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Ever wonder what Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft turned full-time philanthropist, reads in his spare time? After dedicating decades to software, Gates has immersed himself in physics, ...

For Lisa Parry, a 12th-grade teacher in South Dakota, the students' essays were getting stale. Her solution: get the students to turn to ChatGPT ‒ which serves up fresh ideas. Before her students ...

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