Also: Ministering to the most marginalized who ‘feel like lepers.’
Good morning! Here are today’s temperatures: Logan: 27 - 36° 🌨️ | 40% 💧 Salt Lake City: 31 - 39° 🌧️ | 40% 💧 St. George: 33 - 42° 🌧️ | 100% 💧 In 1859, the northern lights were seen in San Francisco. Why? A pole reversal — and another one is coming in 2024. The sun’s magnetic poles are expected to flip sometime between April and August which could lead to lower latitude northern lights, more intense solar storms and potential danger for astronauts and satellite communication. Find out more in Eva Terry's story. Also on our mind: Your Super Bowl snacks may be part of a massive recall over listeria, what a top Utah leader says is "messing up" college athletes and how Arthur Brooks says we can "subvert the culture" with love. |
| From panic to potential: How SchoolAI is aiming to change the classroom game |
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| | Just weeks after ChatGPT creator OpenAI kicked open the doors to public access in November 2022, Wharton School of Business associate professor Ethan Mollick tweeted that “AI has basically ruined homework” but qualified his declaration with “but it has positives too.” Jordan School District Superintendent Anthony Godfrey was among education professionals who, at the time lacking sufficient information to assess the potential harms of ChatGPT and other emerging AI platforms, found themselves obligated to limit school-based access to the new tools. “Artificial intelligence was all the buzz,” Godfrey said. “But we had to close it down in our district and did not allow access to ChatGPT ... because we didn’t know what problems it might cause for our students or our digital infrastructure.” Then he ran into veteran Utah teacher Caleb Hicks at an education conference and heard about Hicks’ startup, SchoolAI. |
Read more about how SchoolAI plays dual roles as a powerful teachers’ assistant and customizable student tutor. |
| Mike was feeling dejected after his first few months in prison, when he noticed an older man struggling to push his walker around the dirt track. “I’m trying to find a way to kill myself in prison,” the aged inmate told him. “Do you have anyone on the outside?” Mike asked. “No,” Ray told him — explaining that he had “lost hope completely.” On Mike’s next call with his wife and children, he said, “Hey, there’s this guy who’s thinking of killing himself. He’s an old man; he has nobody.” “Let’s adopt him,” his wife suggested. Despite her own heavy responsibilities at home, she began coordinating regular letters and pictures from the kids. Ray’s hand shook, and it would take almost an hour to write a letter back. But he corresponded with the family for many months. Their adopted “Grandpa Ray” spoke often to other residents about the family and waved at Mike one day from his dorm, showing him the kids’ pictures on the wall. Ray didn’t want to end his life anymore. And there was “light coming from him,” Mike remembers. “He had purpose — he had someone who cared about him.” Read more about the mission of religious ministries in and out of the Utah State Correctional Facility. More in Faith: How to ‘subvert the culture’ with love, according to happiness expert Arthur Brooks (Deseret News) Beware the ‘Dead See Scroll’ of social media, Brother Newman tells BYU students (Church News) William C. Duncan: What would Utah’s version of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act look like? (Deseret News) | FROM OUR SPONSOR MYLIO PHOTOS Does this sound familiar? Thousands of photos are scattered across different devices and storage platforms with little hope of preserving the most precious memories for future generations. Mylio Photos solves this problem. Discover Mylio and get 10% off with the code "Deseret" at the checkout. | Health Are your Super Bowl snacks part of a massive recall over listeria? (Deseret News) Flu cases rising in some parts of the country (Deseret News) Entertainment Gina Carano alleges free speech violations in new lawsuit against Lucasfilm and Disney (Deseret News) What big shows are coming up in Utah? Here’s the latest (Deseret News) Utah County Safety in shadows: BYU study illuminates gender difference in vigilance at night (Deseret News) 'It hurts deeply': District investigating allegations of racial slurs during Lehi High game (KSL) Grand County 2 killed in plane crash in Grand County (KSL) County is investigating Kane Creek zoning (The Times-Independent) The West LA hit with over 400 mudslides, braces for more flooding (Deseret News) Thundersnow near Rabbit Ears Pass amid mountain winter storm warning (Denver Post) The Nation EPA tightens rules on some air pollution for the first time in over a decade (NPR) Empty office buildings: Here’s how it could affect you (News Nation) The World US drone strike kills Iran-backed militia leader in Baghdad (BBC) US Senate defeats border deal, but Ukraine, Israel aid may survive (Reuters) Politics Could a new $100 million pipeline help the Great Salt Lake and birds? (Deseret News) What a top Utah leader says is ‘messing up’ college athletes (Deseret News) Here is former President Trump’s main argument against ballot disqualification (Deseret News) The Deseret News Editorial Board: Washington can’t afford to retreat on immigration (Deseret News) | Puka Nacua has made it clear he isn’t satisfied with how his record-setting rookie season with the Los Angeles Rams ended. This week, Nacua has been in Las Vegas for Super Bowl festivities ahead of a game he wishes he and the Rams were playing in — instead, the NFC West rival San Francisco 49ers will take on the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2024 Super Bowl on Sunday (4:30 p.m. MST, CBS) at Allegiant Stadium. That doesn’t dampen the expectations Nacua has for himself and his teammates looking ahead to the 2024 season. “I think we’ve got a lot of young guys who’ve got a lot of energy. We’re going to be able to hit the ground running as soon as the season starts and be able to roll all the way through Week 18,” he told reporters during a Next Gen Stats press conference at the Super Bowl Media Center on Wednesday. Read more about who Nacua's rookie season. More in Sports: President Biden won’t do a Super Bowl interview. His advisers expect sports fans to be grateful (Deseret News) Andy Reid may achieve another historic milestone, but that’s not his focus (Deseret News) BYU’s new recruiting strategy focuses on ‘right now’ (Deseret News) Former Ute Alex Whittingham has found his place in Chiefs Kingdom, among BYU alums (Deseret News) | Farmington High School’s drill team members react to their win at the 6A state drill team championship at the UCCU Center in Orem on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. Farmington took first place in every category — military, dance, show and overall. | Megan Nielsen, Deseret News Read more about the state drill team championship. |
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