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September 25, 2026

As the coding boom fades, computer science grads focus on AI

  • Colleges are experimenting with business-specific internships and bolstering training in AI tools.
    • By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and NICKY FORSTER
    Associated Press

    Computer science student Jack Zemke was getting nowhere despite sending out hundreds of job applications that mostly disappeared into the void — ignored.

    With his graduation from Tulane University just days away, he was considering moving back in with his parents when he got a break thanks to a group project he had worked on involving an AI-powered search tool. As he touted it at an engineering conference, an employee at a civil engineering firm approached.


     
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