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The explosion of large language models like ChatGPT undermines students' abilities in written expression and critical thinking. Building a dependence on AI, students not only curtail their own creativity, but also their sense of identity as they accept external ideas without independent analysis.

Generative AI in writing undermines creativity and critical thinking

by Suhani Gupta and William Jiang August 27, 2025

Large language models (LLMs) experienced a massive rise in popularity in 2022 with the release of ChatGPT. Three years later, more people have access to LLMs than ever, and many students often turn to...

Past summer anthems included Sabrina Carpenter’s light and poppy "Espresso," Kendrick Lamar’s club banger “Not Like Us” and Charli XCX’s hyperpop album "Brat." On the other hand, this summer's top single "Ordinary" by Alex Warren is instead characterized by its manufactured authenticity.

Summer hits lose their spark, formulas become standard

by Suhani Gupta and Sam Li August 24, 2025

This summer’s charts crowned American singer-songwriter Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” as the season’s soundtrack, taking Billboard’s top spot. However, it lacks the originality of past anthems:...

Artificial Intelligence startups overpromise and underperform

Artificial Intelligence startups overpromise and underperform

by Charlie Wang, Multimedia Editor March 13, 2025

Since the incredibly influential development of generative artificial intelligence with OpenAI’s GPT engine, Silicon Valley has been swarmed by startups that promise to help the consumer using this new...

Character.AI simulates connection by offering affirmations and remembering details from past conversations. Users start relying on chatbots instead of real people, and that level of dependency can be very risky.

Character AI exploits vulnerability, endangers users with false companionship

by Ashley Mo, STEM Editor November 22, 2024

Trigger warning for topics of suicide, self-harm and sexual language. When it comes to Artificial Intelligence (AI), I’ve seen its benefits firsthand, from explaining calculus questions to...

The competitive culture Harker students have established exacerbates the pressure they feel when overwhelmed. Often times, this leads to cheating on tests or quizzes.

Shortcutting success

by Ashley Mo and Mihir Kotbagi November 21, 2024

Five minutes left on the clock. As the second hand ticks, a student racks their brain, attempting to remember how many carbon dioxide molecules are produced in cellular respiration. As they turn around...

As more people turn to ChatGPT and other AI tools like Google’s Gemini and Anthropic’s Claude, increased usage poses the increased threat of droughts. Global AI demand is projected to rise exponentially to over $1.5 trillion by 2030.

Global Reset: AI revolution or climate devastation?

by Ashley Mo and Jonathan Szeto October 12, 2024

Your fingers flutter across the keyboard. Click. Enter. Bursts of AI-generated text appear, filling the screen in just a few seconds. The answer is instant, but behind this seamless interaction lies...

An NVIDIA RTX GeForce 4070 Super sits on a wooden table, donning two fans, 12 GB of memory, and a bandwidth of 504 GB/s. NVIDIA's recent success largely lies within its state-of-the-art graphics processing units.

(Provided by Ivan Chen)

Dominating the digital landscape: Core innovations drive NVIDIA to new heights

by Victor Gong and Mihir Kotbagi April 3, 2024

Every year, hundreds of eager buyers flock to Best Buys or constantly refresh online shopping websites, all for one purpose – to get the latest graphics processing unit on launch day. While most casual...

WiSTEM members prepare to start the AI workshop on Feb. 23. Volunteers discussed logistics like screen sharing and changes in the Google Slides before the workshop.

WiSTEM shares STEM knowledge in TechGirlz AI workshop

by Ashley Mo and Mendy Mao March 6, 2024

Women in STEM Club hosted a virtual TechGirlz AI workshop about AI algorithms and applications on Feb. 2 from 4-6 p.m. and on Feb. 23 from 3:30-5:30 p.m. WiSTEM members led the event, and 26 girls...

Outside Dobbins or in the Main hallway, friends huddle together in groups, exchanging information on an imminent exam. Most students would not consider this cheating, despite clearly violating the honor code.

Editorial: Cheating shapes culture of unhealthy competition

by Editorial Board February 9, 2024

A calculus test question for an English one, or an AP United States History multiple choice answer for the physics free response. Outside Dobbins or in the Main hallway, friends huddle together in groups,...

UCSC Professor Yi Zhang talks about how AI lanaguage models comprehend human language. Research club held the speaker event last Friday for those interested in computer science and artificial intelligence.

UCSC professor explores AI language models at Research Club speaker event

by Victor Gong and Jessica Wang December 7, 2023

University of California, Santa Cruz Professor Yi Zhang presented her award-winning research in Natural Language Processing, Multimodality and Information Retrieval in Chris Spenner's Room last Friday...

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