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EurekAlert!

ACM's debut Conference on AI and Agentic Systems (CAIS), taking place May 26–29 in San Jose, California, will address one of the field’s most critical challenges: how to engineer AI systems that work in the real world. Rather than focusing solely on individual model capabilities, the conference centers on how AI components are composed, orchestrated, and evaluated as part of end-to-end systems.

From "ACM Launches CAIS 2026 Conference on AI and Agentic Systems"
EurekAlert! (02/12/2026)
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San Francisco Chronicle

Undergraduate enrollment in computer science across the University of California (UC) system fell last year for the first time since the early 2000s dot-com bust. The 12,652 students majoring in computer science this year, while nearly double the number a decade ago, is down 6% from 2025, and 2025 enrollment was down 3% from 2024. Only UC San Diego saw the number of computer science majors rise, likely due to its launch of an AI major.

From "UC Computer Science Major Sees Declines for First Time in Decades"
San Francisco Chronicle (02/10/26) Danielle Echeverria
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Associated Press

The National Center of Artificial Intelligence of Chile (CENIA), with support from more than 30 institutions in eight Latin American countries, this week rolled out Latam-GPT, the first open-source AI language model trained on Latin America's diverse cultures. Latam-GPT was trained on more than 8 terabytes of data, including private data sources obtained through strategic partnerships and synthetic data to include underrepresented areas. Latam-GPT initially will operate in Spanish and Portuguese, with plans to add Indigenous languages in the future.

From "Chile Launches Open-Source AI Model Designed for Latin America"
Associated Press (02/10/26) Clara Preve
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Reuters

The European Commission unveiled several measures to combat cyberbullying, including plans to update the Digital Services Act to enhance the measures online platforms must take to protect children from exposure to illegal and harmful content and facilitate its reporting. The Commission said the Audiovisual Media Services Directive applicable to television, broadcasters, and video-sharing platforms will be updated to address cyberbullying as well.

From "EU Says Big Tech Has to Do More to Combat Cyberbullying"
Reuters (02/10/26) Foo Yun Chee
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The Washington Post

Meta, TikTok, and Snap are the first three social networks to agree to submit to voluntary independent assessments by the Mental Health Coalition to rate their efforts to protect teenage users' mental health. The Coalition’s standards target exposure to suicide- and self-harm-related content, the length of time users spend scrolling, and whether the platforms offer voluntary or mandatory "take-a-break" features, among other things.

From "Biggest Social Networks Agree to Be Rated on Teen Safety"
The Washington Post (02/10/26) Ian Duncan
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Financial Times

Australian abattoirs are using AI to count sheep, resolving decades-long disputes over miscounts that strained relations between farmers, truckers, and slaughterhouses. Cameras and AI software track animals as they enter holding pens, ensuring accurate payment, detecting sick or lame sheep, and improving product labeling and animal welfare. With rising lamb prices and labor shortages, the technology reduces human error and ensures farmers are paid correctly.

From "Australia Counts Sheep with AI So Farmers Can Sleep Easily"
Financial Times (02/12/26) Nic Fildes
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