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Abby Sourwine

Abby Sourwine is a staff writer for the Center for Digital Education. She has a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Oregon and worked in local news before joining the e.Republic team. She is currently located in San Diego, California.

Researchers at Stanford University are designing Clinical Mind AI to be a customizable chatbot that can function as a virtual patient with which medical students can interact and practice forming diagnoses.
From generating research questions to analyzing data to running simulations, AI could affect every aspect of the scientific process, but experts say accuracy and sustainability should be part of the conversation.
Texas researchers found adult education programs often lack sufficient access to technology, funding to maintain or upgrade what they have, and professional development necessary to use and teach it to students.
Decision intelligence, a kind of artificial intelligence often associated with optimizing business operations, can analyze student data and give insights on when and how student support staff can reach out.
The Cyber Navigator Internship Program, led by the University of Virginia, connects students at several schools with local governments. Established in 2021, it helps election offices strengthen their cybersecurity.
TeacherServer offers hundreds of secure, generative AI education tools, all built by Dr. Zafer Unal, a professor at the University of South Florida. He created the site this summer, in less than three months.
The latest step in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plans to integrate AI into public operations across California is a partnership with NVIDIA intended to tailor college courses and professional development to industry needs.
Texas State University, Houston Community College, Dallas College and Kilgore College will work with government agencies and tech companies to offer students digital skills training, credentials and internships.
A dozen educators and five ed-tech companies earned “champion” status from Amazon Web Services, qualifying for spots on the AWS website and support from its experts and other educational leaders.
In addition to giving money to 50 companies for educational apps, programs or research, the Tools Competition has a new partnership with OpenAI that rewards one team leveraging artificial intelligence.