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An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The newest online-only school greenlighted (PDF) by the Arizona State Board for Charter Schools comes with a twist: The academic curriculum will be taught entirely by AI. Charter schools — independe… Continue reading Arizona’s Getting an Online Charter School Taught Entirely By AI
Academic writing has become significantly less readable over the past 80 years, particularly in humanities and social sciences, according to an analysis of 347,000 PhD abstracts by The Economist. Using the Flesch reading-ease test, researchers found th… Continue reading Academic Writing is Getting Harder To Read
A new MIT study reveals why legal documents are so hard to read: Both lawyers and non-lawyers instinctively use complex language to signal authority, similar to how magic spells use archaic terms. The research, published in PNAS, found that even laypeo… Continue reading Legal Language Is Deliberately Arcane To Signal Power, Study Finds
This week AWS pledged up to $100 million in cloud-computing credits for educational organizations over the next five years, to help them build “technology-based learning experiences” on AWS, including:
AI assistants coding curriculums
– connectivity t… Continue reading Amazon Offers $100M in Cloud-Computing Credits for Projects Like ‘AI Teaching Assistant’
This week AWS pledged up to $100 million in cloud-computing credits for educational organizations over the next five years, to help them build “technology-based learning experiences” on AWS, including:
AI assistants coding curriculums
– connectivity t… Continue reading Amazon Offers $100M in Cloud-Computing Credits for Education Projects Like ‘AI Teaching Assistant’
Nonprofit Code.org has posted this year’s cartoon for “Hour of Code,” their annual learn-to-code event for schoolchildren.
Long-time Slashdot reader theodp notes its animated pigeon gives a shout-out to the AI that could ultimately replace programmer… Continue reading ‘Hour of Code’ Cartoon Includes a Shout-Out to AI
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer inaugurated London’s first Google-funded AI Campus in Camden, aiming to equip young people with AI and machine learning skills. Reuters reports: The center, based in Camden, an area which Starmer represents in parlia… Continue reading Google Opens AI Campus In London
Microsoft is retiring its “Get Licensing Ready” website, a resource for software licensing education. Going forward, content licensing will be located at microsoft.com/licensing. The Register also notes Microsoft’s plans to enhance learning with AI too… Continue reading Microsoft Shuttering Dedicated Licensing Education, Certification Site
An anonymous reader shared this report from the New York Times:
Between the time [construction worker Florencio] Rendon applied for the coding boot camp and the time he graduated, what Mr. Rendon imagined as a “golden ticket” to a better life had expi… Continue reading Coding Boot Gamp Graduates Find tough Prospects In an AI-Powered World
An anonymous reader shared this report from the New York Times:
Between the time [construction worker Florencio] Rendon applied for the coding boot camp and the time he graduated, what Mr. Rendon imagined as a “golden ticket” to a better life had expi… Continue reading Coding Boot Gamp Graduates Find Tough Prospects In an AI-Powered World