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Despite the success of #LLMs, fundamental #challenges persist, especially around #ContinualLearning, the ability for a model to actively acquire new knowledge & skills over time without forgetting old ones. #Google introduce #NestedLearning, which bridges this gap. research.google/blog/introdu...
Introducing Nested Learning: A new ML paradigm for continual learning
research.google
November 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
#Students sometimes “hand over the thinking work” of #writing to #bots, which create the end product quickly & “they can do B-plus work all the time.”
This dilemma requires #teachers & school leaders to #rethink writing assignments to make them less template-heavy. www.k12dive.com/news/what-im...
What impact are AI chatbots having on writing skills?
Some educators are concerned that students are losing the “thinking work” of writing amid the spread of tools that can produce “B-plus work all the time.”
www.k12dive.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
#Foxconn plans to deploy #humanoid #robots, based on #Nvidia's robotics technologies (#IsaacGr00t platform & #JetsonAGXThor computer) in its Houston AI server plant. www.reuters.com/business/fox...
www.reuters.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
#Agentic #browsers use #AI to perform web #tasks #autonomously on behalf of users, including shopping, booking appointments, and comparing products across multiple sites. Let’s look at 3 of them: #Perplexity #Comet, #OpenAI #Atlas, and #GoogleChrome #AIMode. shellypalmer.com/2025/11/the-...
The Agentic Browser Wars Have Begun
Three companies have declared war on how you use the internet. Perplexity AI launched Comet, its AI-powered browser, in July 2025. OpenAI released Atlas on October 21, promising a future where AI hand...
shellypalmer.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
#Student idea born from tragedy. #FireBot is being built by #ParadigmRobotics, an early-stage startup founded by #UniversityofTexas engineering graduate #Thakur. Its purpose: to go where #firefighters can’t — into the heart of a blaze and send back vital information.
www.cnn.com/world/firebo...
Students built a robot that can withstand more than 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit | CNN
FireBot is a 300-pound, four-foot-long robot that can enter a burning building to gather information for firefighters.
www.cnn.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
#Britain is providing #military #support to #Belgium after a series of suspected #Russian #drone #incursions into its airport & military base airspace, chief of the defense staff, Sir #Knighton, said that his Belgian counterpart had asked for #assistance. www.bbc.com/news/article...
UK military to help protect Belgium after suspected Russian drone incursions
Sir Richard Knighton, the UK military chief, says his Belgian counterpart requested assistance in the form of personnel and equipment this week.
www.bbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The use of #AI is leading to a flattening of our #language that is evident in the emails we write and the texts we compose. Studies have already confirmed this. #Robotic #verbiage erases vulnerability, humor, and everything that makes us human. english.elpais.com/technology/2...
The ChatGPT effect: We’ve all started talking like robots
The use of artificial intelligence is leading to a flattening of our language that is evident in the emails we write and the texts we compose. Studies have already confirmed this. Robotic verbiage era...
english.elpais.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
#Student #stress in #HigherEducation remains a pervasive #problem. The performance of the #ML models highlights the role of specific stress factors such as blood pressure, safety, sleep quality, teacher-student relationship & extracurricular activities. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Explainable artificial intelligence for predictive modeling of student stress in higher education - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Explainable artificial intelligence for predictive modeling of student stress in higher education
www.nature.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
#WorcesterPolytechnicInstitute #students created a testing ground for tiny #drones that can be deployed in search & rescue missions even in dark, smoky or stormy conditions. They found #bats with their sophisticated ability to echolocate to be effective. www.nbcboston.com/news/local/b...
Building a better drone? Students at Mass. college develop new technology inspired by bats
Don’t be fooled by the fog machine, spooky lights and fake bats: the robotics lab at Worcester Polytechnic Institute lab isn’t hosting a Halloween party. Instead, it’s a testing ground for tiny drones...
www.nbcboston.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
A new #AI-created #song has #debuted on at least one #Billboard chart each week, according to the music outlet. This wave of AI-created music is racking up millions of #streams, alarming some in the #music industry. www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...
