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AI is employed in education to personalize learning experiences, provide adaptive feedback, and automate administrative tasks. It utilizes machine learning algorithms, natural language processing, and data analytics to enhance student engagement, optimize teaching methods, and streamline educational processes, leading to more effective and personalized education.

ChatGPT Can Pass Engineering Homework, But Struggles With Deeper Thinking

ChatGPT outperformed on simple math tasks but faltered on open-ended questions in an undergraduate control systems course, earning a low B overall. The study warns that relying solely on AI may lead to passing grades without deep learning.

18 Apr 2025

Master AI Without Losing Yourself: Meditation and Critical Thinking Are the Keys, Expert Says

Digital strategist Giulio Toscani urges people to embrace meditation and critical thinking to counter AI’s seductive immediacy and addictive nature. His "prAIority" approach promotes deliberate human-AI synergy that enhances judgment, creativity, and autonomy.

10 Apr 2025

Machine Learning Unlocks Secrets of Crab Seismic Courtship Dances

Male fiddler crabs use vibrational signals during courtship that honestly reflect their physical size, allowing females to assess mate quality from a distance. Oxford researchers used geophones and machine learning to decode over 8,000 seismic signals, revealing clear behavioural patterns.

10 Apr 2025

AI Tool Assist™ Empowers Nurse Educators to Save Time and Improve Student Outcomes

Assist™, an AI-powered tool on Unbound Medicine’s Nursing Central platform, helps nurse educators create tailored teaching materials, saving them over 5 hours per week. Pilot programs show it boosts student engagement and enhances the quality and accuracy of educational content.

10 Apr 2025

AI System Translates American Sign Language in Real Time Using Just a Webcam

Researchers at Florida Atlantic University have developed a real-time ASL alphabet recognition system combining YOLOv11 and MediaPipe to accurately interpret sign language using only a webcam. The system achieves 98.2% accuracy under diverse lighting and backgrounds, offering a scalable and accessible communication tool for the deaf community.

10 Apr 2025

University of Maryland Launches Free AI Certificate to Empower Career Transitions

The University of Maryland's Smith School of Business is launching a free AI and Career Empowerment Certificate on May 1, 2025, tailored especially for transitioning federal civil service professionals. The program builds foundational AI literacy, explores AI applications in business, and offers career transition support across business domains.

9 Apr 2025

Emory's Chatbot Makes Molecular Modeling as Simple as Chatting

Emory University has developed AutoSolvateWeb, a cloud-based platform with a rules-based chatbot that enables non-experts to run sophisticated quantum chemistry simulations through natural-language guidance. This free tool democratizes access to molecular modeling, advancing both education and scientific research.

7 Apr 2025

Can AI Be Fair in Medicine? Study Finds Socioeconomic Bias in Generative Models

A large-scale analysis by Mount Sinai researchers reveals that generative AI models can alter medical recommendations based solely on a patient’s socioeconomic and demographic background. The study calls for early AI assurance protocols to prevent bias and ensure equitable healthcare delivery.

7 Apr 2025

AI-Driven Health Research Set to Transform Aging and Chronic Disease Care

CAS and Cleveland Clinic have launched a strategic collaboration to accelerate clinical research using AI, quantum computing, and curated scientific data.

7 Apr 2025

LLMs Transform Teaching by Automating Tasks and Powering Personalized Education

Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT can revolutionize personalized education by generating tailored learning materials and automating assessments. This study shows how teacher-LLM collaboration can reduce workload and enhance student engagement.

2 Apr 2025

How Can Banks Beat Deepfakes? A New AI Privacy Framework Offers the Answer

Researchers interviewed 27 bank managers across nine countries to understand how deepfakes threaten data integrity and decision-making.

2 Apr 2025

Researchers Reveal How to Make Education More Flexible in the Age of AI

A new study by Zhao and Zhong proposes a transformative framework to enhance student autonomy by rethinking the rigid spatiotemporal constraints of schooling. Their concept of "Time Available for Autonomy" (TAFA) emphasizes flexible curricula, personalized learning, and AI-driven environments.

