Brandon Paykamian

Officials on Friday announced the deployment of the first IBM Quantum System One computer on a university campus, at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in upstate New York. It’s aimed at driving quantum research and education programming.

At an Education Week webinar, panelists from the cloud software provider Softdocs said schools can enhance data security by moving away from on-premise data management and using third-party cybersecurity expertise.

Oregon State University’s inaugural AI Week features several panels on artificial intelligence led by faculty and tech industry leaders. It culminates Friday with the first edition of a yearly forum, and groundbreaking on an innovation complex.

As schools and universities make more use of artificial intelligence-driven tools, some ed-tech developers are seeking input from educators and implementing policies related to ethical use and data privacy.

During a webinar Wednesday at the annual ASU+GSV Summit, education leaders discussed the need to promote career exploration programs at these levels. Ages 10-15, a speaker said, are critical times.

The new Higher Education Generative AI Readiness Assessment gauges how colleges and universities are making use of generative AI tools, as well as their levels of investment in governance and infrastructure.

Since becoming the University of California, San Diego’s (UCSD) CIO in 2016, Vince Kellen has led his team in several IT modernization efforts and played a pivotal leadership role in the university’s work to create its own in-house AI tools.

Campus union activists and professors say they worry that the growing popularity of AI tools for administrative tasks at colleges and universities could lead to fewer jobs and more student frustrations.

The Phoenix-based Canyon GBS’ first community college client is Joliet Junior College in Illinois, which intends to launch an enterprise AI assistant for a variety of instructional and administrative purposes.

A new statewide survey from the Beacon Center of Tennessee found 50 percent of registered voters in Tennessee are dissatisfied with the way things are going in K-12 public education.