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David Leonhardt: ‘By the Time Trump Comes for Your University, It’s Probably Too Late’
by David Leonhardt and Patrick Healy

published on March 27, 2025

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“American higher education is the strongest higher education sector in the world and it’s not particularly close. You can look at rankings of the world’s top universities — many of which are produced by people outside the United States — and U.S. universities dominate them.”

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Microsoft Says It Has Created a New State of Matter to Power Quantum Computers
by Cade Metz

published on February 19, 2025

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“Microsoft’s quantum technology could leapfrog the methods under development at Google. As part of its research, the company built multiple topological qubits inside a new kind of computer chip that combines the strengths of the semiconductors that power classical computers with the superconductors that are typically used to build a quantum computer.”

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The Professors Are Using ChatGPT, and Some Students Aren’t Happy About It
by Kashmir Hill

published on February 3, 2025

“When ChatGPT was released at the end of 2022, it caused a panic at all levels of education because it made cheating incredibly easy. Students who were asked to write a history paper or literary analysis could have the tool do it in mere seconds. Some schools banned it while others deployed A.I. detection services, despite concerns about their accuracy.”

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