Artificial intelligence is replacing entry-level jobs, and California universities and community colleges are offering free AI training to help students master the new technology. Gov. Gavin Newsom cited significant declines in hiring in certain coding spaces and noted recent layoffs at Microsoft, Alphabet and Salesforce. Google and Microsoft will provide free AI resources to California schools and universities, potentially expanding their user base. Community colleges and California State University campuses are described as key to workforce and economic development. The release of ChatGPT accelerated school adaptation, and districts are adopting AI tools for grading and classroom interaction, while many use Turnitin's plagiarism-detection feature.
The new deals are the latest developments in a frenzy that began in November 2022, when OpenAI publicly released the free artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT, forcing schools to adapt. San Diego Unified teachers started using AI software that suggested what grades to give students, CalMatters reported. Some of the district's board members were unaware that the district had purchased the software.
Last month, the company that oversees Canvas, a learning management system popular in California schools and universities, said it would add "interactive conversations in a ChatGPT-like environment" into its software. To combat potential AI-related cheating, many K-12 and college districts are using a new feature from the software company Turnitin to detect plagiarism, but a CalMatters investigation found that the sof
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