Anonymous surveys by Stanford University researchers haven't found a meaningful increase in admissions of cheating, but some educators still worry that ChatGPT could lead to creative atrophy if it does the heavy lifting.
Artificial intelligence is having an impact across disciplines and campuses in Bay Area, where both students and professors are applying the technology and learning about its implications for their fields.
Researchers found that they could use generative AI to extract location data from tweets sent during Hurricane Harvey that would help first responders find exact locations for stranded residents.
After a semester of allowing his students to use ChatGPT for coursework, political-science professor David Schultz found his students were keenly aware that the tool wasn't generating original thought.
While the likes of ChatGPT and its competitors may give pause to leaders in both the private and public sectors, it would be hard to find a state or local CIO dismissive of the potential and influence of generative AI.
In the past year, ChatGPT has become one of the fastest growing online services ever. But how popular are the generative AI apps? A recent study reveals the data behind the growth.
Iowa teachers are using artificial intelligence to draft emails, write individual educational plans and create rubrics, and they recommend students use it to check their work and come up with extra practice problems.
Cheating at one school prompted teachers and administrators to form a committee, and some educators who tolerated text-based AI this year have become more wary of the advantage it gives dishonest students.
A free AI-powered tool from the Journalistic Learning Initiative and Playlab Education Inc. is designed to instill in middle and high school students high standards for interviewing, fact-checking and reporting.
The University of North Carolina’s committee has realized early on that a ban on generative AI technologies was not only impractical, but could potentially hinder students in the long run.
