by Adre's IT | 19 July, 2023 | Adre's IT Blog, Asana, brooklyn, Education, Enterprise, harvard, luis von ahn, Scott Galloway
Language learning platform Preply made a name for itself for connecting students with a selection of some 35,000 tutors and group classes across some 50 languages. Now it’s looking to the future — an AI future. The company today announced that it has...
by Adre's IT | 27 June, 2023 | Adre's IT Blog, Asana, Education, elon musk buys twitter, Loora, luis von ahn, pollution
The jury is still out on whether AI adoption really will spell the end of humanity as we know it, but in the meantime, we’re continue to see a boom of AI startups and AI dealmaking. In the latest development, a generative AI-based language learning startup...
by Adre's IT | 17 March, 2023 | Adre's IT Blog, Education, harvard, Startups, the realreal, USV
Course Hero, a tutoring business last valued by investors at $3.6 billion, has cut 15% of staff, or 42 people — its first round of layoffs in 17 years, TechCrunch has learned from numerous sources. A spokesperson confirmed the layoffs, saying that “the layoffs...
by Adre's IT | 8 March, 2023 | Adre's IT Blog, albertsons, DNA testing, Education, mortgage, text blaze
When people think of the funding crisis in further education, thoughts normally turn to the rising price of a typical four-year college degree. But that’s not the only financial gap that exists: Those who want to pursue hands-on careers in trades like medical...
by Adre's IT | 6 January, 2023 | Adre's IT Blog, ChatGPT, Education, elon musk buys twitter, Homebrew, teaching, The Nielsen Company
New York City public schools have restricted access to ChatGPT, the AI system that can generate text on a range of subjects and in various styles, on school networks and devices. As widely reported this morning and confirmed to TechCrunch by a New York City Department...
by Adre's IT | 10 December, 2022 | Adre's IT Blog, Dating Group, Education, NetzDG, real estate agents
In January, Missouri Representative Emanuel Cleaver will introduce the Endowment Transparency Act into Congress, a move that could, frankly, change everything. Cleaver’s proposed legislation seeks to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require universities and...
