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Aug 2024
27m 36s

ClassGPT

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Students are returning to college campuses this month armed with generative AI tools. One professor who has banned them and one who has embraced them explain why.

This episode was produced by Peter Balonon-Rosen, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andi Kristnsdottir, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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