TAMPA, Fla. - Officials at the University of South Florida and a major university benefactor are planning to build a new college for Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity at USF in Tampa.

A new building is planned, but 3,000 students are already enrolled and will begin classes in a couple of weeks. Initially, the new classes will be held in existing USF facilities.

The backstory:

Arnie Bellini, the major university benefactor, sold the local company ConnectWise for a reported $1.5 million. Seventy workers at the employee-owned company reportedly became millionaires.

Bellini said USF is uniquely positioned to house the artificial intelligence and cybersecurity programs. It's because the university is in a large metropolitan area, and it's near MacDill Air Force Base, where tho

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