AI is giving bad advice to flatter its users, says new study on dangers of overly agreeable chatbots

Artificial intelligence chatbots are so prone to flattering and validating their human users that they are giving bad advice ...

Study: AI excessively validates users' actions

Artificial intelligence applications tend to tell users what they want to hear and validate their actions excessively, ...
EdSurge

Computer Science Course Offerings in High School Spur More Students to Coding Degrees

In recent years high schools across the country have been adding computer science courses, and there is a movement to make them ubiquitous. A new study of an unusually rich dataset in Maryland found ...
Forbes

Lack Of Access To Computer Science Resources, Not Lack Of Interest, Negatively Impacts Students From Underrepresented Groups

A study published today by Gallup and commissioned by Amazon Future Engineer sheds light on the impact that school, mentors and support have on children’s interest in computer science and willingness ...
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I plan to study computer science even though people say it's being replaced by AI. Here's why.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Alex Seungyong Yang, an 18-year-old high school senior, based in Seoul. The following has been edited for length and clarity. As an incoming ...
The Digital Universe

New BYU computer science study shows four ways students are actually using ChatGPT

Thousands of students are doubtless relying on ChatGPT to prepare for finals this time of year. Instructors less initiated into this ever-evolving, new AI tool might be curious — what exactly are ...
MobiHealthNews

Study: Brain-computer interface allows paralyzed man to control robotic arm

Implantation of a brain-computer interface (BCI) into tetraplegic participants allowed for consistent control of a robotic arm and hand for reaching and grasping, according to a study performed at the ...
The Verge

Neuralink is recruiting subjects for the first human trial of its brain-computer interface

The study will take six years and is looking for people with quadriplegia to test the whole Neuralink system. The study will take six years and is looking for people with quadriplegia to test the ...
Education Week

International Study Finds Major Inequities in Computer Literacy

Having access to a computer or tablet doesn’t necessarily make students computer literate, according to a study released Tuesday that looked at computer literacy rates across a dozen countries. The ...
STAT

A brain-computer interface allowed people with paralysis to type with their minds

Two people with paralysis were able to type using a brain-computer interface that decodes attempted finger movement, a new ...
WUNC

NC students must study computer science to graduate under new law

High school senior Gurmeher Kaur was hesitant to study coding when her mom, a computer science professor herself, first suggested it to her. “I was scared of it initially, but once you start, you ...
The Varsity

Direct admission to UTM’s Computer Science POSt is now an option

Prospective students now have the option to apply to UTM’s Computer Science (CS) Specialist program directly from high school. They must mee t minimum grade requirements and com ...