K-12 Technology News
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Forty-one percent of tech executives in a recent international survey said they believe advancements in AI will significantly increase security threats. NetApp's second annual Data Complexity Report points to 2025 as "AI's make or break year."
The School Library Systems Association of New York has created a free resource for PreK-12 educators on building student understanding of artificial intelligence.
"By 2027, AI assistants and AI-enhanced workflows incorporated into data integration tools will reduce manual intervention by 60 percent and enable self-service data management," according to Gartner.
In these days of rampant ransomware and other cybersecurity exploits, security is paramount to both proprietary and open source AI approaches — and here the open source movement might be susceptible to some inherent drawbacks, such as use of possibly insecure code from unknown sources.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has unveiled Amazon Nova, a cutting-edge suite of foundation models (FMs) for generative AI.
Cybersecurity researchers at Trustwave have identified a surge in malicious e-mail campaigns leveraging Rockstar 2FA, a phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) toolkit designed to steal Microsoft 365 credentials.
Furniture manufacturer KI has announced the results of its third annual Classroom Furniture Giveaway.
Grants of up to $5,000 are available for educators to implement innovative and effective forms of learning.
Microsoft has introduced a handful of new security tools and updates, which the company said adhere to its Secure Future Initiative, a set of three core tenets emphasizing "secure by design, secure by default and secure operations."
A report from the Cloud Security Alliance highlights the need for AI audits that extend beyond regulatory compliance, and advocates for a risk-based, comprehensive methodology designed to foster trust in rapidly evolving intelligent systems.