American Council on Education will lead global effort to pool data on tens of millions of students to improve learner success and collaborate on AI tools. In an era of generative artificial intelligence (AI), data is king. The large language models on which AI tools are built depend on enormous volumes of data, training and managing AI tools requires powerful (and often expensive) computing power, and major tech providers are far ahead of everyone else in driving AI forward. That creates potential threats for everyone else.
The board of governors for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, also called PASSHE, reaffirmed its request for a state appropriation of $623.7 million, an increase of $38.1 million,