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Can AI be more than just a cheating machine for students?

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The explosion of AI chatbots that can spit out flawless five-paragraph essays, summarize texts, translate languages, and even in some cases complete multi-step math equations has created a big problem for educators.

How do you stop students from cheating or verify that they've learned anything?

Some teachers have moved to ban the technology, but others are finding ways to integrate it and teach their students how to be better than the bots.

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We're back with Christy Gerdhary, a professor at Babson College.

That was Christy Gerdhary, director of the Writing Center and associate professor at Babson College.

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