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Niral Shah does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

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As generative artificial intelligence use becomes prevalent across Duke’s ecosystem, some students remain hesitant to integrate the technology into their academic routines. Duke made a public show of ...

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