more than 6 in 10 U.S. leaders said they were confident their firms were moving at the right pace or ahead of the curve in terms of AI development, per a KPMG report.
HR Dive ·AI is splitting HR into 2 archetypes, study shows
Every role from HR specialist to CHRO now requires knowledge of data analytics, while traditional administrative skills are declining, Draup explained.
HR Dive ·Uber puts all 30,000 employees on ChatGPT Work
The ride-share giant previously deployed a much smaller pilot for ChatGPT Work but is now taking the enterprise agent company-wide.
TechCrunch ·Cognizant commits to training 18K Google Cloud AI specialists
The IT services firm created the Gemini Frontier Capability Group to house teams of forward deployed engineers.
CIO Dive ·An Ohio school needs funds. It voted to cut Anduril’s tax bill, anyway
How a factory for AI-powered weapons, a data center, and a needy public school collided in rural Ohio.
WOSU ·Commentary: AI governance — a practical view from a writing classroom
Artificial intelligence has upended the writing classroom. Four years ago, Stephen Marche was bold enough to state that the classic college essay was dead. He was absolutely right at the time. AI appeared on the scene as a force most…
New Hampshire Bulletin ·Enough is enough in Ohio on polluting data center gas power plants
Today, on Thursday, Oct. 22, at 6 p.m. at the New Albany High School, the Ohio Power Siting Board will hold a public hearing for the PowerConneX New Albany 3 Energy Center, the third major gas combustion plant to power an EdgeConneX data…
Ohio Capital Journal ·NVIDIA Cosmos Opens New Tools to Train, Evaluate and Deploy World Models
To help developers rapidly build world models, which help physical AI systems understand and simulate the real world, NVIDIA has expanded the Cosmos platform with new training tools, simulation checkpoints and Cosmos Data Factory…
NVIDIA ·UW protein institute led by Nobel winner unveils its first AI model co-developed with Nvidia
UW’s Institute for Protein Design and Nvidia have released their first jointly developed AI model for creating proteins with specific jobs. The release follows a computing grant from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's foundation that IPD director…
GeekWire ·AI promises productivity, but for managers, it’s mostly a headache for now
More than 50% of managers say they're finding it harder to evaluate employees' work after adopting AI, according to a new survey.
TechCrunch ·What’s the point of MIT? OpenAI’s math proofs have thrown students and researchers into chaos.
Doctoral students in mathematics are questioning their career paths and considering leaving the field altogether. The post What’s the point of MIT? OpenAI’s math proofs have thrown students and researchers into chaos. appeared first on…
Boston.com Technology ·AI is changing how students learn to write — and think
Students are arriving at college less ready to write, and AI will now write for them. What happens to writing — and the thinking it is meant to teach?
The San Francisco Standard ·‘Weird And Maybe Uninvestable’: How Reach Capital Spots Its Venture Winners
Crunchbase News spoke with James Kim, partner at Reach Capital, about how Reach’s education roots inform its broader strategy, what it saw in AI detection company GPTZero, and why some of its best investments initially divided its own…
Crunchbase News ·Major firms in Wisconsin filing hundreds of AI patents
GE HealthCare and Milwaukee Tool are leading the pack for organizations filing AI-related patents in Wisconsin, followed closely by Johnson Controls. That’s according to research conducted by Prof. Rina Ghose, a data scientist with…
WisBusiness ·WED AM News: Major firms in Wisconsin filing hundreds of AI patents; Survey finds national uncertainty dominates business concerns despite local stability
— GE HealthCare and Milwaukee Tool are leading the pack for organizations filing AI-related patents in Wisconsin, followed closely by Johnson Controls. That’s according to research conducted by Prof. Rina Ghose, a data scientist with…
WisBusiness ·How AI Is Breaking the Way We Reward High-Achieving Students
When AI can create polished products in seconds, we must redefine high achievement and reward students for genuine intellectual curiosity, not ...
EdSurge ·HHS to make sole-source award to Anthropic ahead of broader AI competition
The health department initially rolled out Claude to all of its workers in December 2025. Anthropic’s discounted deal with the government ends Oct. 31. The post HHS to make sole-source award to Anthropic ahead of broader AI competition…
FedScoop ·Cleveland’s big lesson for Seattle: A city’s job is to attract people
Seattle’s prosperity isn’t guaranteed. As the region confronts economic uncertainty and the next wave of tech growth shifts toward AI, Cleveland offers a cautionary tale — and a reminder that the city’s future depends on attracting people,…
GeekWire ·How The Kraft Group uses AI for behavior management
Building trust and listening to employees is key to getting buy-in for new technologies, Chief Information and Technology Officer Michael Israel said.
CIO Dive ·Nearly half of employers say AI will make college degrees more important
Employers expressed more confidence in the higher education sector than the general public, according to a new Gallup and the Lumina Foundation poll.
Higher Ed Dive ·Spain-Based Startups Advance Regional Innovation With Barcelona Supercomputing Center
The Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC)’s AI Factory Accelerator Programme, now in full operation following a pilot initiative, gives startups access to sovereign compute, technical support and training to support innovation across…
NVIDIA ·Microsoft says AI agents are like insider threats as ‘frontier models can’t be trusted’
Microsoft wants enterprises to closely watch the agents employees use with systems not controlled by AI labs like OpenAI and Anthropic.
TechCrunch ·CIOs unprepared for agentic workforce shift
Just 4% of tech leaders have plans in place to retool roles for an agentic-human workforce, a Gartner survey found.
CIO Dive ·Illinois rehires former chief data officer to serve as chief AI officer
Tammy Roust rejoins the state after Kader Sakkaria quietly departed the CAIO role after just a month on the job.
StateScoop ·Tara Rosander on Juvo Ventures’ Investment Thesis: Connecting Learning to Opportunity
Newly appointed Managing Director Tara Rosander outlines Juvo Ventures’ Series A strategy, focusing on AI-driven learning tools, infrastructure, and measurable economic mobility across workforce and education ecosystems.
TechBuzz News ·Jeffries talks AI concerns at roundtable with Macomb County community leaders
During a roundtable in Eastpointe on Saturday, U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries argued that Congress must take a more aggressive approach to regulating AI as multiple panelists raised concerns about how artificial intelligence…
Michigan Advance ·The future of HR services: How AI is making human expertise more valuable
The future of HR services is evolving. CoAd explores where AI and human expertise fit in.
HR Dive ·Data centers are now the largest financial bet in US history
The sheer size of investment in data centers is drawing concern as it surpasses all other historical booms and crowds out other more job-creating ventures. Until now, no industry had driven the U.S. economy with such force since the…
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