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College professors face the highest exposure to AI tools, study finds

Academics from Princeton, NYU, and UPenn found that of the 20 occupations most exposed to AI language modeling capabilities, 14 of them were postsecondary teachers.

What is GPT-4 and why is it better than ChatGPT?

Just when it seemed artificial intelligence had hit its peak, this new iteration of OpenAI's chatbot can turn hand-drawn pictures into fully functioning websites and recreate the iconic game Pong in less than 60 seconds.

Here is how big the global edtech market will grow by 2030

The size of the global edtech market will approach $1 trillion by the end of this decade, driven by artificial intelligence, virtual reality and ever-expanding connectivity, bandwidth and speed.

Why AI is about to become an integral part of higher education

Colleges and universities across the country have entered a partnership to promote and expand AI education for all students, an area that's "exploded" since the emergence of tools like ChatGPT.

The new disruptor: Carnegie Mellon’s Cloud Lab ‘automates’ science

With more than 200 lab instruments available at a student's fingertips from CMU's revolutionary cloud lab, the only limit to what a scientist can do is dictated by their own ingenuity. "We are automating science," Dean Rebecca Doerge says.

Disabilities and edtech: How the pandemic sparked a revolution

Students with disabilities who are usually aided by specialists were forced online during the pandemic. Adapting has helped them forge ingenious ways to learn in an increasingly digital world.

Does your university need an app? There’s a student for that

Appy Pie, a no-code development platform, offers a free app development workshop designed for students to introduce them to the world of app development. Notable colleges around the world are utilizing the program, such as Texas Southern University and the University of Westminster.

Why higher ed needs to get on board with micro-credentials

A new study focusing on employers' perspectives on micro-credentials reveals that while a vast majority believe they boost a prospective hire's value, not enough colleges and universities are capitalizing on them.

Plagiarism catcher Turnitin announces ‘state-of-the-art’ AI writing detector

The tool, expected to launch in April, is capable of detecting 97% of ChatGPT writing with a less than 1% false positive rate, according to the company.

ChatGPT a cheating tool? These educators think you’re looking at it wrong

Alex Lawrence is one of academia's earliest adopters of the controversial tool in the classroom, and, thanks to it, he has witnessed a sizable elevation in student comprehension of class curriculum at a very early stage of the spring semester.

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