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(Trishna Condoor / Heights Staff)

UGBC Discusses ChatGPT, Responsible Usage of Generative AI Tools

Reetu Agnihotri • April 9, 2025
During the UGBC Senate meeting Tuesday night, student senators discussed whether Boston College should continue investing in the generative AI tools it provides—such as Microsoft Copilot, Gemini, and NotebookLM—because students tend to prefer ChatGPT.
(Connor O'Brien / Heights Editor)

From Panic to Partnership: BC Professors Are Rethinking AI in Higher Education

Emily Wang • February 2, 2025
AI, like past innovations, should serve as a tool to enhance and challenge existing learning methods, improving their efficiency and validity, rather than becoming a crutch that stifles genuine learning.
(Parker Leaf / Heights Senior Staff)

BC Must Further Prioritize AI Learning Opportunities For Faculty Members

The Heights Editorial Board • November 17, 2024
On Nov. 30, 2022, ChatGPT launched for the public, forever altering the academic landscape. The sudden, widespread accessibility of the platform presented University administrators with a series of unprecedented challenges: keeping up with this unpredictable technology, educating professors about the benefits and drawbacks of these platforms, and determining guidelines for the ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI) in higher education.
(Matthew Mao / Heights Staff)

Perry Talks Benefits of Using Artificial Intelligence at Meta AI Workshop

Reetu Agnihotri • September 8, 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a rapidly growing technology, according to Michael Perry, customer growth marketing manager at Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
(Seho Lee / Heights Staff)

Dean’s Colloquium Examines the Role of Artificial Intelligence at Universities

Annika Engelbrecht • February 18, 2024
Getting ahead of artificial intelligence (AI) and understanding the value of education is important in preventing total domination by AI, according to John FitzGibbon.

UGBC Senate Discusses Potential New Public Policy Minor, Use of Generative AI

Jack Beckman • February 7, 2024
The UGBC Senate discussed updates on an effort to create a new public policy minor during its meeting Tuesday night. According to student senator Andreas Pantazakos, the minor could be approved as early as Feb. 22—provided it garners enough support from faculty and administrators. 
(Paige Stein / Heights Editor)

Boston College Needs to Take Advantage of AI, Not Run Away From It

Peter Coquillette • March 19, 2023
Just like the internet, computers, television, and telephones before it, AI has untapped potential to change our lives for the better—no matter how much we resist it at first.
Tran: Why Artificial Intelligence Will Improve the Existence of Art

Tran: Why Artificial Intelligence Will Improve the Existence of Art

Paterson Tran • February 26, 2023
Associate Arts Editor Pat Tran argues that DALL-E, the deep learning engine that can convert abstract concepts into art, will stay for good and only improve the trajectory of art.
In a forum organized by the Institute for the Liberal Arts on Thursday, four BC faculty members discussed the potential implications of using ChatGPT in an academic setting.

Institute for the Liberal Arts Hosts Forum About ChatGPT in Higher Education

Isabel Sullivan • February 4, 2023
Despite its controversial presence in the academic world, ChatGPT will not radically transform the higher education system, according to Paula Mathieu, an associate English professor at Boston College.
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