AI-Generated Billboard-Charting 'Artist' Xania Monet Creator Defends Music From Backlash
Xania Monet, an AI-created singer whose music has racked up millions of streams in the United States, became the first AI creation to hit Billboard’s radio airplay chart this week.
www.forbes.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Additional Funding Raises: #Snapmint $125M Series B; #EnduroSat $104M Series B;
#TalaHealth $100M Seed; #MoEngage $100M Series F

Mergers: #AdvancedIntralogistics & #AnchorTechnicalServices; #Check-Cap & #MBodyAI

More Acquisitions: #Pentera > #EVAInformationSecurity; #Zscaler > #Splx
November 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Funding Raises: #Metropolis $500M Series D; #Ripple $500M Strategic; #Armis $435M pre-IPO Funding; #BillionToOne $273.1M IPO; #BeaconSoftware $250M Series B; #Synchron $200M Series D; #BraveheartBio $185M Series A; #Evommune $150M IPO; : #HippocraticAI $126M Series C
November 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Researchers at #USC have adapted a #robot called #Blossom to help #students with #ADHD, which roughly 12% of all college students have according to the #NationalInstitutesofHealth. spectrumnews1.com/ca/southern-...
USC students using robotics to help those in need
Researchers at USC are trying to use the technology for social good
spectrumnews1.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
A lab in #Seoul had a major breakthrough with a project that produced a #robot that resembles a gummy bear & behaves like a living cell. They’ve been dubbed the first #robots constructed almost completely of #water. www.techeblog.com/shape-shifti...
Scientists Develop Shape-Shifting Liquid Robots That Resemble Gummy Bears and Behave Like a Living Cell
Photo credit: Jeon et al., Sci. Adv. 11, eadt5888 (2025) A lab in Seoul had a major breakthrough with a project that produced a robot that resembles a gummy bear and behaves like a living cell. Just t...
www.techeblog.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
As moving machines like #drones & #SelfDrivingCars become more integrated into our daily lives, there is a need to understand #motion through space & time, and how the nuances of that motion affects how we feel about products. Translation: They need #DanceArtists. dancemagazine.com/dance-roboti...
Dance Artists Are Playing a Significant Role in the Development of Robotic Technologies
Robotics needs dance artists—experts who intimately understand motion through space and time, and how that motion can affect the way we feel.
dancemagazine.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Ask #ChatGPT whether #AI will replace humans in the #CustomerService industry, and it will offer a diplomatic answer, the summary of which is "they will work side by side". Humans though, are not so optimistic. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Will AI mean the end of call centres?
Some commentators predict artificial intelligence is about to replace most customer support jobs.
www.bbc.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
#AI #ethics #literacy significantly enhance #students’ self-rated #learning competence using AI. The study’s insights also offers evidence-based guidance for enhancing AI-supported learning. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A framework for AI ethics literacy: development, validation, and its role in fostering students’ self-rated learning competence - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - A framework for AI ethics literacy: development, validation, and its role in fostering students’ self-rated learning competence
www.nature.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Forget teaching #robots to #think like humans. A field called #swarm #robotics is taking inspiration from ants, bees and even slime molds—simple creatures that achieve remarkable feats through #collective #intelligence. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/robo...
Here Come the Robot Swarms!
A field called swarm robotics is taking inspiration from ants, bees and even slime molds.
www.wsj.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:26 AM
#Meta completed a $30 billion #bond deal as it eyes aggressive up-front investments in #AI capacity. It's the fifth largest high-grade bond deal on record, coming amid an industrywide land grab for prime position in AI. pitchbook.com/news/article...
Meta completes massive, $30B bond deal amid industry-wide AI land grab scramble - PitchBook
Meta’s deal is tied for the fifth largest high-grade bond deal on record.
pitchbook.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
#OpenAI signed a $38 billion deal with Amazon Web Services, and will immediately start accessing Nvidia’s graphics processing units. The partnership gives OpenAI the flexibility to scale infrastructure through 2026 and beyond. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/03/o...
OpenAI signs $38 billion compute deal with Amazon, partnering with cloud leader for first time
OpenAI will immediately begin tapping Nvidia's AI processors using infrastructure from Amazon Web Services.
www.cnbc.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:21 PM
How #students #view their #teachers & their #own #ability to contemplate thinking (known as #metacognition) are tremendously important for #learning. These factors need to be considered when we think about learning with #chatbots. theconversation.com/rate-my-ai-t...
Rate my AI teacher? Students’ perceptions of chatbots will influence how they learn with AI
What people think of their teachers is tremendously important for learning, and should inform how we analyze the potential use of AI chatbots in education.
theconversation.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:29 PM