{"id":180728,"date":"2026-01-22T15:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T20:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/22\/uf-ai-consultant-published-in-microsofts-ai-economy-institutes-first-book-news\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T16:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T21:40:11","slug":"uf-ai-consultant-published-in-microsofts-ai-economy-institutes-first-book-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/22\/uf-ai-consultant-published-in-microsofts-ai-economy-institutes-first-book-news\/","title":{"rendered":"UF AI consultant published in Microsoft&#8217;s AI Economy Institute&#8217;s first book News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.ufl.edu\/2026\/01\/ai-consultant-microsoft\/\">UF AI consultant published in Microsoft&#8217;s AI Economy Institute&#8217;s first book News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.ufl.edu\/2026\/01\/ai-consultant-microsoft\/\">https:\/\/news.ufl.edu\/2026\/01\/ai-consultant-microsoft\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-22 15:50:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"news.ufl.edu\">news.ufl.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>AI Impact on Education and Workforce:<\/strong> The article discusses the publication of the book &#8220;Degrees of Change&#8221; 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