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March 11, 2025 — In addition to this week's NewsBreaks article and the monthly NewsLink Spotlight, Information Today, Inc. (ITI) offers Weekly News Digests that feature recent product news and company announcements. Watch for additional coverage to appear in the next print issue of Information Today.
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OpenAI Creates the NextGenAI Consortium With 15 Research Institutions
OpenAI launched the NextGenAI consortium with 15 research institutions around the world. This consortium is “dedicated to using AI to accelerate research breakthroughs and transform education” and “aims to catalyze progress at a rate faster than any one institution would alone. This initiative is built not only to fuel the next generation of discoveries, but also to prepare the next generation to shape AI’s future.”OpenAI is committing $50 million in research grants, compute funding, and API access for academic advancement. The NextGenAI founding partners besides OpenAI are Caltech, the California State University system, Duke University, the University of Georgia, Harvard University, Howard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Michigan, the University of Mississippi, Ohio State University, the University of Oxford, Sciences Po, Texas A&M University, Boston Children’s Hospital, and Boston Public Library. “Each institution is using AI to tackle high-impact challenges, from revolutionizing healthcare to reimagining education,” OpenAI states. For more information, read the news item.
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