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Enterprise AI Agents: Beyond Productivity

This evolution matters because enterprises face increasingly complex challenges: Handling customer inquiries requires understanding intent and emotion—as well as meeting consumer expectations of continuous support. Supply chain decisions demand real-time analysis of variables too complex for a single human to understand. Strategic planning involves synthesizing information from a vast number of disparate sources. Increasingly, enterprises use AI in HR, procurement, sales, …

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AI agents are invading your PC

For a long, long time, Windows looked like Windows. The version numbers and features changed, but the basic structure of the computer didn’t. With Windows 8, Microsoft tried to completely change things… and we know how that went over. So Windows, by and large, went back to being Windows. And people were mostly grateful for that. Now, though, the whole …

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Are There Empathic Solutions to Artificial Intelligence Problems?

In several interviews (like this one with Anderson Cooper), Geoffrey Hinton, the Nobel Prize-winning “godfather of AI,” has defended the view that we must give maternal feelings to artificial intelligence (AI), to keep it safe. Can we really develop a maternal AI? In a recent post, Paul Thagard has pointed out that this proposal is implausible because AI lacks the …

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When was the first kiss? Over 17 million years ago, a study suggests. – The Washington Post

When was the first kiss? Over 17 million years ago, a study suggests.  The Washington Post A new analysis suggests kissing on the lips may have evolved 21 million years ago  cnn.com First kiss dates back 21 million years, say scientists  BBC Neanderthals and early humans ‘likely to have kissed’, say scientists  The Guardian Ape ancestors and Neanderthals likely kissed, new analysis finds  Phys.org

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Unified Governance for Enterprise AI Agents

Key Takeaways: IDC predicts 1.3 billion AI agents in use by 2028, transforming enterprise workflows. Microsoft Agent 365 offers a unified platform for deploying, governing, and securing AI agents. Built-in tools like Defender, Entra, and Purview provide defense-in-depth. At its Ignite 2025 conference for IT Pros, Microsoft put the spotlight on how AI agents are rapidly reshaping the way businesses …

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Student cheating dominates talk of generative AI in higher ed, but universities and tech companies face ethical issues too

Debates about generative artificial intelligence on college campuses have largely centered on student cheating. But focusing on cheating overlooks a larger set of ethical concerns that higher education institutions face, from the use of copyrighted material in large language models to student privacy. As a sociologist who teaches about AI and studies the impact of this technology on work, I …

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University of Phoenix College of Doctoral Studies Researchers Present on Harnessing Generative AI Tools for Student Engagement at 2025 AECT International Convention

University of Phoenix College of Doctoral Studies Researchers Present on Harnessing Generative AI Tools for Student Engagement at 2025 AECT International Convention Dr. Jessica Sylvester and Dr. Melinda Kulick share findings on when and how students use generative AI tools, and how faculty and leaders can support ethical, effective learning Researchers from the University of Phoenix College of Doctoral Studies …

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Counting Renaissance butts in Rome with the Meta Ray-Ban Display

This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest phones, smartwatches, apps, and other gizmos that swear they’re going to change your life. Optimizer arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes at 10AM ET. Opt in for Optimizer here. It’s a truth universally acknowledged that an art history buff in …

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عاجل: أسعار الذهب تتحول للهبوط بعد تصريحات مفاجئة بشأن بيانات التوظيف الأمريكية – Investing.com

عاجل: أسعار الذهب تتحول للهبوط بعد تصريحات مفاجئة بشأن بيانات التوظيف الأمريكية  Investing.com الذهب يتجاوز 4200 دولار وسط مخاوف الديون الأمريكية وخفض “الفائدة”  جريدة الرياض الذهب يتراجع من أعلى مستوياته في 3 أسابيع ترقباً للبيانات الأميركية  الشرق الأوسط مكاسب كبيرة لسعر الذهب في مصر  العربية ارتفاع سعر الذهب الفوري إلى أعلى مستوى في 3 أسابيع  ارقام

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