California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office

Champlain College and Anthropic, a leader in artificial intelligence (AI) safety and research, today announced a strategic collaboration to leverage Claude, Anthropic's state-of-the-art assistant, to advance AI in higher education and workforce development.

Topics ranged from integrating AI into course assignments, using AI ethically and responsibly and using the technology to enhance cultural competency.

ANALYSIS: WHAT THE AI REPORT REALLY MEANS — It's finally here. An expert panel report commissioned by Gov. Gavin Newsom last year has landed. California's AI world will be going line by line, searching for signs of how it could impact the direction of the fast-evolving technology and the regulations trying to keep up with it.

Since Open AI's release of ChatGPT in 2022, artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots and models have found their way into the California college systems.

Meanwhile, in the federal courthouse in San Francisco, artists are suing companies Stability AI, DeviantArt, Midjourney and Runway AI. Their legal complaint describes the firms' AI-powered image generators as "copyright-laundering devices, promising customers the benefits of art without the costs of artists."

CWI is positioning itself at the forefront of AI education with the opening of the new center and implementation of programs designed to make AI tools accessible.

As fraudsters exploit open-access policies and online learning, colleges are turning to artificial intelligence to reclaim student seats and safeguard financial aid.

Julie Flapan argues that a computer science education offers a new mode of teaching in a way students understand: with their technological devices.