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AI Budgets in Education Show No Sign of Decline -
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (249+ words) The vast majority of education organizations (98%) expect their AI infrastructure budgets to either increase or hold steady over the next year, according to a recent report from cloud storage provider Wasabi. Nealy half " 46% " reported planning to increase their AI spending....
AI, Identity, and Speed: Cybersecurity Priorities for Higher Ed -
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (236+ words) 00: 00 Meet Jason Palm 01: 02 AI Adoption in Education 01: 47 Attackers Using AI 03: 13 Identity as the Battleground 04: 32 Defending with AI Platforms 05: 14 AI for Analyst Efficiency 07: 13 Checklist Know Your Exposure 08: 34 Harden Identity and Patch Fast 10: 34 Modernize Detection and Response 11: 59 Prepare for Impact Events With…...
Google Moves AI Agents into the Mainstream -
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (689+ words) At its recent I/O developer conference, Google presented artificial intelligence agents not as a distant research project, but as a product strategy spanning Search, personal assistants, productivity software, developer tools, and smart glasses. The announcements added to a broader…...
Microsoft Releases Open Source AI Safety Tools for Agent Development -
2+ week, 7+ hour ago (672+ words) The tools, called RAMPART and Clarity, are designed to address different parts of the agent development workflow. RAMPART is a test framework for running adversarial and benign safety scenarios as repeatable tests, while Clarity is meant to help engineering teams…...
IBM Announces New AI-Powered Cybersecurity Tools -
1+ week, 4+ day ago (530+ words) The company said the new offerings are designed to help organizations improve threat detection, automate parts of security operations, and strengthen vulnerability management as cyber attacks become more sophisticated and harder to contain. According to Anthropic, the initiative gives selected…...
Google Unveils Android XR Smart Glasses, Powered by Gemini AI -
1+ week, 5+ day ago (510+ words) More than a decade after the commercial failure of Google Glass, Google is returning to the smart-glasses market, this time betting that advances in artificial intelligence, miniaturized hardware, and conversational computing can turn wearable devices into a mainstream platform. The…...
Gartner Estimates Worldwide IT Spending at $6. 31 T for 2026 -
1+ week, 6+ day ago (378+ words) Gartner recently forecast that worldwide IT spending will total $6. 31 trillion in 2026, a 13. 5% increase from 2025. Sectors experiencing the largest growth include data center systems, software, and IT services. "Robust demand combined with supply constraints has resulted in record price increases for…...
Report: Global AI Use Rises as Adoption Gap Continues to Widen -
2+ week, 1+ day ago (658+ words) AI usage has reached 17. 8% among the world's working-age population, while adoption remains far higher in developed economies than in the Global South, according to Microsoft's latest Global AI Diffusion Report. The quarterly report, published by Microsoft's AI Economy Institute, found…...
A Small Team With a Big Mission: How Southeastern University Built Email Security That Works -
2+ week, 1+ day ago (213+ words) Protecting a university means protecting everyone on campus: students chasing job opportunities, faculty managing research, staff handling sensitive transactions. Each group interacts with email differently, and each carries its own risk. In this fireside chat, Abnormal AI sits down with…...
Microsoft Intros New Agentic AI Security Multi-Model Defense System -
2+ week, 1+ day ago (388+ words) A new multi-model agentic AI security system built by Microsoft's Autonomous Code Security team helped researchers find 16 new vulnerabilities across the Windows networking and authentication stack, the company anounced in a recent security blog post. The Redmond-based company is hedging…...