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AI overly affirms users asking for personal advice
AI overly affirms users asking for personal advice
Not only are AIs far more agreeable than humans when advising on interpersonal matters, but users also prefer the sycophantic models.
“Sycophancy is a safety issue, and like other safety issues, it needs regulation and oversight,” added Jurafsky
·news.stanford.edu·
AI overly affirms users asking for personal advice
More students in these majors are switching due to AI: poll
More students in these majors are switching due to AI: poll
Students are entering an AI-crazed world.
Among currently enrolled college students, 14% have thought "a great deal" and 33% have thought "a fair amount" about changing their major or field of study because of the effect AI may have on the job market or on specific industries
·axios.com·
More students in these majors are switching due to AI: poll
The Real Culprit of Our Literacy Gap? Time
The Real Culprit of Our Literacy Gap? Time
Brown: Education leaders must be willing to protect reading time, provide high-quality, grade-level materials and measure what actually matters.
·the74million.org·
The Real Culprit of Our Literacy Gap? Time
Speaking of Voxtral
Speaking of Voxtral
Voxtral TTS: A frontier, open-weights text-to-speech model that’s fast, instantly adaptable, and produces lifelike speech for voice agents.
·mistral.ai·
Speaking of Voxtral
Will AI Make Humans Useless? | Akram Awad | TED
Will AI Make Humans Useless? | Akram Awad | TED
"As jobs disappear, so will identity," says AI futurist Akram Awad, outlining the three types of people that will emerge as AI continues to replace the workf...
·youtube.com·
Will AI Make Humans Useless? | Akram Awad | TED
Perplexity has been left behind in the AI wars
Perplexity has been left behind in the AI wars
Once touted as a potential Google killer, the AI search engine’s traffic has been flat over the last year, while peers like Claude have surged...
·sherwood.news·
Perplexity has been left behind in the AI wars
Meta and YouTube Found Negligent in Landmark Social Media Addiction Case
Meta and YouTube Found Negligent in Landmark Social Media Addiction Case
A jury found the companies harmed a young user with design features that were addictive and led to her mental health distress.
The personal liability argument draws inspiration from a legal playbook used against Big Tobacco last century, in which lawyers argued that the companies created addictive products that harmed users. The companies have largely dodged legal threats by citing a federal shield, called Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, which protects them from liability for what their users post.
·nytimes.com·
Meta and YouTube Found Negligent in Landmark Social Media Addiction Case
Stanford Researchers Find Thin Evidence Behind AI Classroom Tools
Stanford Researchers Find Thin Evidence Behind AI Classroom Tools
While AI tools can momentarily improve student performance, Stanford University researchers caution that those gains may not persist once the technology is removed — raising questions about whether the tools are supporting learning or substituting for it.
·govtech.com·
Stanford Researchers Find Thin Evidence Behind AI Classroom Tools
What K-12 Educators Are Actually Prompting to AI: Early Findings from Teacher-AI Chats | LinkedIn
What K-12 Educators Are Actually Prompting to AI: Early Findings from Teacher-AI Chats | LinkedIn
By Benjamin Leiva, Ana Trindade Ribeiro, Chris Agnew, and Susanna Loeb This is the second of a series of research briefs aimed at understanding how people use AI-powered educational tools. Since the launch of commercially available generative AI, the most common engagement platform is through chat.
·linkedin.com·
What K-12 Educators Are Actually Prompting to AI: Early Findings from Teacher-AI Chats | LinkedIn