GPTZero News·
We tested 15+ essay checkers for their features, accuracy, and real-world usability, and shortlisted the 7 best so you don't have to. These essay checkers are actually worth your time, no matter if you're a student running a pre-submission check or a teacher grading a pile of essays.
Read full articleStudents booing mentions of AI shows that some of the most intense skepticism and fear about the technology is coming from those who use it the most, because of its anticipated effect on society and their personal lives.
Google says it's designed the app to be accessible to everyone, from teachers to small business owners.
The tech giant says it's designed the app to be accessible to everyone, from teachers to small business owners.
How does it boost efficiency without losing accuracy? Is it really worth the hype?
Board members and teachers at a school district in Connecticut see the need for formalizing rules around AI use, as students are already using (or misusing) it and there are questions around how staff should use it.
Old "honor code" systems are under strain.
Real estate executive got an unexpected earful when she spoke of ‘living in a time of profound change’ Though college graduations usually consist of a speaker giving advice to students, one recent ceremony featured students giving the speaker their opinions – loudly. The University of Central Florida’s 2026 graduating class booed as a real estate development executive spoke about how “the rise of artificial intelligence is the next Industrial Revolution” and about “living in a time of profound change”. Continue reading...
The problem wasn’t just the perfectly polished, yet mediocre prose. It’s what’s lost when we surrender the struggle to translate thought into words I have been teaching fiction writing at MIT since 2017. Many of my students last wrote fiction in middle school, and very few have experienced a proper workshop, so at the start of every semester I offer these directions for writer and reader alike: Read the story at least twice. Mark what works and what doesn’t – underline great sentences, flag clunky syntax, gaps in logic and unrealistic dialogue. Ask yourself: does the story work? Why or why not? What could improve it? Answer in a signed letter to the author, attached to their story. Give your honest opinions. Remember that an effective peer review demands close reading of the text accompanied by a boldness of spirit. Continue reading...
