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College Uncovered: Cyber School
College Uncovered: Cyber School
For the first time, this year more students will take all of their courses online than those who take all of their courses in person
·hechingerreport.org·
College Uncovered: Cyber School
Prominent chatbots routinely exaggerate science findings, study shows
Prominent chatbots routinely exaggerate science findings, study shows
When summarizing scientific studies, large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT and DeepSeek produce inaccurate conclusions in up to 73% of cases, according to a study by Uwe Peters (Utrecht University) and Benjamin Chin-Yee (Western University, Canada/University of Cambridge, UK). The researchers tested the most prominent LLMs and analyzed thousands of chatbot-generated science summaries, revealing that most models consistently produced broader conclusions than those in the summarized texts.
·phys.org·
Prominent chatbots routinely exaggerate science findings, study shows
NYTimes: A.I. Starting in Pre-K Would Be an ‘Unmitigated Disaster’
NYTimes: A.I. Starting in Pre-K Would Be an ‘Unmitigated Disaster’

Students with access to generative A.I. did much better on practice tests for which they could use the A.I. But when all of the students were given an exam with no access to A.I., the control group with old-school study resources outperformed the group who studied with A.I.

·nytimes.com·
NYTimes: A.I. Starting in Pre-K Would Be an ‘Unmitigated Disaster’