Week 279: Two out of three
It was a short work week thanks to the bank holiday on Monday. I spent a few hours on Monday typesetting various pieces of music; I feel like I understand Lilypond better and better.
Influential study touting ChatGPT in education retracted over red flags
arstechnica.comThe retracted study on ChatGPT in education was already cited hundreds of times.
A Major Paper Claiming AI Is Good for Students Just Got Retracted, Which Is Very Bad News for Advocates of AI in the Classroom
The publishers of the journal Nature retracted a much-touted study that claimed AI had a "large positive impact" on learning.
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This Week in Tech: A Whole Separate Class of Squiggles | TWiT.TV
Campus hacks bring final exams to a standstill, a blockbuster study on AI in education gets pulled, and the world’s biggest technology companies face government crackdowns