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GPT-4.5: What Educators Need To Know About The New ChatGPT Model

By Erik Ofgang published

I tested OpenAI's latest and greatest large language model, GPT-4.5. Here's what I learned.

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5 Ways to Use ChatGPT to Prepare for Class

By Erik Ofgang last updated

ChatGPT has a lot of potential to help educators with class prep.

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I Took OpenAI and Common Sense Media’s Free Course For Teachers

By Erik Ofgang published

The one-hour free course from OpenAI and Common Sense provides lots of good prompt writing advice and an overview of using AI as a teacher

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AI-Generated Essays On The Rise In College Applications: Educators Debate Impact and Ethics

By Erik Ofgang published

More and more applicants for higher ed are using AI. How best to respond to these applications is causing debate.

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AI Is Getting Better At Grading. Should Teachers Use It To Grade?

By Erik Ofgang published

AI grading tools can now match human accuracy and consistency in certain topics and situations putting the spotlight on the ethics of machine grading.

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Scientists Compared ChatGPT Writing Assessments to Human Assessments. Here’s What They Found

By Erik Ofgang published

Human teachers provided better assessments than ChatGPT but AI was closer than expected and even better in certain ways.

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GPT-4o: What Educators Need to Know

By Erik Ofgang published

I tested GPT-4o, the new model powering some versions of ChatGPT. It combines text, audio, visual, and video outputs and inputs, and is faster and more natural in its responses, which has many implications for teachers.

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How Often Are Students Submitting AI Papers? Frequently, Says New Data

By Erik Ofgang published

More than two million papers reviewed by Turnitin's AI detection tool had at least 80% AI-generated content

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Do ChatGPT-Style AI ChatBots Help Students Learn? Yes, But There Are Caveats, Says Research

By Erik Ofgang published

AI chatbots show promise in helping college students but are less effective for K-12, with the impact on learning seeming to decrease over time

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What Is Khanmigo? The GPT-4 Learning Tool Explained by Sal Khan

By Erik Ofgang published

Khan Academy’s Khanmigo learning guide is powered by GPT-4 and Sal Khan says it is so powerful that it feels like it has passed the Turing Test

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