AI Update: Competitive Organizations, Use in Schools

(from Harvard Business Review) A recent survey of companies found that the top quarters of those most invested in AI see performance levels 3.8x that of the bottom half of companies, up from 2.7x in 2021. The payback for related investments has shrunk to 6-12 months. Keys to successful adoption include executive sponsorship, a network of internal and external partners, cross departmental communication and strong data management. 

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(from the New York Times) Miami-Dade County Public Schools, the nation’s third-largest school district, is at the forefront of a fast-moving national experiment to embed generative A.I. technologies into teaching and learning. Over the last year, the district has trained more than 1,000 educators on new A.I. tools and is now introducing Google chatbots for more than 105,000 high schoolers — the largest U.S. school district deployment of its kind to date.

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