{"id":209913,"date":"2026-05-06T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/siu-carbondale-launches-new-bachelors-degree-in-artificial-intelligence\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T19:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T23:15:10","slug":"siu-carbondale-launches-new-bachelors-degree-in-artificial-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/siu-carbondale-launches-new-bachelors-degree-in-artificial-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"SIU Carbondale launches new bachelor\u2019s degree in artificial intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kfvs12.com\/2026\/05\/06\/siu-carbondale-launches-new-bachelors-degree-artificial-intelligence\/\">SIU Carbondale launches new bachelor\u2019s degree in artificial intelligence<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kfvs12.com\/2026\/05\/06\/siu-carbondale-launches-new-bachelors-degree-artificial-intelligence\/\">https:\/\/www.kfvs12.com\/2026\/05\/06\/siu-carbondale-launches-new-bachelors-degree-artificial-intelligence\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-06 19:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.kfvs12.com\">www.kfvs12.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Southern Illinois University in Carbondale introduced a new bachelor\u2019s degree in artificial intelligence (AI).<\/li>\n<li>The program aims to equip students with not just theoretical knowledge but also practical skills to develop their own AI tools and agents.<\/li>\n<li>The &#8220;AI Plus&#8221; degree includes a minor in another field, bridging the gap between technology and application.<\/li>\n<li>The dean emphasized growth in demand for AI skills, noting a projected 20% annual increase in jobs requiring such expertise until 2030.<\/li>\n<li>Despite AI advancements, there is an acknowledged need for human creativity and input to enhance AI technologies.<\/li>\n<li>The AI degree addresses concerns about AI&#8217;s impact on various careers, suggesting that human input remains crucial in AI development.<\/li>\n<li>The program reflects a broader trend of universities adapting to the evolving demands of the AI-driven workforce.<\/li>\n<li>The new degree is set to commence this fall.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SIU Carbondale launches new bachelor\u2019s degree in artificial intelligence https:\/\/www.kfvs12.com\/2026\/05\/06\/siu-carbondale-launches-new-bachelors-degree-artificial-intelligence\/ Publish Date: 2026-05-06 19:00:00 Source&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":209916,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/gray-kfvs12-prod.gtv-cdn.com\/resizer\/v2\/ENILNU26P5FD3FV2A7Q5XKAMTQ.png?auth=77ceb87944823d2592105c6dcca466e233781112b07b4d6d5863a54dda943ca9&width=1200&height=600&smart=true","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-209913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209913"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209913"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":209917,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209913\/revisions\/209917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}