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Four students at Michigan State University have entered a statewide contest with an AI-driven tutoring platform called YouLearn.ai which asks the user how they're approaching a question, rather than just answering it.

For all its hype, controversy and unknowns, generative AI like ChatGPT could be the next technology that drives digital government forward in its mission to provide better services.

As government grapples with how to make practical use of generative AI, one avenue for the new technology could be helping cities ensure regulatory compliance from companies bidding for new construction contracts.

Chip-maker Nvidia joined the trillion-dollar club recently, and it’s eyeing AI’s transformative potential in life sciences, physics, climate, cybersecurity, data science, robotics and simulation.

A new generation of AI-enabled classroom tools might help teachers and students move beyond the old “factory model” of education, which teaches all students at the same pace, to a more personalized model.

Chatbots driven by artificial intelligence might help schools scale tutoring programs and act as a sort of support staff for tutoring, but they're still prone to mistakes and can't pick up on subtle emotional cues.

The department’s Office of Educational Technology, in response to the speed of AI innovation and classroom implementation, identified key questions, concerns and recommendations for establishing school policies.

Experts say AI-enabled programs can help shoulder the burden of tutoring and improve it in some ways, but they have the potential to give inaccurate information and can't replace student-tutor relationships.

A study by the education website Intelligent.com found most students could not compare tutoring with AI to tutoring with people, but of those who had experience with both, 85 percent said ChatGPT was more effective.

Some educators say knowing students well is the key to minimizing AI-based cheating. This could mean doing more classwork with students and working with them on their writing, rather than relying on homework.

A new AI classroom tool, set to be released in beta later this year, can generate study guides, answer student questions based on what was taught in class and elaborate on specific sections of lectures.

Fears about misinformation, AI hallucinations, cheating and the long-term undermining of education persist, but college students and professors are finding AI useful for administrative tasks and tutoring.

Depending on who you talk with or what stories you read, Open AI and ChatGPT may be the greatest things in the world — or the beginning of the end for humanity.

As the tech world continues to buzz about the potential of generative artificial intelligence tools, Massachusetts CIO Jason Snyder describes what may be one of the technology’s first uses in state government.

The two agencies, which provide curriculum for advanced high school classes, published very different policies on their websites, with one banning the use of generative AI and the other welcoming it.

Experts in technology, education and artificial intelligence expect the next generation of tools will empower students, give them more autonomy over their education and generate more data as well as risks.

Districts across the United States can see the need for new professional development to coach teachers on the inner workings, use cases and hazards of AI tools, but many are waiting for more clarity or consensus.

In what sounds like the start of a bad sci-fi movie, one company has added new processing capabilities to Spot that will make the robot dog easier to manage with a natural voice interface.