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Researchers Explore Best Practices for Talking to Kids About Online Privacy
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Researchers Explore Best Practices for Talking to Kids About Online Privacy

Researchers at NIST suggest good strategies for talking to kids about online privacy and security, from a young age through high school. 

Meet the Hackers Who Are Trying to Make AI Go Rogue
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Meet the Hackers Who Are Trying to Make AI Go Rogue

Chatbots can be biased, deceptive or even dangerous. Hackers are competing to figure out exactly how.

Unsupervised, Online Exams Provide Valid Assessments
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Unsupervised, Online Exams Provide Valid Assessments

Iowa State University's Jason Chan and Dahwi Ahn found students' online, unsupervised exam scores largely corresponded to those of in-person, proctored exams.

OpenAI Discontinues Its AI Writing Detector Due to 'Low Rate of Accuracy'
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OpenAI Discontinues Its AI Writing Detector Due to 'Low Rate of Accuracy'

Research shows that any AI writing detector can be defeated—and false positives abound.

Teachers Put AI Tutoring Bots to the Test
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Teachers Put AI Tutoring Bots to the Test

Three public schools in Newark, NJ, are testing an artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted teaching aid from education nonprofit Khan Academy.

Computer-Assisted Proofs Take on Fluid Flow
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Computer-Assisted Proofs Take on Fluid Flow

Researchers use computers to show that equations can "blow up."

A Pink Rover Tackles the Red Planet, Barriers for Women in Science
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A Pink Rover Tackles the Red Planet, Barriers for Women in Science

A team from Australia placed second in the University Rover Challenge in Hanksville, UT, with a pink-colored robotic rover.

Professor AI: Harvard Plans to Deploy ChatGPT-like Bot as Computer Science instructor
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Professor AI: Harvard Plans to Deploy ChatGPT-like Bot as Computer Science instructor

Harvard University is planning to deploy a ChatGPT-like AI bot as an instructor in one of its Computer Science courses.

Google Backs Creation of Cybersecurity Clinics with $20-Million Donation
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Google Backs Creation of Cybersecurity Clinics with $20-Million Donation

Google CEO Sundar Pichai pledged $20 million to support and expand the Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics.

Harvard's New Computer Science Teacher is a Chatbot
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Harvard's New Computer Science Teacher is a Chatbot

Students enrolled in the university's flagship CS50 course will be presented with the AI teacher in September.

Outsmarting Deepfake Video
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Outsmarting Deepfake Video

Looking for truth, when "it's becoming surprisingly easy to distort reality."

Doctors Train in Virtual Reality
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Doctors Train in Virtual Reality

Simulations prepare surgeons for the real thing.

Early-Teen Prodigy Graduates from Santa Clara University
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Early-Teen Prodigy Graduates from Santa Clara University

Kairan Quazif, 14, is the youngest person to graduate from California's Santa Clara University, having completed a bachelor's degree in computer science and engineering...

Hey, Alexa, What Should Students Learn About A.I.?
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Hey, Alexa, What Should Students Learn About A.I.?

While schools debate what to teach students about powerful new A.I. tools, tech giants, universities and nonprofits are intervening with free lessons.

ChatGPT in the Classroom
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ChatGPT in the Classroom

ChatGPT is giving educators headaches and forcing them to reinvent how classrooms work.

All The Unexpected Ways ChatGPT is Infiltrating Students' Lives
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All The Unexpected Ways ChatGPT is Infiltrating Students' Lives

Far beyond cheating, artificial intelligence is changing the way some students learn and live.

3-D Printing Strengthens Material for Energy and Propulsion Applications
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3-D Printing Strengthens Material for Energy and Propulsion Applications

A research team led by engineers at MIT developed a new 3D printing method for strengthening materials.

College is Remade as Tech Majors Surge, Humanities Dwindle
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College is Remade as Tech Majors Surge, Humanities Dwindle

Higher education institutions are seeing rising enrollment in computer science at the same time interest in humanities is declining.

IBM, Google Give $150 Million for U.S.-Japan Quantum-Computing Push
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IBM, Google Give $150 Million for U.S.-Japan Quantum-Computing Push

Quantum computing research has been given a boost at the University of Chicago and Japan's University of Tokyo with a $150-million investment from IBM and Google...

Celebrating Those Who Advance Computing as a Science, Profession
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Celebrating Those Who Advance Computing as a Science, Profession

ACM has recognized four people with its 2022 Service Awards for expanding its mission of "Advancing Computing as a Science and Profession."
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