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While record high rates of teachers are getting certified in Michigan, it’s not enough to fill the gap of those leaving the profession, according to a new study Superintendent opens his home and heart ...

Michigan fiscal agencies predict $1.1 billion dip in state revenue for 2027 Michigan is set to bring in significantly less revenue in 2027, according to an assessment from all three state fiscal ...

In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we discuss the economics and environmental impacts of energy-hungry data centers and whether these facilities are sustainable in the age of AI. Tech giants have been ...

In a lawsuit filed on Wednesday, Reddit accused an AI search engine, Perplexity, of conspiring with several companies to illegally scrape Reddit content from Google search results, allegedly dodging ...

Reddit Inc. sued Perplexity AI Inc. and three other companies over alleged data scraping from the discussion site without permission, a sign of the growing demand and value of original data in the ...

The Internet has Google. Now biology has MetaGraph. Detailed today in Nature, the search engine can quickly sift through the staggering volumes of biological data housed in public repositories. “It’s ...

On Wednesday, Wikimedia Deutschland announced a new database that will make Wikipedia’s wealth of knowledge more accessible to AI models. Called the Wikidata Embedding Project, the system applies a ...

AI platforms overwhelmingly cite YouTube, while rivals like TikTok, Vimeo and Twitch barely register in search results, new data shows. YouTube is cited 200x more than any other video platform in AI ...

AI search is growing fast, but that hasn't translated into traffic or sales. Organic search remains critical for conversions and traffic. AI-powered search platforms are growing fast, but still ...

The Labor Department has announced an inquiry into the Bureau of Labor Statistics over recent changes to its data practices. In a letter published Wednesday, the office of the inspector general for ...

Google will stop reporting six deprecated structured data types in Search Console and remove them from the Rich Results Test and appearance filters. Search Console and Rich Results Test stop reporting ...