As millions of students return to school this fall, ABC News speaks with students and professors learning to navigate the influence of generative artificial intelligence.
ChatGPT, which launched in November 2022, is described on its website as an AI-powered language model, “capable of generating human-like text based on context and past conversations.”
At the University of California, Davis, senior Andrew Yu found himself using AI to help outline an eight-page paper for his poetry class. It needed to be in the style of an academic memorandum, which Yu had never written before — so he turned to ChatGPT to help… Read More
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Public education debates during this year’s regular legislative session largely revolved around two topics: school vouchers and teacher raises.
But while the regular session ended with no new laws on either area — setting the stage for a special session focused on education to tie… Read More
Did any of the news surprise you?
Not really. I think we got lucky in that regard because we prepared for a decision knowing the court’s makeup and the fact that it was willing to overturn precedent. We had predicted that the justices would essentially overturn the affirmative action rulings that the court had made earlier. There was some guesswork that went into that, but also a lot of reporting.
Does the summer limit your access on college campuses?
Things change a bit on campuses during the summer. When the summer session is going on, we will work on stories… Read More
As the Chicago Board of Education looks to shift away from selective enrollment high schools, internal briefings obtained by NBC 5 Investigates show the Board’s efforts to get lawmakers’ support for the plan — and the pushback they got in response.
The Board passed a resolution in December outlining “values and parameters” for Chicago Public Schools’ new five-year strategic plan it hopes to have in place before the next school year begins in the fall of 2024. That resolution notes that the city is “ still confronted with long-standing challenges and opportunity gaps” that it says are driven by “long-standing… Read More
