Brendan Sorsby's acknowledgement of his gambling addiction this week is the latest in a series of bad headlines for college athletes. Sorsby is stepping away from the Texas Tech football team to seek treatment for a gambling addiction. Gambling industry consultant Keith Whyte is former executive director of the National Council on Problem Gambling. He says Sorsby's case is only the tip of the iceberg because athletes like him have elevated risk factors became they are young, male and are prone to risk-taking behaviors. Experts say there could be thousands of other male college athletes engaged in compulsive gambling.
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Prosecutors say the suspect in the killings of two University of South Florida doctoral students from Bangladesh had asked ChatGPT days before the pair went missing what would happen if a human body was put in a garbage bag and thrown in a dumpster. According to a pretrial detention report, Hisham Abugharbieh also asked the artificial intelligence chatbot whether the identification number on his car could be changed. ChatGPT responded that Abugharbieh’s question sounded dangerous. The remains of Abugharbieh’s roommate, Zamil Limon, were found Friday, but authorities said they were still searching for Limon’s girlfriend, Nahida Bristy. On Sunday, the sheriff’s office said a body was found in the area, but had not been identified.
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The rise of artificial intelligence is prompting college students to second-guess their career paths. Students say that picking a major that’s AI-proof feels like shooting at a moving target, as they try to prepare for a job market that is changing rapidly. A surge of recent polls show that college students see AI as a threat to their job prospects, particularly those majoring in technology-related fields. Until recently, the narrative that guided many students was that learning to code would lead to good jobs. But students who followed that path and are now majoring in computer science, analytics and other popular STEM majors fear that AI is taking entry-level jobs.
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Authorities have filed murder charges against the roommate of a Bangladeshi doctoral student who disappeared with his girlfriend from the University of South Florida. Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, faces two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy. Limon’s remains were found Friday, but Bristy is still missing. Abugharbieh was initially taken into custody on preliminary charges, including unlawfully moving a dead body. He barricaded himself at his family’s home before surrendering. Limon and Bristy were considering marriage before they disappeared on April 16. The search for Bristy continues. Abugharbieh made an initial appearance Saturday in a Tampa courtroom, where he was ordered held without bond.
Retiring Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart won’t take on a new high-paying role at the school after all. That announcement comes days after Gov. Andy Beshear questioned decision-making at the school that included Barnhart’s move. Barnhart and University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto issued statements Thursday confirming Barnhart wouldn't become the executive-in-residence for the UK Sport and Workforce Initiative. That job was set to pay Barnhart $950,000 annually through August 2030. Capilouto said Barnhart was concerned his status had “become a distraction” for the university.
A growing number of U.S. college instructors are turning to oral exams to help combat an AI crisis in higher education. Some are replacing written assignments with oral exams. Others are pairing Socratic-style questioning with written assignments or requiring students to attend office hours. Instructors say they know student use of AI is ubiquitous but hard to police, and it's impacting student learning. Oral exams allow instructors to determine what students know and where they need help. Students say they don't always love the testing format, but many agree that it's effective. As one student says, knowing that you will be face-to-face with a professor “makes you realize, ‘I should study this.’”