Should AI Be Trusted With Grading Students’ Work?

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 3 July 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Some teachers say that new artificial-intelligence programs can give students faster feedback while critics say AI shouldn’t be used to grade. WSJ reporter Sara Randazzo joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss how AI tools are being used to grade. Plus, some doctors are telling patients to get an Apple Watch to manage their conditions. WSJ tech columnist Christopher Mims explains why and the research being done on how the watch could be used for heart disease, post-surgery recovery and other conditions. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	If only life had a remote control, you could pause or rewind.
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0:15.0	Welcome to Tech News Briefing.
0:20.0	It's Wednesday, July 3rd.
0:22.0	I'm Zoe Thomas for the Wall Street Journal.
0:25.0	Doctors are using the Apple Watch as part of how they diagnose and help their patients manage disease.
0:31.0	Even in cases where the device hasn't been specifically approved by regulators
0:36.1	for the applications it's being recommended for.
0:39.2	We'll explain why some doctors are recommending the watch.
0:43.0	And then, generative artificial intelligence
0:45.6	is spilling into classrooms and notchals from students
0:48.9	looking for shortcuts.
0:50.3	Teachers are turning to AI tools to help them Mark's students work.
0:54.0	But marks can be very different depending on which AI grading program a teacher uses.
1:00.0	Our reporter Sarah Randazzo will join us to explain how the tools are being used.
1:08.8	But first, there's a large and growing body of research on how the Apple Watch is being used
1:16.0	informally in medical care. Doctors are recommending some patients use it to track health information
1:22.0	even if there are other approved devices available that
1:25.0	track the same metrics.
1:27.5	Here to tell us more is our tech columnist Christopher Mims.
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