‘Nature’ Retracts Paper on the Benefits of ChatGPT in Education

Nature has retracted a paper that claimed AI had a positive impact on student learning.  The original paper, titled “The effect of ChatGPT on students’ learning performance, learning perception, and higher-order thinking: insights from a meta-analysis,” was originally published in May of last year by Jin Wang and Wenxiang Fan of the Hangzhou Normal University…

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Kohler’s Smart Toilet Camera Not Actually End-to-End Encrypted

Home goods company Kohler would like a bold look in your toilet to take some photos. It’s OK, though, the company has promised that all the data it collects on your “waste” will be “end-to-end encrypted.” However, a deeper look into the company’s claim by technologist Simon Fondrie-Teitler revealed that Kohler seems to have no…

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