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‘I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thought in an age of AI

As AI has upended the way students learn, academics worry about the future of the humanities – and society at largeLea Pao, a professor of literature at Stanford University, has been experimenting with ways to get her students to learn offline. She has them memorize poems, perform at recitation events, look at art in the […]

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RWDS Big Questions: how do we balance innovation and regulation in the world of AI?

AI development is accelerating, while regulation moves more deliberately. That tension creates a core challenge: how do we maintain momentum without breaking the things that matter? The aim isn’t to slow innovation unnecessarily, but to ensure progress happens at a pace that protects individuals and society. Responsible actors should not be disadvantaged — yet safeguards

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Joy of teaching English in the age of AI | Letter

Reading and writing are still uniquely human activities even though artificial intelligence can complete complex “English learning” tasks in seconds, says Richard FarmerYour long read (Teacher v chatbot: my journey into the classroom in the age of AI, 3 March) provides human insight into both the craft and purpose of English teaching in the era

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Schools are using AI counselors to track students’ mental health. Is it safe?

As hundreds of schools implement an automated monitoring tool, educators say that students can find talking to chatbots ‘more natural’ than confiding in a human• Produced in partnership with EdSurgeThe alert came around 7pm.Brittani Phillips checked her phone. A middle school counselor in Putnam county, Florida, Phillips receives messages from an artificial intelligence-enabled therapy platform

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Cheating machine or powerful assistant? The AI anxieties of a trainee teacher

I was a newcomer, negotiating all of usual classroom difficulties for the first time. Throwing AI into the mix felt like downing a coffee in the middle of a panic attackTwo years ago, at the age of 39, I began training to be a school teacher. I wanted to teach English – to help young

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Forthcoming machine learning and AI seminars: March 2026 edition

This post contains a list of the AI-related seminars that are scheduled to take place between 2 March and 30 April 2026. All events detailed here are free and open for anyone to attend virtually. 2 March 2026 Three talks: 1) Explaining Deviations from Prior Knowledge in Cluster Analysis, 2) Interpretable Surrogates for Optimization, 3)

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AAAI presidential panel – AI and sustainability

Lone Thomasky & Bits&Bäume / Digital Society Bell / Licenced by CC-BY 4.0 The Future of AI Research report, published in March 2025, aims to clearly identify the trajectory of AI research in a structured way. The report was led by outgoing AAAI President Francesca Rossi and covers 17 different AI topics. Members of the

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Forthcoming machine learning and AI seminars: February 2026 edition

This post contains a list of the AI-related seminars that are scheduled to take place between 4 February and 31 March 2026. All events detailed here are free and open for anyone to attend virtually. 4 February 2026 The ‘Public’, Disrupted: The Transformative Effects of Technology on Democracy Speaker: Neli Frost Organised by: Institute for

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Most young adults in UK are anxious about jobs and the economy, research suggests

Respondents to King’s Trust survey cited AI and a lack of work experience as reasons they might fail in lifeMore than seven in 10 teens and young adults in the UK say they wish they were not starting their careers in the current economic climate, according to new research from the King’s Trust.The study also

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