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May 20
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AI Spurs Battles Over Authenticity in Cl...

The Wall Street Journal
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Students and teachers are harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to outsmart each other. WSJ family and tech columnist Julie Jargon explains how one group is using AI to expose cheating while the other is leveraging it to prove they didn’t. Then we head to two neighboring West Virginia towns where residents are pushing back on a plan to build one of ... Show More
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