Dr Garfield Jones, Associate Chief of Strategic Technology at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), discusses the vital importance of post-quantum cryptography as we enter the quantum era.

Canadian researchers are employing AI and camera traps to monitor the rapid decline of insect populations. The project, called Antenna, aims to collect data on insect biodiversity, including undiscovered species, to inform conservation efforts and reverse the alarming extinction rate. The initiative also involves public education through an app that identifies butterfly species.

The U.S. Department of Education has released new resources for schools on artificial intelligence that include recommendations on a range of potentially thorny issues, including the use of AI detection tools that may falsely accuse students of plagiarism and how to build educators’ AI literacy skills.

At a time when an increasing number of school districts are experimenting with AI and seeking guidance on how to use it responsibly, one university system is aiming to prepare leaders capable of pioneering that work.