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Creative writing can help improve one’s health: a South African study shows how

From the beginning of recorded history, people in diverse cultures have embraced the idea that creative expression, including visual art, stories, dance and music, contributes to healing. In recent ...

How writing can help some people with autism find their voice

HEALTH AFFAIRS: More people need to know about methods that teach people with autism how to communicate, so that further research can be done on it. When I pick up my son Danny, who is 30 and on the ...

‘Help me write’: AI can jump start your kid’s writing, but beware of the dangers | Opinion

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Students raise their hands in a classroom. Talking through ideas with humans can help students develop their voice better than ...

How Douglas County schools are tackling the next literacy challenge: Teaching students how to write

Some school districts have started to rethink how they’re teaching writing. In the Douglas County School District, administrators have added more professional development for teachers in evidence-based writing approaches.

US accuses China’s Moonshot of stealing AI secrets

The White House has accused one of China’s top AI companies of stealing American technology amid concerns the US is losing its lead in the AI race.

Anthropic accuses Alibaba of illicitly extracting AI capabilities

The firm alleged that Alibaba used fraudulent accounts to access data from its Claude AI model.

'Stop. Till up. Pomp': Buc-ee's accused of using AI-generated sign art

The beaver-themed travel stop is catching flak for allegedly using art made with artificial intelligence on its 'pump policy' ...

US Alleges Moonshot AI Copied Anthropic's Fable To Develop Kimi K3

The ongoing AI competition between the U.S. and China has escalated as a senior White House official accused Chinese startup Moonshot AI of using Anthropic's advanced language model, Fable, in creating its Kimi K3 model. , Technology & Science, Times Now

Arkansas man accused of using AI to produce CSAM faces federal indictment

A man accused of using artificial intelligence (AI) to turn pictures of real women he knew into child sexual abuse material (CSAM) has been federally indicted.

White House official accuses Chinese startup of distilling Anthropic model, accessing banned Nvidia chips

A top White House official accused a Chinese startup on Wednesday of improperly using Anthropic’s latest model and accessing ...

Do AI writing detectors actually work? We put 5 to the test.

They claim to spot writing by ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude, so we put Pangram, Grammarly, GPTZero, and more on the spot to see if they work.

AI embraced by more students and educators, Instructure finds

While educators and parents both had concerns about AI's impact on learning, most also found at least one reason to be ...

Part 2: How should we bring AI into the classroom?

In the first piece of this series, we established how disruptive AI has been to education, as well as touched briefly on ...

Show HN: CharitySense Nonprofit Due Diligence

Research the US-based nonprofits before donating. You can search for nonprofits or causes and dive deep into IRS and website disclosures. This is less like a charity rating site like CharityNavigator and ProPublica and more about helping donors decide whether to support a nonprofit or not.Since the last update, I've taken in a lot of feedback and included foundations, trusts, and small entities totally over 8.8M filings and 2.2M entities.Beyond any general feedback, what I'd love to k

Show HN: Hail.so – Open-source phone, SMS and email for agents and humans, v0.15

Hello builders,I built Hail because I got tired of wiring together Twilio, email providers, compliance rules, and model providers every time I wanted an AI agent to communicate with users.Good to be back with this new release of Hail (previous post in comment).Here is what shipped lately:1. Agents can now send emails/SMS during phone calls. This helps send a summary of the call or additional confirmation/information.2. BYO provider for STT/LLM/TTS models: This helps set up a

Launch HN: Bloomy (YC S26) – AI-powered mastery learning for K-12

Hi HN, I’m Alex Southmayd, the founder of Bloomy (https://bloomylearning.com) – an AI-powered mastery-learning platform for K-12 students. Bloomy provides students with an AI tutor alongside adaptive curriculum (right now Math, English Language Arts, and Writing).How it works: we diagnose students’ skill gaps, place them on personalized learning paths, and give them standards-aligned lessons and a Socratic AI tutor that scaffolds their learning without just giving away the answer.The g

WorkLife with Adam Grant: Your hidden personality

Are you an introvert ... or an extrovert? You might not know yourself as well as you think. Adam Grant talks with "Quiet" author Susan Cain and visits a workplace where personality training starts even before job training, to help you discover what your traits really are -- and how you can stretch beyond them. This episode is brought to you by W...

WorkLife with Adam Grant: Reinventing the job interview

We've all answered our share of cringeworthy interview questions -- and watched managers pick the wrong person while rejecting the right one. Is it time to delegate hiring decisions to algorithms? Find out what the experts recommend, and meet a pair of leaders who have reimagined the interview process by ignoring credentials and refusing to look...

WorkLife with Adam Grant: A debate with Malcolm Gladwell

In a special live taping at the 92nd Street Y in New York, Adam talks with Revisionist History's Malcolm Gladwell about how to avoid doing highly undesirable tasks, what makes an idea interesting, and why Malcolm thinks we shouldn't root for the underdog. This episode is brought to you by Accenture, Bonobos, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Warby Pa...

Want to Transform Your Life? Writing May Hold the Key

Daily, we are bombarded with media messages promising quick-fix solutions to transform our lives — attached to expensive course offerings, dietary supplements, and exercise plan enrollments — all of ...