This Week’s Data Education Boost:
🔍 OpenAI’s SearchGPT, an AI-powered search engine prototype, aims to rival Google.
📝 Lesson of the Week: Advance your data education by learning how to write simple spreadsheet formulas.
🚀 Max Space to launch expandable habitats in 2026, revolutionizing space tourism and manufacturing.
🏆 QuantHub was awarded $150,000 in DARPA’s Tools Competition in recognition of our commitment to advancing data education.
📶 Weekly Tech Tip: Join the Apple Intelligence waitlist.
⭐ What’s New: Leaderboard additions, new lesson plan, and bug fixes to enhance your data education experience.
📒 Book of the Week: “Four Thousand Weeks” by Oliver Burkeman.
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OpenAI Takes On Search
OpenAI, the creators of ChatGPT, have announced SearchGPT, an AI-powered search engine prototype poised to challenge Google. This innovative tool highlights the growing importance of data education in navigating and leveraging AI technologies effectively.
The prototype, initially accessible to 10,000 test users, aims to organize and make sense of internet information in a user-friendly manner, showcasing how data education can empower users to interact with AI-driven solutions confidently.
However, early reports indicate some inaccuracies, or “hallucinations,” in the demo results. This emphasizes the need for robust data education as users learn to critically assess and adapt to new technologies. Interested users can join the waitlist for future access as OpenAI plans to expand its availability and integrate it into ChatGPT.
Lesson of the Week
In this Lesson of the Week, advance your data education by learning how to write simple formulas in spreadsheets, sourced from our skill, “Working with spreadsheets.”
Question of the Week:
You are comparing professional soccer player stats and are curious about which player has the lowest finishing rating.
Which function is best for identifying the lowest value in a selected range?
Select one
A) =MIN(E2:E15)
B) =LOWEST(E2:E15)
C) =FLOOR(E2:E15)
See if you’re right–the answer is at the bottom!
Expandable Space Habitats Coming Soon
Max Space is set to launch revolutionary expandable habitats in 2026, transforming space tourism and manufacturing.
These innovative structures offer larger, safer, and more cost-effective designs, providing ample room for scientific research and supporting long-term Moon and Mars missions.
Anticipating a market breakthrough, Max Space aims to outperform existing designs and secure a significant share of a multi-billion-dollar industry.
Their first mission, aboard a SpaceX rideshare vehicle, will demonstrate the largest inflatable structure ever sent to space.
$150,000 for Data Education!
QuantHub has been awarded $150,000 as one of the six winners out of 230+ in DARPA’s Building an Adaptive and Competitive Workforce track of the Tools Competition. This award will support further development of our Upskill platform and expanding data education, including hands-on learning activities.
Weekly Tech Tip
Join the Apple Intelligence Waitlist
Apple released the developer beta 1 for iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1 earlier this week. Those who are a part of Apple’s developer program can get early access to Apple Intelligence ahead of its release this fall:
- Open Settings on the device running iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, or macOS 15.1
- Go to the Apple Intelligence & Siri menu
- At the top of the page, hit Join the Apple Intelligence Waitlist.
- Hit the blue Join Waitlist button on the pop-up.
- When access has been granted, you can return to Settings and ensure the Apple Intelligence toggle is on.
What’s New
We’ve updated our leaderboard, released a new “Data Analytics for CTE” lesson plan, and fixed minor bugs for smoother functionality.
Book of the Week
In “Four Thousand Weeks,” Oliver Burkeman explores the profound challenge of time management, emphasizing the brevity of the human lifespan.
He critiques modern productivity obsessions and introduces philosophical and practical tools for constructing a meaningful life.
Burkeman advocates embracing life’s finitude, offering a humorous and insightful guide to using our limited time wisely.
Jump Back Into Your Data Education!
Lesson of the Week Answer:
A) =MIN(E2:E15)