1 Apr 2025

AI-Powered Filter Accurately Detects Wildlife in News to Boost Conservation Insights

Researchers at Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute are developing an AI-powered tool to accurately filter wildlife mentions in digital news, reducing misclassification and misinformation. The project leverages citizen science to train the model, with nearly 3,000 volunteers already contributing over 2 million article classifications.

1 Apr 2025

AI Threats Shake National Security: Experts Hesitate or Act Recklessly in Crisis Scenarios

AI-driven threats cause hesitation among security professionals, while those fearing AI replacement respond recklessly, revealing critical challenges in crisis decision-making.

20 Mar 2025

AI Model Analyzes Entire Nights of Sleep to Transform Diagnosis of Sleep Disorders

Researchers at Mount Sinai have developed an AI model, PFTSleep, that analyzes entire nights of sleep with unprecedented accuracy. Trained on over 1 million hours of data, it classifies sleep stages more effectively than traditional methods, paving the way for advanced clinical applications.

18 Mar 2025

Open-Source AI Beats GPT-4 in Diagnosing Tough Medical Cases, Study Finds

A new NIH-funded study shows that an open-source AI model, Llama 3.1 405B, matches and even surpasses GPT-4 in diagnosing complex medical cases. This marks a major leap for open-source AI in clinical decision-making.

16 Mar 2025

AI Set to Transform Health Care as Experts Map Out Solutions to Overcome Barriers

AI has the potential to revolutionize health care by streamlining workflows, enhancing diagnostics, and improving patient outcomes, but barriers such as data privacy, high costs, and regulatory challenges slow its adoption. This comprehensive review offers a roadmap to overcome these hurdles and unlock AI's full potential in medicine.

16 Mar 2025

AI Tracks Students' Eyes to Personalize Math Learning and Boost Performance

Researchers from TUM and the University of Cologne have developed an AI-powered system that uses webcam-based eye tracking to analyze how students approach math problems and tailor learning materials accordingly. This affordable technology allows teachers to provide individualized math support to more students simultaneously.

12 Mar 2025

GenAI Feedback Boosts Student Writing: Study Shows AI Enhances Clarity, Structure, and Engagement

A study on Chinese university students reveals that GenAI feedback, provided by ERNIE Bot, enhances language learning by improving writing clarity, organization, and tone while fostering engagement and personalization in the revision process.

4 Mar 2025

New Research Challenges Belief That ChatGPT Fuels Student Plagiarism

A new study finds that while frequent ChatGPT use correlates with plagiarism among university students, it does not directly cause it. Instead, academic motivation and exposure to a cheating culture play a bigger role in dishonest behavior.

4 Mar 2025

Education News and Research

ChatGPT Can Pass Engineering Homework, But Struggles With Deeper Thinking

Master AI Without Losing Yourself: Meditation and Critical Thinking Are the Keys, Expert Says

Machine Learning Unlocks Secrets of Crab Seismic Courtship Dances

AI Tool Assist™ Empowers Nurse Educators to Save Time and Improve Student Outcomes

AI System Translates American Sign Language in Real Time Using Just a Webcam

University of Maryland Launches Free AI Certificate to Empower Career Transitions

Emory's Chatbot Makes Molecular Modeling as Simple as Chatting

Can AI Be Fair in Medicine? Study Finds Socioeconomic Bias in Generative Models

AI-Driven Health Research Set to Transform Aging and Chronic Disease Care

LLMs Transform Teaching by Automating Tasks and Powering Personalized Education

How Can Banks Beat Deepfakes? A New AI Privacy Framework Offers the Answer

Researchers Reveal How to Make Education More Flexible in the Age of AI

AI-Powered Filter Accurately Detects Wildlife in News to Boost Conservation Insights

AI Threats Shake National Security: Experts Hesitate or Act Recklessly in Crisis Scenarios

AI Model Analyzes Entire Nights of Sleep to Transform Diagnosis of Sleep Disorders

Open-Source AI Beats GPT-4 in Diagnosing Tough Medical Cases, Study Finds

AI Set to Transform Health Care as Experts Map Out Solutions to Overcome Barriers

AI Tracks Students' Eyes to Personalize Math Learning and Boost Performance

GenAI Feedback Boosts Student Writing: Study Shows AI Enhances Clarity, Structure, and Engagement

New Research Challenges Belief That ChatGPT Fuels Student Plagiarism

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