#OpenAI is adding CPC to ChatGPT ads. Advertisers can bid $3 to $5 per click, which puts its pricing somewhere between Meta ($ clicks, browsing intent) & Google Search ($$$ clicks, purchase intent). Where it actually lands will depend on whether a ChatGPT click drives an outcome.

The #UniversityofTennesseeKnoxville introduced #UTVerse, a campuswide ecosystem of agents powered by #AI & designed to support students, faculty & staff across a wide range of needs. www.usnews.com/education/u-...

Deep-diving robots help crack the mystery of Antarctica’s vanishing sea ice Ten years ago, Antarctica's sea ice suddenly and dramatically declined. Scientists now blame a "very violent release" of deep, pent-up heat.

Something strange has been swirling in the #waters around #Antarctica. Now scientists say they’ve #identified what’s behind this rise & sudden fall, thanks to an assist from deep-diving #robots. grist.org/oceans/deep-...

5 Ways Wealth Advisors Can Begin to Adopt AI Now Practical advice from Professor Zico Kolter, Head of Carnegie Mellon University Machine Learning department, on how to approach integrating use of AI into a daily routine

Across industries, #AI is already making its mark in two broad areas: the #backoffice and the #clientfacing front office.
Here are some ways #wealthadvisors can integrate AI: www.bny.com/corporate/gl...

Computer science was once a 'golden ticket' degree — now it's seeing the biggest enrollment drop of any major in 6 years Nobel Prize–winning economist Simon Johnson said AI has "substantially wiped out" coding as a reliable source of opportunity.

For years, #computerscience was treated like a golden ticket — a degree that could all but guarantee a stable, high-paying# job after graduation. But as #AI #reshapes the tech industry, that promise is starting to crack.
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In the aftermath of a temporary halt in hostility, #US #Navy has deployed sea #drones & #robotic systems to help clear #mines laid at the bottom of the #StraitofHormuz. This is being done to restore the passage of commercial #shipping through this vital waterway. www.firstpost.com/tech/us-navy...

VC pioneer #Khosla said #AI already outperforms highly trained human professionals in a range of tasks across fields from medical diagnosis & materials science, such as the design of new & better magnets. The #pace of AI #innovation is #accelerating, reports WSJ's Rosenbuch.

AI is remaking the workforce. How can colleges ensure students thrive? Skills training and public-private partnerships are key in a rapidly changing job landscape, higher ed leaders said this week at the annual ASU+GSV Summit.

The #rapid #implementation of #AI could simultaneously ease & worsen #skills #shortages, reducing the need for workers to complete some routine cognitive tasks but prompting demand for advanced technical & adaptive skills.
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Humanoid robot wins Beijing half-marathon, defeating the human world record This year's race featured over 300 robots from more than 100 teams, including international participants. The competition highlights China's advancements in a technological competition with the U.S.

A #humanoid #robot that won a half-marathon race for robots in Beijing on Sunday ran #faster than the #human world record in a show of China's technological leaps. The winner from Honor completed the 21-kilometer (13-mile) race in 50 minutes & 26 seconds, www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...

Stanford announces $1 million in seed grants to shape the future of AI in education A new university-wide initiative provides funding for courses, research, and critical thinking about AI in teaching.

A new #StanfordUniversity initiative will offer $1 million in seed #grants to faculty, students & staff willing to rethink how #AI fits into #college #teaching. news.stanford.edu/stories/2026...

AI ruling prompts warnings from US lawyers: Your chats could be used against you As people increasingly turn to artificial intelligence for advice, some U.S. lawyers are telling their clients not to treat AI chatbots like trusted confidants when their freedom or legal liability is...

#Attorneys have been advising that conversations with #chatbots could be demanded by prosecutors in #criminalcases or by litigation adversaries in #civilcases. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Why real learning matters more than ever in the age of AI We hear that machines are getting smarter and assume that human teaching matters less. The opposite is true.

#Families are increasingly asking: If machines can now do more and more of the work that #schools once pledged to prepare #students for, what exactly is the #degree still proving? www.newsweek.com/why-real-lea...

How US businesses are using AI to manage tariff chaos Generative AI aids US importers with tariff refunds and scenario planning. KPMG and EQI use AI tools to navigate trade compliance and optimize costs.

#Tariff fluctuations have added a new level of #complexity for importers. Companies are using #generativeAI to complete the time-consuming tariff #refund process. Generative AI can also save weeks of time on complex scenario planning for #sourcing materials. www.businessinsider.com/ai-helps-us-...

Acquisitions: #Caperpillar > #Monarch; #Cisco > #Galileo; #NivoraGroup > #Aavrani

Agreed Acquisitions: #AmericanExpress > #Hypercard; #AppDirect > #PartnerStack; #Diginex > #Resulticks; #eToro > #Zengo; #SelfLabs > #Loam; #SweetwaterRoyalties > #UraniumRoyalty; #Trinet > #Cocoon

Funding Raises: #Fluidstack $1B; #Plata $405M Series C; #Glydways $170M Series C; #SygaldryTechnologies $139M Seed & Series A; #TerremotoBiosciences $108M Series C

IPOs: #MadisonAirSolutions (MAIR) $2.23B; #Arxis (ARXS) $1.13B; #KaileraTherapeutics (KLRA) $625M; #Aevex (AVEX) $320M

What's the best educational drone for a STEM program? Incorporating a drone into your STEM program can be a great way to engage students. Which drone do you buy? The DJI Tello is a standout.

