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Google.org awards $36m to 17 AI science projects, including Cambridge and MIT

ETIH edtech news covers Google.org's $36 million commitment to 17 AI for Science projects, including research at the University of Cambridge and MIT. The selected organizations will advance work ...
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Children’s Commissioner names England’s hardest places to grow up in new Childhood Lottery

The Children's Commissioner names Middlesbrough, Hounslow and Bradford among England's hardest places to grow up in a new 162 ...
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Anthropic pledges 5% of its shares to new public benefit fund

Anthropic has pledged 5% of its shares to a new public benefit fund, with labor market disruption among the areas it says the fund could address. Read the latest edtech news from ETIH on Anthropic’s ...
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Google expands AI research tools with classroom simulations and public document review

Google is expanding access to AI-generated STEM simulations, Deep Review document checking and Earth AI research tools. ETIH ...
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Rice University plans 40 more AI faculty hires and new master’s degree

Rice University plans 40 additional AI faculty hires, research space at Houston’s The Arc and a Master of Artificial Intelligence launching in fall 2027. ETIH’s edtech news coverage examines the ...
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Clément Brenot joins McGill to lead new Growth Lab focused on Canada and Québec

Clément Brenot has joined McGill University as inaugural Director of the McGill Growth Lab and Associate Professor (Research) ...
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ChatGPT alerted parents in just 5% of simulated high-risk teen conversations, study finds

With parental controls enabled, ChatGPT alerted parents in 15 of 300 simulated teen safety-risk conversations. ETIH examines the preprint involving RAND and Harvard Medical School, including its ...
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Anthropic invites women in tech to tackle real-world challenges with Claude Code

Anthropic is accepting applications for its November 6 Women in AI Hackathon in San Francisco, featuring Claude Code training and mentoring for early-career builders. ETIH covers the October 27 ...
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AI use in schools exceeds teacher predictions for lesson planning but lags for marking and data

Teacher Tapp data shows teachers are using AI for lesson planning and parent communications more than expected, while marking and school data analysis lag behind earlier predictions. ETIH examines ...
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Anthropic rebuilds its coding infrastructure as daily changes pass 30,000

Anthropic says AI-assisted coding pushed daily software changes above 30,000, prompting a move from Git to its in-house Scion system. ETIH’s edtech news coverage examines how seven engineers built the ...
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420 scientists call for cyber-capable AI models to be kept offline initially

An open letter backed by 420 scientists calls for stronger AI containment, initial internet disconnection and public incident reporting. Signatories include researchers at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam ...
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Penn State backs AI projects for multilingual readers and older adults

Penn State has selected eight community research teams, including projects on AI-supported multilingual reading and older adults’ AI health literacy. ETIH’s edtech news coverage examines the school ...