In a continuing attempt to harness the educational potential of AI and guard against its misuse, states, school leaders and policymakers are determining how this rapidly evolving technology fits into classrooms and district operations. In late 2025, the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce (DEW) released an AI model policy for academic use, following a…
Researchers from Tsinghua University and Peking University have unveiled DrugCLIP, a new AI-based screening program that they say could accelerate drug discovery (Science 2026, DOI: 10.1126/science.ads9530). More than 20,000 human proteins are estimated to have druggable hotspots, making up the so-called “druggable genome.” But researchers have found viable ligands for only a fraction of these…
These three values demonstrate the wide range of opportunities that still exist in AI. Few trends have had as big an impact on the stock market over the past two decades as artificial intelligence (AI). It has the potential to improve productivity in various industries, ultimately leading to increased profits for shareholders. In the short…
Visitors from all over the world enter the exhibition. Samsung Electronics’ 2026 preview revealed a future-focused vision of AI under the theme “Your Companion for AI Living”. Held in Samsung’s dedicated space at Wynn Las Vegas, the exhibition guided visitors on how AI can enhance everyday enjoyment and convenience while promoting health and safety. Samsung…
WAITE PARK — District 742 is adapting to the application and evolution of artificial intelligence by finding ways to use it to augment learning, not hinder it, an administrator told the school board during a Wednesday, Jan. 7, meeting. “I want to emphasize that it’s not necessarily about AI, technology, but rather about learning and…
After his first successes in driving generative AI use case for the rest of the state, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is doubling down and charting an expanded path for more strategic adoption. Marcie Kahbody, who serves as both the California State Transportation Agency’s (CalSTA) Deputy Secretary for Technology and Caltrans’ CIO, shared GenAI’s…
In an expected, but accelerated, manner, AI is no longer treated as a special skill. It transforms into a new basic technology tool like spreadsheets, email or Google. Employers don’t always say this during the application process, but the job market is calling for candidates to learn how to work with AI or compete with…
Teacher Adam Gravenor distributes lesson cards he created with the help of AI technology to accompany the class textbook at Coronado High School in Colorado Springs on November 17, 2025. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post) COLORADO SPRINGS — As Adam Gravenor’s world history class settled into their seats one November day, he handed out…
This year in Las Vegas, the spotlight is firmly on deployable engineering solutions—technologies designed to shorten development cycles, unlock operational data, and industrialize digital services at scale. In this article, we highlight 7 new CES innovations, summarized with a single defining word, an engineering lens on what really matters. In a hurry? Here are the…
Artificial intelligence (AI) has gradually become one of the most used entry points into the healthcare system. According to OpenAI Report January 2026“AI as an ally in healthcare”, more than 40 million people around the world use ChatGPT every day for health-related questions.a scale that places AI alongside primary care, urgent care and telehealth as…