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2 weeks ago | edscoop.com | Colin Wood

Taking a page from federal, state and local government agencies that have banned the Chinese AI app DeepSeek, the University of North Dakota system last month instituted its own ban of the software. Federal agencies and state governments have instated bans on DeepSeek as part of their routine prohibitions against technology that could contain backdoors or collect personal information for rival governments.

3 weeks ago | edscoop.com | Colin Wood

The University of Tennessee Research Foundation has invested $150,000 in VisualizAI, a startup aimed at helping health care providers recover revenue lost to denied or underpaid insurance claims. The firm’s founder, a computer science professor named Jian Huang, told Knox News that it will give students at UT an opportunity to get experience working on artificial intelligence software.

1 month ago | edscoop.com | Colin Wood

A bad actor took over New York University’s website over the weekend, exposing the personal information of more than 3 million people who applied to the institution, dating back to 1989. The attack, which took place over the course of two hours last Saturday, was followed by the website being restored around noon, Washington Square News reported.

1 month ago | edscoop.com | Colin Wood

Artificial intelligence is exerting a growing influence in higher education, including in the admissions process, according to research published Tuesday by the admissions assessment and analytics company Acuity Insights. A new report follows a survey of 160 admissions leaders from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. Just over half of the leaders reported a belief that AI will transform the process of evaluating university applicants.

1 month ago | edscoop.com | Colin Wood

Busy educators at several large institutions have in recent months begun using “digital twins,” powered by generative artificial intelligence platforms, to field questions from their students. One company involved in the deployments told EdScoop the professors are seeing leaps in engagement with the technology, with 75% of their students asking questions about coursework and assignments, compared to a 14% engagement rate found with traditional chatbots.