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🇪🇺 EU in AI agreement with Japan!
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💻 UK to hold AI hackathon
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🇪🇺 EU IN AI AGREEMENT WITH JAPAN!

The EU is in ongoing AI talks with Japan and they seem to have reached an agreement on some things.

The EU sees "convergence" with Japan on thinking about generative AI, a senior official said.

"I see a lot of convergence in how we look at AI and generative AI," European Commission Vice-President for Values and Transparency Vera Jourova said.

The EU has been flying the Japanese flag when it comes to AI.

The EU is at the forefront of regulating the emerging technology with its hardline AI Act, while Japan is looking at more flexible guidelines than the bloc to boost economic growth.

It remains to be seen which approach is preferred, although companies have already come out against the EU’s hard-hitting regulations, which could be detrimental to AI development in the bloc.

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Robot-Proof: Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

"Robot-Proof" by Joseph E. Aoun explores the changing landscape of higher education in the age of AI. It advocates for education that fosters skills and qualities resilient to automation, making individuals "robot-proof" in the job market.

💻 UK TO HOLD AI HACKATHON

The UK government has announced an AI hackathon, that teachers and schoolchildren up and down the country will participate in.

The Department for Education, in collaboration with Faculty AI, the National Institute of Teaching, and the AI in Schools Initiative, is set to host an AI hackathon in London on 30th and 31st of October which will bring together teachers and leaders from schools and trusts across England.

Participants will be asked to experiment with AI to test its potential in several scenarios, for example, whether it could write a lesson plan or accurately mark exam papers.

Pupils will also be invited to share their experiences and knowledge. The best of the solutions will be shared with the department’s workload reduction taskforce and a demo of the tools created will be made available for schools across the country to test. They’re getting pretty serious about AI, then!

This comes just days before the big AI summit, as the UK ramps up efforts to come across as a world leader on AI tech.