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vol . 4, no. 34 : april 23-29, 2025 : losgatan.com
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EDUCATORS STRUGGLE TO ALIGN POLICY AMIDST THE AI EXPLOSION Students and teachers are grappling with the new technology Ar adhita Singh, Intern
As I ask Dyuthi Boinepalli, a 15-year old at Saratoga High School, about the uptick in Artificial Intelligence usage on campus and how it affects curriculum. She looks at me and smirks. “I'd answer that, but it’s not loading,” she said, referring to how she and her peers have begun to increasingly integrate ChatGPT into their daily lives—even conversations with student reporters. OpenAI’s ChatGPT software answers prompts in a matter of seconds, doing so with eloquent language, sources and in great length. The software generates answers to questions quickly, and without having to conduct research yourself. However, it has led to trouble in the Los Gatos-Saratoga Union School District. Students have been caught using ChatGPT to write essays and complete other assignments, taking the credit for its responses. The issue has become quite ➝ Classroom AI, 10
ACE Tre Golino struck out eight over five innings of shutout ball to help lead the Wildcats to a riveting 8-7, 15-inning win over Mountain View April 2-3. P8
FIBER INTERNET SWITCHED-ON FOR RURAL RESIDENTS Surfnet celebrates completion of Phase 1 at Summit Store Drew Penner, Editor
On Friday, at a midday ceremony in the Summit Store’s parking lot, in the heart of the Santa Cruz Mountains, community
members joined with telecom and government officials to celebrate the completion of the first phase of Surfnet Communications’ rural internet expansion. Mark Morgenthaler, Surfnet’s CEO, said they’ve come a long way from the days when they’d jerry-rig equipment from Fry’s Electronics to provide ru-
dimentary internet to people in the mountains. “Today marks an important milestone in our trajectory,” he said. “I’m grateful to the employees.” Other speakers included California Public Utilities ➝ Surfnet, 11
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