Monique Wingard

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Syracuse Drops 84 Majors Including Classics, Ceramics and Italian In all, 93 of the 460 academic programs at the university will be closed or paused. No students were majoring in 55 of the programs that are ending.

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OpenAI’s ChatGPT is now refusing requests to generate text that directly mimics the style of famous authors. (via Ars Technica)

ChatGPT starts blocking direct requests to copy an author's style New behavior capturing a writer's "broad qualities" could have legal implications.

Congress hasn't passed AI rules for schools. So these 98 teens did it themselves Should students be allowed to use AI on assignments? What about on tests? Who should teach AI literacy? About 100 teenagers got together to try to decide.

Media Literacy Tip for News Consumers: If you can’t tell if an ad or a statement is true or false, check it by visiting fact-finding websites like “Politifact” or “Snopes." (via Spectrum)

Importance of media literacy during midterm elections — and beyond Mary Miller, the education services director for the New York Newspaper Foundation’s New Media Literacy program, joins Capital Tonight.

New York school pauses plan to deploy humanlike AI robot teacher after backlash A school district in upstate New York is pausing plans to deploy an AI-powered, humanoid robot in the classroom after state education officials, teachers and local residents raised concerns.

Media literacy programs must be embedded in people’s everyday lives as a life-long learning process. (via The Conversation US)

Older people’s media literacy can be boosted in just 60 minutes – new study Imagine a world where nobody clicks on misleading content online. Media literacy can get us there.