Ai2's new Olmo 3.1 extends reinforcement learning training for stronger reasoning benchmarks

Ai2 updates its Olmo 3 family of models to Olmo 3.1 following additional extended RL training to boost performance.

‘We are all kids in the age of AI’: Trevor Noah teaches 5th graders — and learns a few things himself

Trevor Noah joined a 5th grade computer science class in Bellevue for Code.org’s Hour of AI, a Microsoft-supported initiative ...
Analytics Insight

Most In-Demand Programming Languages to Learn in 2026

Python, JavaScript, SQL, and Kotlin remain essential as demand for AI, data, and web development grows. TypeScript, Rust, and Go continue rising as modern, high-performance choices for scalable ...
Frontiers

Learning programming: exploring the relationships of self-efficacy, computational thinking, and learning performance among minority students

1 Department of Applied Engineering Technology, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC, United States 2 Department of Critical Literacy, Technology and Multilingual Education, Rowan ...
techannouncer

Which Programming Language Should I Learn First as a Beginner? A 2025 Guide

So, you want to learn how to code in 2025? That’s awesome! Picking your very first programming language can feel like a puzzle though, right? There are so many options out there, and everyone seems to ...
IEEE

Improving Programming Learning in Engineering Students Through Discovery Learning

Abstract: Programming is basic to all engineering studies and a complicated subject for many first-year students. Many of the problems stem from the difficulty students have in finding the solution ...
Entrepreneur

Nvidia’s CEO Says It No Longer Matters If You Never Learned to Code: ‘There’s a New Programming Language’

Jensen Huang is the CEO of $3.48 trillion AI chipmaker Nvidia. At London Tech Week on Monday, Huang said that AI enables anyone to write code, simply by prompting a chatbot to do it for them. The ...
Wall Street Journal

AI Is Learning to Escape Human Control

An artificial-intelligence model did something last month that no machine was ever supposed to do: It rewrote its own code to avoid being shut down. Nonprofit AI lab Palisade Research gave OpenAI’s o3 ...
World Bank

Foundational Learning

Foundational learning, which includes basic literacy, numeracy, and socio-emotional skills, is the foundation for a life of learning. They also foster social and emotional growth, cognitive ...