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Fri,02/10/23-7:41PM, 425 Reads
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Abbeville 51, Kaplan 36
Acadiana 59, Comeaux 31
Airline 66, Southwood 42
Alexandria 53, Ruston 48
Anacoco 62, Oak Hill 56
Ascension Catholic 66, Geo Next Generation 21
Avoyelles 31, Pickering 25
Barbe 47, Sulphur 38
Bolton 61, Caldwell Parish 26
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Bella Whitice talks with classmate Katherine McCormick as they try and outwit the "robot" that was creating writing assignments in Donnie Piercey's class at Stonewall Elementary in Lexington, Ky., Monday, Feb. 6, 2023.The robot was the new artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT which can generate everything from essays and haikus to term papers in a matter of seconds. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

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Amid ChatGPT outcry, some teachers are inviting AI to class

By JOCELYN GECKER JOCELYN GECKER - AP Education Writer
Tue,02/14/23-6:05AM, 424 Reads
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Under the fluorescent lights of a fifth grade classroom in Lexington, Kentucky, Donnie Piercey instructed his 23 students to try and outwit the “robot” that was churning out writing assignments.
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U.S. President Joe Biden meets Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at Akasaka Palace State Guest House in Tokyo Monday, May 23, 2022. (David Mareuil/Pool Photo via AP)

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EXPLAINER: What's in Biden's proposed new Asia trade pact?

By JOSH BOAK AND AAMER MADHANI JOSH BOAK AND AAMER MADHANI - Associated Press
Sun,05/22/22-11:09PM, 424 Reads
TOKYO (AP) — President Joe Biden faced a dilemma on trade in Asia: He couldn't just rejoin the Trans-Pacific Partnership that his predecessor had pulled the U.S. out of in 2017. Many related trade deals, regardless of their content, had become politically toxic for U.S. voters, who associated them with job losses.
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Gary Varvel for Feb 28, 2022

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Mon,02/28/22-1:10AM, 424 Reads

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