Amazon and HUMAIN are investing over $5 billion to establish an 'AI Zone' in Saudi Arabia, featuring dedicated AWS AI infrastructure, services like SageMaker and Bedrock, generative AI capabilities like Amazon Q, and initiatives to develop AI solutions, a unified AI marketplace, Arabic language models, and AI talent.
Anthropic, a pioneering AI company, has teamed up with Menlo Ventures to launch the $100 million Anthology Fund, aimed at fueling startups leveraging Anthropic's cutting-edge AI technology across diverse sectors like healthcare, education, and consumer solutions, while fostering innovation and societal benefits.
Google is introducing Gemini AI for kids with parental controls, allowing children under 13 to access the AI assistant on Android devices, while notifying parents and enabling them to monitor and disable access through Family Link, acknowledging potential risks and advising open communication.
Duolingo, the popular language learning platform, is embracing AI to automate tasks and enhance its offerings, aiming to create more content and features to better achieve its mission while shifting away from reliance on contract workers for automatable tasks.
Pocket Flow, a 100-line LLM framework, empowers users to create AI agents that analyze GitHub repositories and generate beginner-friendly tutorials explaining how the code works, fostering an accessible learning environment for coding novices.
Rediscover the nostalgic charm of retro computing with this repository containing over 80 classic BASIC games, simulations, and puzzles from the iconic 1975 book '101 BASIC Computer Games,' showcasing the diversity of early BASIC dialects and programming styles.
The White House's new executive order aims to integrate AI into classrooms by promoting AI literacy, funding AI-based education initiatives, and offering AI-related training and opportunities for students and teachers, sparking both enthusiasm for its potential and concerns over potential risks.
The US government unveils initiatives to bolster AI education and literacy nationwide, including an AI Education Task Force, a Presidential AI Challenge for students and educators, enhanced teacher training, AI apprenticeships, and high school AI courses and certifications.
President Trump signs executive order creating White House Task Force on AI Education to plan Presidential AI Challenge and public-private partnerships for K-12 AI education and workforce training.
Kenya's teacher shortage has prompted some educators to turn to AI assistants like ChatGPT to manage workloads, but limited internet connectivity and concerns over standardization and trust in the technology pose challenges to widespread adoption, sparking debate over investing in AI tools versus hiring more teachers.