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A webinar hosted by OpenAI this week spotlighted how school districts in Illinois, Texas and Arizona implemented and trained staff to use ChatGPT for instruction, operations and governance. -
At a State of Education forum hosted by the Decatur-Morgan County Chamber of Commerce, school and college officials agreed that artificial intelligence has already become an essential tool for both teachers and students.
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OpenAI, the parent company of ChatGPT, says it will roll out parental controls in October. When that happens, school officials such as family coordinators may be needed to help parents understand and use them.
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Neither the Hawaii Department of Education nor the University of Hawaii are considering outright bans on ChatGPT, but educators are waiting for more professional development or guidance how to use it.
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Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles fed GPT-3 a battery of tests, and it solved about 80 percent of given problems correctly, compared to just below 60 percent of the 40 undergrads who participated.
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A survey of students and educators at both high school and college levels found less then half of them think AI has had a positive impact on student learning, although educators seem more optimistic than students.
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The nonprofit International Society for Technology in Education is developing Stretch, an AI chatbot intended to be factually reliable, by training it only on information created or approved by educators.
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Maine paused the use of ChatGPT and other generative AI apps for six months beginning in June. After hearing wide-ranging reactions, I decided to ask Nathan Willigar, the state CISO, about the move.
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The history of artificial intelligence is rife with grandiose predictions, and while ChatGPT can help students organize large quantities of data or produce creative insights, it's still quite limited and prone to error.
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As part of a plan to manage the complexities of regulating use of the AI chatbot, a private Methodist university in South Dakota is asking educators to document the ways ChatGPT affects their classes throughout the fall.
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Artificial intelligence helps create user formats for some virtual-reality education programs such as those created by VictoryXR, which allow teachers to safely transport students beyond the walls of their classrooms.
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A school technology specialist in Georgia said generative AI can be useful for creating presentations quickly, brainstorming ideas for activities and discussion questions, and creating images to introduce generative AI.
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The university is bringing together experts in computer science, bioinformatics, pharmacy, medicine, philosophy, communication and other disciplines to make recommendations on the use of AI-driven ed-tech tools.
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An essay coach says students who use ChatGPT to write their college admissions essays are missing the point, as admissions professionals are looking for subjectivity and a sense of the applicant's feelings.
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As radio, television and the Internet before it, generative AI is only the latest technology to transform the news business, and its implementation could prompt important conversations about credibility and authenticity.
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A professor who led a course on the art and science of expertise says students will be less likely to cheat if they're supported and taught the importance of learning the material, and finding its meaning, themselves.
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An informal poll on social media found that teachers are encouraging students to use ChatGPT for test preparation or brainstorming project ideas, and using it themselves to append lessons in writing or technology.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
