Teachers discuss smart ways to catch AI-generated homework

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• Teachers discuss smart ways to catch AI-generated homework

• ChatGPT hits 3.7 billion visits in October

• Robot's painting sold for over $1M

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💡 Teachers discuss smart ways to catch AI-generated homework

Teachers are creating inventive methods to spot AI-written assignments, from hidden instructions to specialized task formats, as generative AI becomes more common in classrooms.

Insights for you:

• Teachers are grappling with the impact of AI in the classroom, with some attempting to integrate the technology into their lessons while others seek to impose penalties for its use, sharing their strategies and experiences on Reddit.

• One teacher exploits a common pattern in ChatGPT-generated texts, the name "Elara" in fictional stories, and bans the use of the name in a writing assignment with a small note. Some students fell for it. Others hide instructions in invisible text to detect AI use when students simply copy and paste assignments into chat as prompts.

• More constructive approaches allow the use of AI under certain conditions, such as documenting the work process or comparing AI-generated texts with self-written ones, while handwritten tests and complex analysis tasks can make the use of AI more challenging for students.

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🕹️ ChatGPT hits 3.7 billion visits in October

ChatGPT continues its strong growth, while a new podcast feature sends Google's NotebookLM usage soaring. AI services across the industry are seeing steady user growth, albeit at a measured pace.

Recent data from Similarweb shows ChatGPT hit a new milestone with 3.7 billion global visits in October, marking a 17.2% increase from the previous month and 115.9% year-over-year growth.

Insights for you:

• According to Similarweb, ChatGPT set a new record of 3.7 billion global visits in October, up 17.2 percent month-over-month and 115.9 percent year-over-year.

• Google's NotebookLM grew more than 200 percent to 31.5 million visits in October, driven by a viral AI podcast feature in which two synthetic voices discuss document content.

• Other offerings also grew, but only moderately: Microsoft's Copilot by 87.6 percent to 69.4 million visits, Perplexity and Claude by 25.5 percent each. Google's Gemini site reached 291.6 million visits, an increase of 6.2 percent.

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🎨 AI robot artwork shatters auction estimates

Humanoid robot artist Ai-da just made history at Sotheby’s Auction House, with its portrait of computer science pioneer Alan Turning selling for $1.3M — marking the first major auction sale of a robot-created artwork.

Insights for you:

• The "AI God" painting sparked intense bidding interest with 27 offers, selling for nearly 10x the originally estimated value of $120,000 to $180,000.

• The piece combines traditional portrait artistry with AI-driven techniques, using cameras in Ai-Da's eyes and robotic arms to capture and create the image.

• The work is part of a larger series examining humanity's relationship with technology, and the work was previously exhibited at the UN's AI for Good Summit.