How is AI transforming higher education, and what does the future CIO look like in an AI-first world? Recorded live at AI4 2026 in Las Vegas, Sanjay Puri speaks with Dr. Lin Zhou, CIO and Executive Director of AI & Quantum Computing at Texas Tech University, about CIO 3.0, AI agents, hybrid AI infrastructure, AI governance, and the future of education and work. The conversation explores how universities can adopt AI while balancing privacy, security, cost, and human skills—and why education must evolve beyond knowledge transfer in the age of AI.