America's Peace Corps Announces 'Tech Corps' Volunteers to Help Bring AI to Foreign Countries

EditorDavid / slashdot - Over 240,000 Americans volunteered for Peace Corps projects in 142 countries since the program began more than half a century ago. But now the agency is launching a new initiative — called Tech Corps. "It's the Peace Corps, but make it AI," explains Engad…

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India Tells University To Leave AI Summit After Presenting Chinese Robot as Its Own

msmash / slashdot - An anonymous reader shares a report: An Indian university has been asked to vacate its stall at the country's flagship AI summit after a staff member was caught presenting a commercially available robotic dog made in China as its own creation, two governm…

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Madrid-based BCAS secures €30M in debt funding to expand flexible, barrier-free education financing

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - BCAS, a Madrid-based EdTech startup focused on flexible education financing, has announced the closing of a €30 million debt funding round led solely by Spanish neobank MyInvestor. The fresh capital will be used to scale BCAS’s operations, launch traditio…

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How Lego designed its new interactive Smart Brick

Chris Morris / fastcompany - While the Lego Group has dipped its toes into tech waters before, the company hasn’t strayed far from its analog roots. But on Monday, the 94-year-old company unveiled a new product line that embraces the digital age, without abandoning its core business.…

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Apple's Developer Academy Costs $20,000 Per Student, Taxpayers Footing Millions of the Bill [Report]

iclarified - Apple's Developer Academy in Detroit is drawing attention for its steep operating costs and the heavy burden it places on public funding, raising questions about whether the program delivers enough value for the investment. An in-depth review of the initi…

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UK Accounting Body To Halt Remote Exams Amid AI Cheating

msmash / slashdot - The world's largest accounting body is to stop students being allowed to take exams remotely to crack down on a rise in cheating on tests that underpin professional qualifications. From a report: The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), …

Editor: Is it AI cheating, or AI productivity boosting? Accounting is about the application of rules and judgment en masse - it strikes me that the exams need to test student's ability to validate their sources (is the model's output factually correct?) and apply their own judgment - or validate the model's work. I wonder how much of the problem here is poor test design methodology.

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Coursera to Acquire Udemy in $2.5 Billion All-Stock Deal

Jon Swartz / techstrong - Coursera Inc. announced Wednesday it will acquire rival online learning platform Udemy Inc. in an all-stock transaction, creating a combined entity valued at approximately $2.5 billion as the education technology sector consolidates following pandemic-era…

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Three in 10 US teens use AI chatbots every day, but safety concerns are growing

Amanda Silberling / techcrunch - While teenagers may start out using AI chatbots for basic questions, their relationship with chatbot platforms has the potential to turn addictive.

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DeepSeek's Math Model Beats Humans at Their Own Game, Then Gives Away the Playbook

Robert Brown / implicator - DeepSeek's new math model matches OpenAI and Google's gold-medal IMO performance, then does what they won't: releases everything. The 685B-parameter system beat the best human Putnam score by 28 points. But did it reason, or just remember?

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Character.AI launches Stories for teens after banning them from chats

Emma Roth / theverge - Character.AI, under threat from several lawsuits over its alleged negative impact on teen mental health, is banning underage users from open-ended chats on its site. Instead, teens will be allowed to use a new “Stories” format that, unlike regular chats, …

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ChatGPT for Teachers Is Here, Unless You’re in Canada

John Quintet / iphoneincanada - OpenAI is launching a new version of ChatGPT made specifically for teachers, and it’ll be free for verified U.S. K–12 educators until June 2027. Unfortunately, Canadian teachers can’t access it at launch. Teachers have been some of the earliest heavy user…

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Apple Announces Next Swift Student Challenge Ahead of WWDC 2026

Joe Rossignol / macrumors - Apple today announced it will accept submissions for the 2026 Swift Student Challenge from Friday, February 6 through Saturday, February 28.The annual Swift Student Challenge gives eligible student developers around the world the opportunity to showcase t…

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Duolingo stock plunges 27% on light guidance as company prioritizes user growth

cnbc - CEO and co-founder Luis von Ahn told CNBC that the company has shifted its investment strategy in recent months to focus on long-term initiatives.

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‘We got hacked’ emails threaten to leak University of Pennsylvania data

Lawrence Abrams / bleepingcomputer - The University of Pennsylvania suffered a cybersecurity incident on Friday, where students and alumni received a series of offensive emails from various University email addresses, claiming that data was stolen in a breach. [...]

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High school’s AI security system confuses Doritos bag for a possible firearm

Anthony Ha / techcrunch - A high school student in Baltimore County, Maryland was reportedly handcuffed and searched after an AI security system flagged his bag of chips as a possible firearm.

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Microsoft gives US students a free year of Microsoft 365 Personal

Sergiu Gatlan / bleepingcomputer - Microsoft announced that starting this Thursday, all college students in the United States can get a free year of Microsoft 365 Personal. [...]

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Big tech signs on to White House plan for AI education in US schools

Anna Washenko / engadget - The White House hosted several tech and AI leaders at an event today centered on teaching artificial intelligence in US schools. Many of the big tech companies — including Amazon, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic — have already issued press release…

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Tragic Minneapolis School/Church Shooting Shocks Community

A heartbreaking incident in Minneapolis at a place of worship resulted in the deaths of two schoolchildren and left many injured. As investigators piece together the motives behind this calamity, the community reels from the shock, questioning the adequacy of safety measures in such vulnerable settings.

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South Korea bans smartphones in middle and elementary classrooms

In a bid to reduce classroom distractions and sharpen student focus, South Korean lawmakers have instituted a ban on smartphones and other smart devices in middle and elementary schools. The decision has stirred debate among educators and parents over the balance between digital innovation and effective learning.

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