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Students are increasingly using AI tools to help with — and do — their homework. Here's how older online study services, students and professors are adapting.
Students are increasingly using AI tools to help with — and do — their homework. Here's how older online study services, students and professors are adapting.
People all over TikTok and Instagram are using the word "clanker" as a catch-all for robots and AI. Here's a deep dive into the origins of the pejorative and an explanation of why it's spreading.
People all over TikTok and Instagram are using the word "clanker" as a catch-all for robots and AI. Here's a deep dive into the origins of the pejorative and an explanation of why it's spreading. (Image credit: Leon Neal)
When Dana's son was hospitalized last year, it led her to a path of discovery about predatory online networks that groom children into harming themselves and others. Their reach is global and growing.
When Dana's son was hospitalized last year, it led her to a path of discovery about predatory online networks that groom children into harming themselves and others. Their reach is global and growing. (Image credit: Joanna Kulesza for NPR)
The Trump administration wants to make it easier for companies to use drones for business — from delivering coffee to inspecting power lines to working on farms.
The Trump administration wants to make it easier for companies to use drones for business — from delivering coffee to inspecting power lines to working on farms. (Image credit: Jeff Roberson)
Looking for backup, I turned to an AI chatbot for relationship wisdom. It took my side. It was only when I challenged the bot's biases — and my own — that we had a communication breakthrough.
Looking for backup, I turned to an AI chatbot for relationship wisdom. It took my side. It was only when I challenged the bot's biases — and my own — that we had a communication breakthrough.
Are policymakers profoundly underestimating the impacts of AI on the workforce? NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Erik Brynjolfsson of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI.
Are policymakers profoundly underestimating the impacts of AI on the workforce? NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Erik Brynjolfsson of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI.
Google's AI Overviews feature can deliver an answer to your question before you click a single link. But it spells bad news for the publishers that write the articles that power these AI summaries: their business models depend on site visits to sell ads. And some smaller publishers have already gone out of business as the use of AI summaries grows.
"The extinction-level event is already here," said Helen Havlak, publisher of tech news site The Verge.
NPR's John Ruwitch reports on how companies are adapting to the artificial intelligence shake-up in Google search. And Google is a financial supporter of NPR, but we cover them like any other company.
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Google's AI Overviews feature can deliver an answer to your question before you click a single link. But it spells bad news for the publishers that write the articles that power these AI summaries: their business models depend on site visits to sell ads. And some smaller publishers have already gone out of business as the use of AI summaries grows. "The extinction-level event is already here," said Helen Havlak, publisher of tech news site The Verge. NPR's John Ruwitch reports on how companies are adapting to the artificial intelligence shake-up in Google search. And Google is a financial supporter of NPR, but we cover them like any other company. For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Email us at considerthis@npr.org. (Image credit: Daniel Mihailescu)
Artificial intelligence chatbots are shaking up the way we use the internet, altering the search-for-clicks bargain that has shaped the landscape of the web for decades. Companies are scrambling to adjust.
Artificial intelligence chatbots are shaking up the way we use the internet, altering the search-for-clicks bargain that has shaped the landscape of the web for decades. Companies are scrambling to adjust.
In a rural Vermont county, spotty cellphone coverage is the norm. But a local tinkerer is using old technology to help his community stay connected free of charge.
In a rural Vermont county, spotty cellphone coverage is the norm. But a local tinkerer is using old technology to help his community stay connected free of charge. (Image credit: Patrick Schlott)
This time next year, anyone logging onto social media in Minnesota will see a warning that the sites can harm their mental health. Social media companies want to block enforcement of the new law. A law in New York may not be too far behind.
This time next year, anyone logging onto social media in Minnesota will see a warning that the sites can harm their mental health. Social media companies want to block enforcement of the new law. A law in New York may not be too far behind.
