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AI in the classroom prompts tide of concern from US parents and experts

While tech companies and Trump have been pushing teachers to use AI in the classroom, many argue that there is little evidence that it would actually help childrenIn October, Kelly Clancy’s son received an assignment in sixth grade at a middle school in Brooklyn, New York, to create a science experiment and then ask Google […]

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‘Instagram truly is the new LinkedIn’: why gen Z is using social media to get hired

In this competitive market, gen Z has started to turn to untraditional ways to land a job – including dating appsSibusisiwe Khupe, 26, entered the job market once again in September after a wave of unexpected layoffs at London marketing agency Wieden+Kennedy.She knew landing her next full-time role was not going to be easy. Young

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US students on why they booed their pro-AI graduation speakers: ‘They’re not reading the room’

Recent college grads are not very fond of commencement speakers hyping up a technology they see as a threat to their career prospectsWhen Jacob Pagel graduated from Middle Tennessee State University this spring, predictions about artificial intelligence already had him questioning the value of his degree. Then a music executive started preaching about AI’s transformative

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I knew my writing students were using AI. Their confessions led to a powerful teaching moment | Micah Nathan

The problem wasn’t just the perfectly polished, yet mediocre prose. It’s what’s lost when we surrender the struggle to translate thought into wordsI have been teaching fiction writing at MIT since 2017. Many of my students last wrote fiction in middle school, and very few have experienced a proper workshop, so at the start of

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Six great reads: how to get a pay rise, Catherine Opie’s images of queer America, and the influencers saving pubs

Need something brilliant to read this weekend? Here are six of our favourite pieces from the last seven days Continue reading…

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Questions loom over FBI raid of LA superintendent’s home and district office

Media outlets indicate connection to bankrupt educational technology company that created chatbot for districtTwo days after the FBI searched the headquarters of the Los Angeles unified school district and the home of its superintendent, Alberto Carvalho, questions remain and officials have said little publicly about the nature of the investigation.In an emergency meeting on Thursday,

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