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Did you know Mississippi has a Statewide AI Framework? Announced by Gov. Tate Reeves in May, the August 2026 update maps AI skills from K-12 through career leadership. The AI Workforce Readiness Council developed it with AccelerateMS and MAIN. mainms.org/statewide-ai-fram…
Mississippi Artificial Intelligence Network (MAIN) retweeted
AI Across America heads to Oxford, MS on Nov 16. We're partnering with @olemiss, @MS_AI_Network, @jacksonstateU, @MGCCC, and @innovatems for a day on Mississippi's AI readiness at the Ole Miss Student Union. RSVP: aiacrossamerica.com/oxford
.@AnthropicAI has filed an S-1 with the SEC for a proposed IPO, with plans to list on Nasdaq as ANT. Share count and pricing remain undetermined, and the registration statement is not yet effective. anthropic.com/news/s1-sec
MGCCC students are using AI to tackle business problems. MAIN’s Wayne Francis and Dr. Kollin Napier are featured in WLOX’s report on classroom learning and changing job tasks.
Read MAIN’s article: mainms.org/mgccc-ai-learning…
Thanks to WLOX for the reporting.
#MGCCC #GulfCoast #AI
What should your organization’s AI policy actually cover?
The Mississippi AI Network (MAIN)'s guides offer sample language for permitted uses, data rules, tool approval, and human review. Start with the template for your setting and adapt it locally.
mainms.org/policy-guides/
MGCCC’s Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) chapter, Pi Epsilon, prepared with MAIN and organized three campus AI sessions. Its project is featured in Change Makers.
mainms.org/pi-epsilon-studen…
Thank you to the student organizers and faculty speakers.
Some useful reading for your Saturday morning scroll. ☕
MAIN’s AI Cyber Safety page covers what to share with AI, how to check answers and suspicious requests, and what connected tools can access.
mainms.org/ai-cyber-safety/
#CyberSafety #ResponsibleAI
Nurses’ questions kept the AI discussion going with Dr. Kollin Napier of MAIN at MNA’s convention this morning. Dr. Napier was glad to make time for the exchange, even with slides left to cover. Thank you to MNA and the nurses who contributed. #Nursing #AIinHealthcare
Free MAIN AI training across Mississippi. Explore online, self-paced courses, including AI governance, cybersecurity and privacy, and AI agent skills.
Scan the graphics or find Free AI Courses on MAIN’s website. mainms.org/
#MississippiAI #WorkforceDevelopment
Dr. Kollin Napier represented MAIN as a member of GCBC’s Masters Leadership Class, providing AI training and research support for Coast Forward.
mainms.org/main-coast-forwar…
Thanks to GCBC, Jamie Miller, Ben Hunt and Shannon Campbell for their leadership.
Photos: Derek Fountain.
Mississippi Artificial Intelligence Network (MAIN) retweeted
MAIN + Apple: a free webinar for Mississippi higher ed on AI on Mac with Apple silicon, privacy, cost, and when to use the cloud.
Oct. 22, 1:30–2:45 p.m. CT | Online
Register: mainms.org/events/
Thanks to Apple for sharing its expertise.
What would you trust an AI agent to do on your behalf?
Use the Mississippi AI Network (MAIN)’s AI Agents Playbook to choose a useful task, limit access, require human approval before consequential actions, and verify what the agent actually did.
mainms.org/ai-agents-playboo…
MAIN + Apple: a free webinar for Mississippi higher ed on AI on Mac with Apple silicon, privacy, cost, and when to use the cloud.
Oct. 22, 1:30–2:45 p.m. CT | Online
Register: mainms.org/events/
Thanks to Apple for sharing its expertise.
How can you put AI to work in your classroom or workplace?
The Mississippi AI Network (MAIN) has AI playbooks & guides to help you set assignment rules, check AI-assisted work, plan a pilot, or set limits on an AI agent.
Read online or download the PDFs:
mainms.org/ai-playbooks/
AI can help protect your organization. What’s protecting your AI?
Read MAIN’s Cybersecurity AI Playbook this Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Secure AI, support defense, and prepare for AI-enabled threats with human approval before consequential actions.
mainms.org/cybersecurity-ai-…
AI in the classroom should serve learning.
MAIN, Mississippi’s statewide AI initiative, offers a Faculty AI Playbook on course expectations, assessments, student privacy and human oversight.
Explore all playbooks: mainms.org/ai-playbooks/
As Mississippi’s statewide AI initiative, MAIN is helping higher education faculty build the knowledge and confidence to bring AI into their classrooms with purpose. Explore the Higher Ed - Faculty AI Playbook at buff.ly/dHn6qaj.
What does preparing physicians for AI actually look like? MAIN Chief AI Officer, Dr. Kollin Napier, explored that at today’s GME and Workforce Summit in Madison. MAIN thanks Dr. Richard Calderone and the Office of Mississippi Physician Workforce team at @msdh for the invitation.
This week in Oxford, Dr. Kollin Napier represented MAIN at the Society of Municipal Analysts Fall Conference, sharing Mississippi’s work in AI education, workforce preparation and economic capacity. Thank you to the Society for the invitation.
#MississippiAI
MAIN and MSU hosted Mississippi agency & higher ed leaders in Starkville today for an AI executive workshop on infrastructure, AI agents, security & moving pilots into production.
Thanks to MSU for co-hosting and SHI & NVIDIA for leading & sponsoring the program. #MississippiAI
MAIN’s Chief AI Officer, Dr. Kollin Napier joined Yates’ summit in Ocean Springs to discuss AI for researching opportunities, preparing proposals and engaging clients.
MAIN helps Mississippi businesses put AI to work. Thank you to @YatesBuilds for the invitation.
