For many individuals, the beginning of September marks the actual starting of the yr. Again-to-school season at all times appears like a reset second. Nevertheless, the massive subject this time round appears to be the identical factor that outlined the tip of final yr: ChatGPT and different massive language fashions.

Final winter and spring introduced so many headlines about AI within the classroom, with some panicked colleges going so far as to ban ChatGPT altogether. Now, with the summer season months having provided a little bit of time for reflection, some colleges appear to be reconsidering their method. 

Tate Ryan-Mosley, our senior tech coverage reporter, spoke to the affiliate provost at Yale College to search out out why the celebrated faculty by no means thought-about banning ChatGPT—and as an alternative desires to work with it. Learn the total story.

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