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Claude Opus 4.7 Is Here: Anthropic’s Latest Model Delivers, But It’s a Token Eating Machine

Anthropic's new flagship model Claude Opus 4.7 beat every benchmark we threw at it, and eats tokens like a hungry teenager.
Windows Report

Anthropic's New Claude Opus 4.7 Model Edges Past GPT-5.4 in Agentic Coding Benchmarks

Anthropic rolls out Claude Opus 4.7 with major gains in agentic coding, improved vision, and tighter safeguards, positioning it ahead of GPT-5.4 in complex tasks.
AOL

Workers are using AI to sneak out for spin classes and skip lunch meetings—and new research shows they’re clawing back 30 minutes a day

AI is making workers more productive than ever. In fact, it’s already quietly handing workers back chunks of their day—and instead of taking on more tasks, most are stepping away from their desks ...
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Georgia high school students can no longer use cellphones in class if Gov. Kemp signs bill

ATLANTA — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp will soon decide whether to ban phones in Georgia high schools. The Georgia Senate voted unanimously to ban cellphone use from the first bell to the last one of the ...
The New York Times

In N.Y.C. Classes, Teachers Can Use A.I. to Plan but Not to Assign Grades

The largest school system in the United States released its first guide on how teachers can incorporate artificial intelligence into their work and schools. By Matthew Haag In New York City schools, ...
NPR

A college student's perspective on using AI in class

[Maximilian Milovidov is a freshman at Columbia University and a member of TikTok's Youth Council. He used a large language model to edit this essay for length and a human to edit for content. This ...
Wall Street Journal

High Schools Are Losing the Struggle to Block Pot—Even During Class

BRENTWOOD, Calif.—It was 10:09 and 22 seconds on a Friday morning at Liberty High School when an alert dinged on James Geis’s phone: “High Vape Index.” He dashed out of the administrative building and ...
Stars and Stripes

Army opens new Fort Benning class to help leaders use drones, robots in combat

FORT BENNING, Ga. — An instructor moved a tiny drone upside down then rapidly back and forth by hand as Army Sgt. 1st Class William Benz peered through his goggles to see what the drone could see. “It ...
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Mt. Mercy University continues classes using underground tunnels during cold weather

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Mt. Mercy University held in-person classes Friday despite cold weather, using underground tunnels that connect campus buildings to keep students safe. The tunnel system ...
clickondetroit.com

Michigan Senate approves bills to limit student cell phone use during class

LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Senate approved Senate Bill 495 and House Bill 4141, aiming to limit student cell phone use during instructional time in schools. After months of negotiations, lawmakers ...
clickondetroit.com

Michigan House passes bill to ban cellphone use during class in K-12 schools

A bill aimed at keeping cellphones out of classrooms passed the Michigan House of Representatives on Tuesday, marking a comeback for legislation that failed last year. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Mark ...