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AI tools like ChatGPT are rapidly changing daily life for teachers in the US, according to a new Gallup study. Six out of ten public school teachers used AI in the last school year, mainly for lesson planning, grading, and communicating with parents. On average, teachers estimate these tools save them about six hours of work each week. Most say this improves their job quality. At the same time, education experts like Maya Israel from the University of Florida caution against relying too heavily on AI. While the technology can help with routine grading, Israel says it should not replace a teacher's educational responsibilities. Around two dozen US states have now introduced guidelines for using AI in the classroom.

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Google has released a new AI-powered version of Google Colab, following an initial test phase. Colab AI can assist with data preparation, model training, debugging, and visualizations directly within the notebook. A new Data Science Agent is able to run complete analysis workflows, display results, and take user feedback. Users interact with Colab AI using everyday language, and the tool will update code or suggest corrections as needed. The new features are designed to streamline the workflow in Colab notebooks. Access is available via the Gemini icon in the toolbar of any open notebook.

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Google is making Imagen 4 available via the Gemini API and in AI Studio. According to Google, the new text-to-image model offers significantly better quality when rendering text than the previous version, Imagen 3. There are two variants: Imagen 4 for general tasks ($0.04 per image) and Imagen 4 Ultra ($0.06 per image), which Google says is designed more for accurate following of prompts. The following AI slop comic was generated with Imagen Ultra 4, which can be tested free of charge in Google AI Studio.

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New Othello experiment supports the world model hypothesis for large language models

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ChatGPT might be draining your brain, MIT warns - what ‘cognitive debt’ means for you

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Meta's latest model highlights the challenge AI faces in long-term planning and causal reasoning

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