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(Reuters) -Adtalem Global Education said on Wednesday it will partner with Alphabet’s Google Cloud to launch an artificial intelligence credential program aimed at students and healthcare professionals to use AI tools in clinical practice.The program, set to debut in 2026, will provide students and practicing clinicians across Adtalem’s network, including Chamberlain University and Walden University, with hands-on experience using Google Cloud’s AI tools, such as Gemini models and Vertex AI services.Adtalem said participants will complete coursework covering AI applications in clinical practice, ethical considerations, patient safety protocols, and hands-on experience with healthcare-specific AI tools commonly used across hospital systems and…

There’s a big question hanging over TikTok’s pending sale: What the heck is going to happen to the algo?Transferring the algorithmic magic of TikTok’s content-recommendation system is a key challenge facing Oracle’s Larry Ellison and a group of investors who the White House said are involved in a bid to buy TikTok’s US business as part of a $14 billion deal.”The algo is what makes TikTok great,” one current TikTok staffer said. “Will a retrain be as good?”The spin-off plan laid out by the Trump administration is simple on its surface. TikTok’s current owner, ByteDance, will hand over the keys…

Two months after she was born, Eliana Nachem got a cough that wouldn’t go away. Three weeks later, she also started having runny stool, prompting a visit to her pediatrician.Eliana didn’t have allergies or a gastrointestinal condition; instead, tests pointed to a problem with her immune system. At 4 months old, Eliana received her diagnosis: severe combined immunodeficiency, or SCID.Babies born with the extremely rare disease do not develop the cells required for a functioning immune system. Every germ becomes a potentially fatal threat and to stay healthy, children with the condition must live in a completely sterile environment. Without…

Federal regulators have granted preliminary approval to Erebor Bank, the crypto- and tech-focused financial outfit cofounded by Palmer Luckey and backed by Peter Thiel and Joe Lonsdale.”I am committed to a dynamic and diverse federal banking system, and our decision today is a first but important step in living up to that commitment,” Jonathan Gould, the Comptroller of the Currency, said on Wednesday.The green light is a necessary step toward opening. Erebor is the first bank to receive such approval since Gould was sworn in in July.Luckey, who also co-founded autonomous weapons manufacturer Anduril Industries, helped start Erebor earlier this…

America’s population of seniors is expected to surge by 40% over the next 25 years — a shift that could spark a crisis of aging, as most people remain unprepared for longer lives, according to new research from the MIT AgeLab and insurance company John Hancock.Americans are lagging in readiness to handle the demands of greater longevity, ranging from managing the cost of a longer retirement to maintaining their health in old age, according to the inaugural Longevity Preparedness Index, or LPI, from the MIT AgeLab, a research institute focusing on improving the quality of life for older people, and…

ATLANTA (AP) — The superintendent of Georgia’s third-largest school district is resigning after being indicted on federal charges alleging he ran a kickback scheme and stole money from a smaller school district in suburban Chicago.The DeKalb County school board on Wednesday accepted the resignation of Devon Horton effective Nov. 15. Board members had been facing calls to fire Horton.School board members also voted Wednesday to hire an auditor to examine spending under Horton.Horton has been making $360,000 a year. He will be paid through Nov. 15, said spokesperson Carla Parker, but will receive no payments after that date.A federal grand…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sidhant Bendre, a 25-year-old cofounder of an AI-driven consumer software portfolio company based in New York. His company, Oleve, prioritizes using AI to stay lean while scaling with minimal staff and has also been recognized by OpenAI for processing an immense volume of text data through its models. His words have been edited for length and clarity.I don’t know what it’s like to build a company without AI involved, and that impacts how my cofounders and I have always hired.We started the first version of our company out of college in…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kent Ha, a 37-year-old job seeker in Portland, Oregon, who previously worked as a digital marketing strategist at Intel. He holds a bachelor’s degree in new media communications from Oregon State University and an MBA from George Fox University with a concentration in leadership and management. He’s looking for product marketing and digital experience roles. Business Insider has verified Ha’s past employment with documentation. It has been edited for length and clarity.On July 9, I learned I’d been laid off by Intel. While I enjoyed my five years at the company,…

While employees spend much of their day communicating and coordinating amongst themselves on projects, this effort is often undermined by the availability of specific individuals. When a colleague with vital information is away — whether on vacation or in a different time zone — the rest of the team must delay progress until that person responds. Ashutosh Garg and Varun Kacholia, the co-founders of Eightfold — an AI recruiting startup last valued at $2.1 billion — believe that advances in LLMs and data privacy technologies can help solve some aspects of this costly problem. Earlier this year, they launched Viven,…

Thanks to a new partnership between the Mississippi Department of Education and Mississippi Public Broadcasting, students across the state will be getting new teachers this year. But those teachers won’t be in classrooms, sitting behind desks. They’ll be on the screen. The REACH MS program, also called the Mississippi Virtual Synchronous Learning Initiative, funded by a $2.2 million appropriation from the Legislature, is a response to the teacher shortage afflicting swaths of Mississippi schools. There are thousands of vacant teaching posts in Mississippi, according to a recent MDE survey. While the virtual-teacher program doesn’t replace recruitment efforts, said associate state…