IIT council to reconvene after two years: Credit transfer and JEE Advanced reforms on agenda

[ad_1] IIT Council, the apex coordination body of the 23 premier engineering institutes, will meet on Monday after a gap of two years, and discuss crucial issues, including the sharing of credits amongst IITs, and making JEE Advanced less coaching-dependent, according to sources. The agenda of the meeting also includes discussions on accreditation of IITs […]

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Job postings for non-tech roles requiring AI skills are on the rise, new report finds

[ad_1] As rounds of layoffs, especially in the tech sector, continue to weaken employee morale amid mass firings driven by AI, a new report from Lightcast reveals that job postings for non-tech roles requiring AI skills are increasing in value. Lightcast’s new Beyond the Buzz report, based on an analysis of over 1.3 billion job […]

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How ChatGPT and other AI tools are changing the teaching profession

[ad_1] For her 6th grade honors class, math teacher Ana Sepúlveda wanted to make geometry fun. She figured her students “who live and breathe soccer” would be interested to learn how mathematical concepts apply to the sport. She asked ChatGPT for help. Within seconds, the chatbot delivered a five-page lesson plan, even offering a theme: […]

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‘AI won’t make us lazy, it’ll make us smarter’: Google DeepMind CEO on learning and future of coding

[ad_1] Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, firmly believes that AI is going to transform education, coding and even drug discovery. In his recent podcast interview with Rowan Cheung, the founder of The RundownAI, Hassabis spoke about the biggest announcements, the AI as a companion conundrum, and how the next decade of technology will shape […]

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Tech is the key to prepare the workforce for dignified jobs: Ajay Kela, CEO, Wadhwani Foundation

[ad_1] Founded in 2001, Wadhwani Foundation is the brainchild of Romesh Wadhwani, a billionaire entrepreneur, technologist, and philanthropist, known for building successful tech companies in the US. Ajay was formerly the managing director of Symphony Services, a software services company, and has also worked with Autodesk, where he scaled their AutoCAD business. He was also […]

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