Suspicion, Cheating and Bans: A.I. Hits America’s Schools

Since its introduction less than a year ago, ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence platform that can write essays, solve math problems and write computer code, has sparked an anguished debate in the world of education. Is it a useful research tool or an irresistible license to cheat?

Stella Tan, a producer on The Daily, speaks to teachers and students as they finish their first semester with ChatGPT about how it is changing the classroom.

Guest: Stella Tan, an audio producer for The New York Times.

Background reading:

• ChatGPT’s potential as an educational tool outweighs its risks, a Times technology columnist argues.
• While schools debate what to teach students about powerful new A.I. tools, tech giants, universities and nonprofits are intervening with free lessons.

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