Amazon launches its $1 billion, five-year Built Together plan for data-center host communities as AWS CEO Matt Garman warns state moratoriums could damage U.S. AI competitiveness for generations, funding free community college and training for electricians, HVAC specialists, fiber opticians and IT workers.
Student reliance on AI is linked to lower school performance as Google expands classroom tools to more than 170 million students and teachers, with 2025 PISA data showing AI users score 20 points below nonusers and districts unable to disable Search AI Overviews or AI Mode.
Oxford gives OpenAI 125,000 scanned 19th- and 20th-century PhD theses from the Bodleian Library to train AI models, despite staff concerns over reputational risk and AI energy use; the out-of-copyright files are due online within months.
Anthropic and OpenAI slash flagship AI model prices—Claude Opus 5.5 costs 40% less and GPT-6 Sol and Luna half as much—while OpenAI says an internal system has solved more than 100 open math problems since Aug. 28.
Coursera unveils Project Helix, an AI-native enterprise learning platform that delivers personalized, adaptive learning paths and verifiable skill credentials, combining Coursera and Udemy content to help companies bridge the growing gap between AI infrastructure and workforce readiness, with broad availability expected in early 2027.
The American Federation of Teachers and Microsoft strike a landmark AI privacy deal establishing 10 legally enforceable protections for students and teachers, banning data use for AI training and student tracking, with the agreement set to expand to all U.S. school districts by November 1 as the AFT pushes OpenAI …
Los Angeles Unified School District bans student generative AI use on school devices, igniting a national debate as New York City follows suit with its own restrictions, while education experts warn that outright bans without addressing intentional tech use may fall short.
Google expands Gemini Notebook with 'Expert Intelligence,' enabling users to load Google Play ebooks to generate flashcards, slide decks, and audio overviews, though the feature currently excludes Kindle and Apple Books purchases, leaving many users frustrated.
A free 8-week LLM engineering course on GitHub is taking students from AI basics to building fully autonomous Agentic AI, with hands-on projects, local model support via Ollama, and total API costs of just a few dollars.
A Stanford University study reveals AI is quietly eliminating entry-level opportunities for workers ages 22 to 25, with employment in AI-exposed fields now 19 percent below peers in less-impacted roles — a gap that has surged from 13 percent just one year ago, driven by declining hiring rather than layoffs.