Universities are changing the way they teach with the rise of AI, Toyota converts old cars into eco-friendly models and successful trials show AI fighting wildfires.
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The New York Times reported that universities were forced to reorganize some courses and take preventive measures because of the rise in popularity of the AI tool ChatGPT. University professors across the country are renovating classrooms in response to ChatGPT, leading to potentially drastic changes in teaching and learning. Some professors are completely redesigning their courses, making changes that include more oral exams, group work, and handwritten assessments instead of typed ones. So far, the New York City and Seattle public school systems have banned the tool on school Wi-Fi networks and devices to prevent copying, even though students can easily find loopholes to access ChatGPT.
source: the new York Times
After criticism over the hesitation in EV production, Toyota has announced that it will be replacing older cars with more eco-friendly models. Speaking at an industry event in Tokyo, the Toyota CEO said the carmaker would swap older cars with sustainable technologies like fuel cells and electric engines, Business Insider reported. Toyota has been reluctant to produce electric vehicles due to high costs and low demand. Instead, the company created hybrid options that run on gasoline and electric. Despite its hesitation to drive the adoption of EVs, the company still set a target of selling 3.5 million EVs by 2030 in December 2021.
source: business Insider
In January 2022, the World Economic Forum launched the FireAid initiative to address the drastic increase in the frequency and severity of wildfires. Successfully conducted by Koç Holding in Türkiye’s South Aegean and West Mediterranean region in 2022, this AI-powered wildfire risk mapping and logistics planning project improved wildfire forecasting by combining static and meteorological datasets and improved forecasting for firefighters. reduced both response time and exposure. Due to its success, the approach is being scaled up for widespread use.
source: World Economic Forum
According to James Witbols, professor of political science at the University of Windsor, information literacy courses can help us understand our confirmation bias and fight misinformation. A report in The Conversation says that we look for news sources that confirm our beliefs and match our politics. A course taught by Wittebols suggests that the same phenomenon that makes us poor judges of trustworthy news can also change us to be better, more critical consumers of news and information. Students learn to assess news based on the characteristics of news: multiple, conflicting sources, use of statistics and data in which sources are named and freely accessible, types of advertising present and whether it related to the story.
source: conversation
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