That Hot ‘Prompt Engineer’ Job From Last Year? It’s Already Obsolete.

Do you remember 2024? I know it was just a year ago, but in AI time, that basically feels like a different century. It was a wild time…

Medium

Developers increasingly doubt their coding edge vs AI, risking skill gaps and project delays. SMBs should integrate AI tools, upskill staff, and adapt workflows. #AIIntegration #Upskilling #SMB

https://www.techradar.com/pro/are-you-better-at-coding-than-ai-developers-dont-think-so

Are you better at coding than an AI? Developers don’t think so - and that could be a big problem

Over half of developers think LLMs can code better than humans

TechRadar

Use Claude AI’s guided reasoning to build in-house training, cut external course costs, and accelerate team learning. #Upskilling #AI #SMB

https://venturebeat.com/ai/anthropic-takes-on-openai-and-google-with-new-claude-ai-features-designed-for-students-and-developers/

Anthropic takes on OpenAI and Google with new Claude AI features designed for students and developers

Anthropic launches learning modes for Claude AI that guide users through step-by-step reasoning instead of providing direct answers, intensifying competition with OpenAI and Google in the booming AI education market.

VentureBeat

SMBs can centralize training with AI-powered portals and chatbots for personalized course recommendations, accelerating targeted staff upskilling—boosting productivity and retention. #AI #Upskilling

https://news.mit.edu/2025/mit-learn-offers-whole-new-front-door-institute-0721

MIT Learn offers “a whole new front door to the Institute”

The AI-enabled MIT Learn is a hub for the Institute’s lifelong learning opportunities, offering over 12,700 educational resources — including introductory and advanced courses, courseware, videos, podcasts, and more — from departments across MIT.

MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Leverage project-based peer communities and AI-driven behavior tracking to enhance employee training engagement and skill retention. #WorkforceDev #AI #Upskilling

https://news.mit.edu/2025/caitlin-morris-combines-tech-education-human-connection-improve-online-learning-0617

Combining technology, education, and human connection to improve online learning

MIT MAD Fellow Caitlin Morris draws on her background in design, psychology, and community learning to study how social dynamics shape curiosity and motivation in digital and AI-assisted education. Her work bridges design, education, and technology.

MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Before leaning on GenAI, SMB teams need foundational training, best-practice workflows, and governance to avoid errors, maximize ROI and scale adoption. #GenAI #Upskilling #SMBROI

https://www.techradar.com/pro/the-genai-crutch-why-teams-must-learn-before-they-lean

The GenAI 'crutch': why teams must learn before they lean

The risks to skill development from AI over-reliance

TechRadar

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Community Skill-share and Swap Meet with 50501-Houston

Join 50501-Houston in community, learning and sharing skills including needlework, cooking, crafting, CPR, basic car maintenance, and other valuable skills. Feel free to bring clothing and goods you don't need in exchange for goods that you do as part of our swap meet. We will also be accepting canned and dry food donations for Houston's Food Not Bombs chapter. Whether you want to get to know our volunteer organizers, learn about our community activism work, volunteer your help, exchange...

Women's March

📊 68% of orgs lack AI & ML skills.
⏱ Upskilling is 38% faster than hiring.
💡 Experience, portfolio & certs > degrees.

Learn more 👉 https://www.linuxfoundation.org/research/open-source-jobs-report-2025?hsLang=en
#OpenSource #Upskilling #TechTalent2025

AI boosts efficiency but risks displacing staff. SMBs must upskill, redefine roles, and embed continuous learning to align AI with sustainable growth. #AI #Upskilling #SMB #Workforce

https://venturebeat.com/ai/ais-promise-of-opportunity-masks-a-reality-of-managed-displacement/

AI’s promise of opportunity masks a reality of managed displacement

The challenge is not just to build better AI tools, but to ask harder questions about where they are taking us.

VentureBeat

Meta's $250M AI deals reveal a talent war SMBs can't match. SMBs should upskill existing teams & leverage cloud AI partnerships #SMB #Upskilling #AI

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/08/at-250-million-top-ai-salaries-dwarf-those-of-the-manhattan-project-and-the-space-race/

At $250 million, top AI salaries dwarf those of the Manhattan Project and the Space Race

A 24 year-old AI researcher will earn 327x what Oppenheimer made while developing the atomic bomb.

Ars Technica