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  • Canvas LMS Adds to Its Platform an Agentic Solution, ‘IgniteAI’

    Canvas LMS Adds to Its Platform an Agentic Solution, ‘IgniteAI’

    IBL News | New York

    Instructure, the maker of Canvas LMS, announced last month the launch of its native AI solution called IgniteAI.

    Powered by AWS Bedrock, IgniteAI is embedded within Canvas and Mastery to conduct tasks such as creating quizzes, generating rubrics, summarizing discussions, and aligning content to outcomes.

    It also leverages the Model Context Protocol (MCP) standard and extends the LTI framework. This way, Canvas LMS’ ecosystem of 1,100 edtech partners and LLMs like Anthropic and OpenAI can integrate their agentic AI solutions.

    IgniteAI emphasizes data protection compliance with COPPA, FERPA, and GDPR. In terms of accessibility, Canvas LMS and other products are achieving WCAG 2.2 AA compliance as part of a recent Voluntary Product Accessibility Test (VPAT).

    In addition, Instructure announced several updates to its product suite Canvas, featuring redesigned dashboards and modules, an improved mobile app, specialized STEM items, enhanced proctoring capabilities in New Quizzes, and new student portfolios that showcase diverse learning progress.

     

  • SandboxAQ to ‘attack brain cancer’ with AI and quantum

    SandboxAQ to ‘attack brain cancer’ with AI and quantum


    SandboxAQ to ‘attack brain cancer’ with AI and quantum.

    Source: Youtube

  • What to know about Delta’s use of AI to adjust ticket prices in real time

    What to know about Delta’s use of AI to adjust ticket prices in real time


    The next time you purchase an airline ticket online, there’s a chance the price was influenced by artificial intelligence.

    Source: Youtube

  • Study at NCCU finds AI boosts workplace efficiency, simplifies tasks

    Study at NCCU finds AI boosts workplace efficiency, simplifies tasks


    “This pilot is a clear signal: AI can help public servants do their jobs faster, smarter, and with greater impact for the people they serve.”

    Source: Youtube

  • Guess AI-generated models featured in Vogue

    Guess AI-generated models featured in Vogue


    Guess AI-generated models featured in Vogue.

    Source: Youtube

  • The jokes AI won’t tell

    The jokes AI won’t tell


    Could a robot ever be funny? In a sharp standup act, comedian Jena Friedman lambasts the mad dash to develop AI and offers a surprising take on why it will never replace comedians.

    Source: Youtube

  • The wild west of AI: A legal tech reckoning

    The wild west of AI: A legal tech reckoning


    The wild west of AI: A legal tech reckoning.

    Source: Youtube

  • Satya Nadella Explains the 9,000-Employee Layoff While Microsoft Thrives

    Satya Nadella Explains the 9,000-Employee Layoff While Microsoft Thrives

    IBL News | New York

    Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s CEO, rationalized the 9,000-employee layoff through a 1,150-word memo that highlighted how the company is thriving in terms of market performance, strategic positioning, and growth, while the AI-based disruption is taking place in the software industry.

    Progress isn’t linear. It’s dynamic, sometimes dissonant, and always demanding. But it’s also a new opportunity for us to shape, lead through, and have greater impact than ever before.

    In a double corporate language, Nadella tries to reconcile two contradictory realities: How can a company be “more successful than ever” while still eliminating jobs?

    “This narrative framework captures the harsh reality that AI, in theory, will make companies more profitable while employing fewer people,” wrote San Francisco-based writer, photographer, and investor Om.

    Microsoft’s CEO [in the picture above] implies that the laid-off employees are not due to financial struggles, but rather because those workers didn’t align with the company’s AI-focused strategy, suggesting that some employees’ skills have become outdated.

    Rather than invest in retraining, the company opted to hire fewer workers with more relevant expertise.

    “The Microsoft memo portends the new reality of the technology industry. For years, the sector has been generous to its employees, offering unheard-of perks and placing a premium on skills such as software development. AI, however, inverts that relationship,” said Om.

  • CEO Tim Cook: Apple “significantly increasing” AI spend

    CEO Tim Cook: Apple “significantly increasing” AI spend


    CEO Tim Cook: Apple “significantly increasing” AI spend.

    Source: Youtube

  • AI companion helps seniors at Bronx facility combat loneliness

    AI companion helps seniors at Bronx facility combat loneliness


    A new program at a senior residence in the Bronx aims to address loneliness by offering a different type of companionship and empathy in the form of artificial intelligence.

    Source: Youtube