2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (498+ words) Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company behind Claude, is establishing its Cambridge base, signing a 24,000 square foot lease in Kendall Square, according to a Tuesday announcement. The long-term lease spans two floors of the One Kendall Square mixed-use office and lab…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (790+ words) Boston Mayor Michelle Wu ’07 signaled Wednesday that the city will not follow New York City and other “peer cities” in pausing or restricting the use of artificial intelligence in Boston Public Schools, defending Boston’s push to teach students how to…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (651+ words) If Harvard College Dean David J. Deming is right, we might all begin writing our essays in “Claudish.” No doubt, society-wide, AI is here to stay. It’s only natural that the classroom must adapt. Still, to encourage unfettered use of AI,…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (779+ words) It borders on axiom that Gen Eds don’t provide a truly general education. But that’s no excuse not to attain a general education on your own. Complaints about the College’s current Program in General Education, it often feels, are second…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (398+ words) In an email to undergraduates on Wednesday, Harvard College Dean David J. Deming shared his priorities for the coming year, including both the cultivation of a “learning community” and clarification of artificial intelligence policies across the school. On these issues, the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (304+ words) In today’s increasingly preprofessional college culture, the value of theory has taken a backseat. Fundamentals learned in the classroom have a harder case than ever to make for themselves. In fields where technical interviews reign and marketable skills are prized,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (867+ words) In April, Harvard’s Advising Programs Office announced it was building an AI chatbot to answer academic advising questions for the class of 2030 onward. The program — announced a month after the College ended a two-year pilot program pairing freshmen with pre-concentration advisors…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (269+ words) “I’m going to steal from this university like they’re prying As out of my cold dead hands” — a student grabbing multiple fruit cups and muffins from Widener steps. “Is that class a gem?” “Gems don’t exist anymore” — unfortunately, we relate…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (618+ words) Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 said Wednesday he was “convinced” that artificial intelligence would usher in rapid advances in knowledge, predicting in a Memorial Church address that advances in research would soon occur faster than at any time in human history....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (720+ words) Harvard faculty in the humanities and social sciences expressed broad concern over an email Harvard College Dean David J. Deming sent students Wednesday suggesting that artificial intelligence be integrated into “writing-intensive” courses. Deming identified “AI use policies” as a priority for…...