As college students prepare for a future workforce reshaped by AI, universities are responding to the demand by launching new classes and degrees focused on the inner workings of AI and how to use it across careers.
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In brief A new study says AI is forcing universities to rethink teaching, assessment, and career preparation. Researchers argue schools should prioritize AI literacy over relying on detection tools and plagiarism policies. Human skills, including judgment, communication, and adaptability, could become more important as automation expands. As artificial intelligence changes how companies operate, universities need to rethink how to prepare students for an AI-powered workplace, according to a new study. Published in Frontiers in Education, the paper by Dr. Kelechi Ekuma of the University of Manchester’s Global Development Institute argues that universities should reconsider how they teach, assess, and prepare students as AI systems become more common across industries. While much of the response to generative AI since the public launch of ChatGPT in 2022 has centered
A University of Manchester researcher says schools should move beyond AI cheating concerns and prepare graduates for workplaces increasingly shaped by automation.
The number of tech layoffs continues to tick upwards as AI investments increase, with Microsoft alone cutting around 4,800 employees, or roughly 2.1% of its workforce, this week.
The latest cutbacks are mostly in the company’s commercial sales and Xbox divisions. They follow two others in 2025 that impacted around 15,000 workers, or roughly 4% of the company’s workforce. Prior to the latest cuts, Microsoft had 220,000-plus employees.
The headcount reduction also comes just days after the announcement of Microsoft Frontier Company, an initiative that will provide embedded support for customers deploying AI projects, similar to traditional offerings from systems integrators (SIs).
Taken together, these moves seem to indicate that Microsoft is betting on its engineering expertise, rather than traditional account management, as the path to AI success.
“Microsoft had already reorganized its commercial business around AI,” said Thomas Randall, a research director at Info-Tech Research Group.
The shrinking workforce complicates the Fed's balancing act between controlling inflation and supporting employment, impacting market dynamics.
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During a "Washington Post Live" panel discussion with ASU President Michael Crow, President Sally Kornbluth explored how universities are preparing the next generation of scientists to lead in America’s rapidly changing technological landscape.
TikTok's workforce cuts in Dublin highlight the ongoing challenges tech firms face in adapting to stringent European regulations.
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OpenAI's new AI plan could reshape research funding priorities, challenging traditional software budgets and intensifying AI competition.
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