USC launched a major new AI initiative supported by a $200 million donation from NVIDIA board member Mark Stevens and his wife, Mary, one of the largest gifts in the university’s history. The ...

According to a report by IDC, the market for PC systems with specific AI computing capabilities built into the hardware is expected to jump by 60 percent over the next three years. IDC's Worldwide ...

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Financial aid offices risk falling behind on AI adoption: Low AI use in financial aid can limit improvements at one of the earliest and most important student-family touchpoints. AI can improve ...

Microsoft has unveiled a major update to its Copilot AI platform, adding new features to make the system more personalized, collaborative, and integrated across its suite of products. The release, ...

Cloud data platform Snowflake is embarking on an effort to train and certify more than 100,000 users on its AI Data Cloud by 2027. The One Million Minds + One Platform program will provide ...

How will the technology landscape in higher education change in the coming year? We're inviting our readership to weigh in with their predictions, wishes, or worries for 2026. In particular, we're ...

Apple is outsourcing core model horsepower to Google. The next generation of Apple Foundation Models will be based on Google's Gemini models and cloud technology under a multiyear agreement, with the ...

Microsoft accelerates post-quantum cryptography migration, targeting quantum-safe products and services by 2029. Federal PQC requirements address "harvest now, decrypt later" risks to sensitive ...

AI security is entering a new stage as organizations look beyond protecting models from prompt injection, unauthorized access, and data exposure.

The Linux Foundation has announced the formation of the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF), bringing together Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic, and other major tech companies to advance open source development ...

Microsoft’s Frontier Company reflects a shift in enterprise AI from model capability to deployment, integration, and measurable business outcomes. The $2.5 billion initiative will put thousands of ...