Students — and their parents — are searching for future-proof college majors for an AI -powered world. Why it matters: AI is changing the skills employers expect from entry-level workers, while colleges are rethinking how to prepare students for the transition. The big picture: Rumors of the death of jobs might be greatly exaggerated , but college students and graduates are still worried about what comes next. - College instructors and administrators need to spend more time thinking about what students are going to do with their degrees and how what they've learned applies to their career, Casey Evans, interim dean at American University's Kogod School of Business, tells Axios. - Parents expect it too. "How are you connected to…
AI:The rapid encroachment of artificial intelligence into the professional world is triggering a crisis of confidence within higher education, forcing students and parents to frantically re-evaluate the value of traditional college majors. With 69% of students expressing dread that AI will obstruct their job searches, many are abandoning established fields like accounting in favor of broader disciplines to avoid being replaced by automated systems. While institutions attempt to pivot toward teaching "AI literacy" and project management for AI agents, the fundamental reality is a massive shift in labor expectations; employers are raising the bar for entry-level workers, demanding sophisticated critical thinking and human oversight that many…Open
Many security leaders at major companies, flush with expanded budgets to fend off AI-powered cyberattacks , are experiencing a level of decision fatigue that's freezing them in their tracks. Why it matters: Those leaders are still trying to size up how autonomous cyberattacks will affect their businesses at a time when they need to be taking bold action and mobilizing quickly, experts told Axios. The big picture: Companies have only a short window before AI models capable of end-to-end autonomous cyberattacks land in the hands of malicious attackers. - But four months after Anthropic released Mythos Preview to prepare for what's to come, many companies are still debating where to put their money and which controls to prioritize. State of…
Claude Mythos Preview discovered new attacks in testing against weakened cryptographic algorithms, which protect online financial transactions, private communications and more.
Anthropic's Mythos Preview can now turn newly disclosed software vulnerabilities into working exploits in hours instead of weeks, according to new Anthropic research shared first with Axios. Why it matters: AI's ability to find new bugs has been getting most of the attention. But Anthropic's findings suggest advanced models may be just as effective at rapidly weaponizing flaws that defenders already know about. - That could dramatically shrink the "patch gap" between a vulnerability's disclosure and widespread patching. Driving the news: Anthropic's frontier red team tested Mythos against vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox and the Microsoft Windows kernel that were disclosed in January and February. - Researchers evaluated bugs…
From chaotic malfunctions in California to high-tech rollouts in China, the rise of artificial intelligence sparked debate on Tuesday’s “The Right Squad” about the future of human interaction.
