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Infrastructure & Data

Compute, cloud migrations, data analytics, and the plumbing AI runs on.

15 editions

October 6, 2026

Headlines: 5

  • OpenAI Discontinuing Custom GPTs and Moving to Plugin Architecture
  • Report: AI Ambitions Are Running Into a Network Infrastructure Trust Problem
  • Our approach to EU text provenance rules
More headlines (2)
  • Inside UNLV's Student-Powered Security Operations Center
  • Falcon-Emirati: When an LLM Learns the Dialect, the Culture, and the Nuance
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September 30, 2026

Headlines: 6

  • DevDay 2026 Recap
  • Introducing GPT-6.1 Sol
  • Higher Ed's AI Integration Overhyped, New Data Shows
More headlines (3)
  • College leaders are using AI. Students call it hypocrisy.
  • Digital accessibility deadline demands a focus on procurement
  • AI needs $6 trillion in annual revenue to justify data centers
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September 29, 2026

Headlines: 5

  • Industry Alliance Targets Common Security Model for AI Agents
  • California Community Colleges wants AI funded to tune of $195M
  • AI Platform Behind 12,000 E-mail Breaches Shut Down
More headlines (2)
  • 5 Questions To Ask To Manage Cloud Spending in Higher Ed
  • Towards safety cases for frontier AI training
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September 19, 2026

Headlines: 7

  • From Human Speed to Machine Speed: How Higher Ed Security Is Using AI to Fight Agentic Attacks
  • How University IT Leaders Can Budget for Volatile AI Pricing Models
  • Researchers Warn: Passkey Phishing Attacks Are Leading to Cloud Account Takeovers
More headlines (4)
  • New Microsoft AI Code of Conduct Emphasizes Human Control
  • Nvidia touts AI data centre software to boost output
  • Researchers sue NIH alleging unconstitutional grant screening process
  • Our framework for reporting model misalignment
Read edition for September 19, 2026

September 13, 2026

Headlines: 5

  • Building trust in the AI era: MUSC creates Acceptable Use Framework
  • Tech companies are selling kids' data. A new California law aims to protect their privacy
  • What Could Brain-Computer Interfaces Mean for Students With Disabilities?
More headlines (2)
  • IBM releases SOTA Granite Time Series PatchTST-FM-r2 model with commercial-friendly license
  • AI Giants Report Advances in Mathematical Research
Read edition for September 13, 2026

September 11, 2026

Headlines: 6

  • Introducing the Agents API
  • Expanding AI access and cyber defense for federal, state, local, and tribal governments
  • Now everyone can put data to work
More headlines (3)
  • Can AI Help Colleges Reach Struggling Students Earlier?
  • Fragmented Data Is Quietly Undermining Student Success and Cybersecurity Hygiene
  • Build more natural voice experiences with GPT‑Live‑1 in the API
Read edition for September 11, 2026

September 9, 2026

Headlines: 6

  • On the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem
  • How GPT-5.6 Sol helps run quantum computing experiments
  • Rubrik, CrowdStrike Expand Integration to Speed Identity Recovery
More headlines (3)
  • Navigating the endowment squeeze with AI and better data
  • Accenture and Google Cloud launch Gemini Enterprise Business Group
  • An Alien Mind
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September 8, 2026

Headlines: 5

  • OpenAI rival Mistral valued at $24 billion as Samsung leads funding
  • Anthropic reportedly signs $517 billion in compute deals after Dario Amodei warned rivals about reckless risk
  • Five Enterprise Vendors Just Shipped the Same Three-Layer Agent Infrastructure Stack – and None of Them Coordinated
More headlines (2)
  • Florida Moves to Regulate Artificial Intelligence From Pre-K Through PhD
  • U-M seeks community feedback on draft AI guiding principles
Read edition for September 8, 2026

September 7, 2026

Headlines: 7

  • An Alien Mind
  • Research acceleration: The view inside OpenAI
  • Introducing Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber
More headlines (4)
  • Sanders, Casar to Introduce Legislation to Ban Artificial Superintelligence and Temporarily Pause Advanced AI Development
  • Formalizing Fermat's Last Theorem
  • Anthropic's Claude Can Now Autonomously Run Science Experiments With Lab Equipment
  • Introducing WeatherNext 3, our most advanced and accurate global weather AI model
Read edition for September 7, 2026

September 6, 2026

Headlines: 6

  • Safety overview: GPT-6 Astra
  • Daybreak for Frontline Defenders: $1B to protect essential services
  • UChicago Social Sciences Took a Stand Against AI and Devices. Why?
More headlines (3)
  • Peñalver to Set University-Wide AI Framework
  • Kentucky Pushes AI Proficiency for All College Students
  • The Outlook for Data Center Power Demand as AI Token Use Grows
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September 5, 2026

Headlines: 6

  • GPT-6 Astra: A new generation of intelligence
  • NVIDIA to Acquire Hugging Face
  • Berkeley’s ghostwriter: AI writing permeates campus, student and city communications
More headlines (3)
  • Strengthening America’s AI Ecosystem with the Launch of the NSF NAIRR Operations Center
  • Gartner: Hypervisor Replatforming Is Reshaping Storage and Virtualization Decisions
  • From Knowing to Being: Reclaiming the University’s Purpose in an AI Age
Read edition for September 5, 2026

September 4, 2026

Headlines: 6

  • Introducing Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1
  • MasterControl Seventeen Every Time
  • Speculative Macro Commit for Faster Tool-Using Agents
More headlines (3)
  • Fine-tuning a 350M Model for Better Structured Outputs in 100 GRPO Steps
  • Healthcare organizations can now connect EHR and additional industry data to ChatGPT
  • AI governance in higher education: Five lessons for university leaders
Read edition for September 4, 2026

September 3, 2026

Headlines: 6

  • Introducing Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber
  • Report: 83% of Organizations Need an Infrastructure Upgrade to Support Production-Grade Agentic AI
  • Global investment in AI infrastructure to hit US$31.6 trillion through 2050
More headlines (3)
  • What Shadow IT Can Teach Higher Ed Tech Leaders About the Faculty Experience
  • Give Your Coding Agents a Memory You Own
  • BenchMIRT: What are LLM benchmarks actually measuring?
Read edition for September 3, 2026

September 1, 2026

Headlines: 6

  • Improving our alignment and security efforts
  • Our decision on Cursor following its acquisition by SpaceX
  • Nutanix Cloud Platform Updates Expand Capabilities for Production Agentic AI
More headlines (3)
  • CSA's Top Cloud Threats: Identity, AI
  • AWS Program Gives College Students Access to AI and Cloud Resources
  • University of Tampa Mandates AI Literacy Class for Sophomores
Read edition for September 1, 2026

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