Adding drones to your STEM program, these are the best for:
• Classroom #competitions & #coding: CoDrone EDU
• Education if you are on a #budget: The Tello drone by Ryze & DJI
• Learning to #build & code: Raspberry Pi Drone Kit
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Do people see robots as having race? New studies clash as humanoids enter the real world As humanoid robots enter the real world, new studies suggest that people project human racial biases onto them—but the research is divided on whether those biases persist outside the lab and in real-w...

As #humanoid #robots enter the real world, new studies suggest that people #project human #racial #biases onto them—but the research is divided on whether those biases persist outside the lab and in real-world interactions. www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-p...

Adobe embraces conversational AI editing, marking a ‘fundamental shift’ in creative work Its so easy that anyone can do it.

#Adobe launched #Firefly; it orchestrate tasks across #Photoshop, #Premiere, #Lightroom & #Illustrator using #naturallanguage. No more menu-diving—just ask it to resize assets, color-grade video, or generate logos across apps instantly. www.theverge.com/tech/912287/...

Chrome now lets you turn AI prompts into repeatable ‘Skills’ Its rolling out now to English-language desktop users.

#Google launched "Skills" in #Chrome. #Skills turns AI prompts into #reusable one-click tools. Save & run workflows instantly on any page. Use a forward slash (/) or the plus button. A pre-built library is also available. www.theverge.com/tech/911658/...

High-tech robotic dogs now on patrol guarding valuable corn crops For centuries dogs have played a vital role on farms across the world working with livestock, guarding properties, and in many cases simply acting as companions for farmers often working in rural isol...

For centuries dogs have played a vital role on #farms across the world. However, fast forward to the 21st century, and it’s now high-tech #robotic #dogs that are now taking over some of the roles traditionally performed by man’s best friend.
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As AI pushes students to reconsider majors, universities struggle to adapt A recent poll shows AI’s increasing role in how students decide on college majors, creating a rapidly developing situation for universities that are still struggling to determine how the technology…

47% of currently enrolled #college #students have thought about #switching #majors “a great deal” or a “fair amount” over #AI concerns, according to the Lumina Foundation-Gallup 2026 State of Higher Education survey. thehill.com/homenews/edu...

The click-and-scroll era is officially on notice. #Sierra’s #Ghostwriter, an "agent as a service" is designed to build other agents. You just say what you need. Ghostwriter autonomously builds & deploys a specialized agent to get it done. The future of software is a conversation.

Gallup: Gen Z growing more negative toward AI Most respondents expressed concern that AI designed to speed up tasks would "make learning more difficult.”

#Anger over #AI is increasing among #GenZ at the same time excitement is fading. 31% of the survey’s respondents said AI makes them feel angry, up 9% points from last year. And just 22% said the technology makes them feel excited, down from 36% the prior year. www.highereddive.com/news/gen-z-a...

Here’s The Most Affordable Humanoid Robot You Can Buy Now If you want a humanoid robot of your very own, here's the cheapest way to make that a reality. And it's actually a pretty good robot, too.

Starting next week, you’re going to be able to buy the world’s #cheapest #humanoid #robot, the #UnitreeR1, in North America, Europe, Japan, Singapore and China. This year’s models start at $4,900 & range up to “contact sales” if you want to add a lot of extras. www.forbes.com/sites/johnko...

A folk musician became a target for AI fakes and a copyright troll Murphy Campbell is at the center of a growing storm around AI and a broken copyright system.

#Campbell, a #FolkSinger from western North Carolina with 7,800 monthly Spotify listeners, discovered someone cloned her voice with #AI, uploaded #fake songs to her streaming pages, and then used copyright claims to steal revenue from her original YouTube videos. www.theverge.com/entertainmen...

Over 70% of Japanese high school students use AI, survey finds A new survey has revealed that 73.7 percent of Japanese high school students are using conversational artificial intelligence, primarily as a study assistant and information tool, Qazinform News Agenc...

A new survey has revealed that 73.7% of #Japanese #highschool #students are using conversational #AI, primarily as a study assistant & information tool, Qazinform News Agency cites Kyodo. qazinform.com/news/over-70...

A nanoscale robotic cleaner can hunt, capture and remove bacteria Tiny robots—around 50 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair—open up fascinating possibilities: they enable the controlled manipulation of objects far too small for human hands. This brings u...

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At Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, #JMU, researchers use the recoil of individual photons to move micrometer-sized devices—so-called #microdrones. phys.org/news/2026-04...

Using AI to speed up Australia’s environmental approvals risks ‘robodebt-style’ failures, scientists say Conservationists say move could push species closer to extinction and clearer environmental rules are needed instead

Conservationists & scientists have warned a #mining lobby proposal to use #AI to speed up national #environmental #approvals could generate “Robodebt-style” failures, putting threatened species at further risk.
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China launches national plan to boost AI education Building nationwide artificial intelligence infrastructure is a central part of the plan.

#China has launched a national action plan to embed #AI across its #education system, in a strategic push to future-proof its #workforce amid intensifying global competition in advanced technologies. www.scmp.com/tech/policy/...

Hidden in plain sight: Robots reveal ‘shipwreck city’ below the surface of a Washington lake 'Shipwreck city': A high-tech survey has found dozens of possible wrecks in Washington state, with robotics capturing images in areas too dangerous for divers.

Researchers are using sonar and #underwater #robots to explore a polluted #lakebed, where dozens of long-lost #vessels are now being documented for the first time. www.kare11.com/article/news...