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In just three years, ChatGPT has changed the way we think about and interact with artificial intelligence. On college campuses, the impact has been swift, leaving teachers and administrators scrambling. If we're not careful, the presence of AI can poison our relationships with our students. How is AI changing higher education? Listen now to the Sunday story on the Up First podcast from NPR. Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. A senior Russian official says, a potential summit between President Trump and Kremlin leader of Vladimir Putin remains on Moscow's agenda. NPR's Charles Mainz reports. In an interview with a Russian policy journal, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ripkov said the prospect of a new Trump-Putin meeting remained.

I wouldn't rule anything out, said Ripkoff, who characterized ongoing dialogue between Washington and Moscow as impressive. Those comments come amid a new push by President Trump to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine. President Putin has loosely endorsed Trump's draft. plan, which critics say skews heavily in Moscow's favor. Trump and Putin last met for a hastily scheduled summit in Alaska last August that failed to achieve a diplomatic breakthrough. Then Trump complained the Russian leader still wasn't ready for peace and canceled a potential follow-on meeting last month in Hungary. Charles Mainz, NPR News, Moscow. President Trump says he was surprised when Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Green announced

Friday she would soon resign from Congress. The announcement came after months of tension between Green and Trump. Georgia public broadcasting, Sarah Culles, spoke with some of Green's constituents about a decision. Green is very popular in her district. Pam Larshide, for example, lives in Green's district. She's supportive of both Trump and Green and wishes they would make amends. I think he should get over it, and yes, supporter. Some constituents like Josh Williams, who have backed her opponents, say they don't quite believe all of what she said. I'm glad that she has seen the light as she is, like, purporting. but I don't think that she's a, I think she's a grifter.

People told me that they felt like this tension between her and Trump is just politics, and they have bigger concerns. That's Georgia Public Broadcasting, Sarah Culles. Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 24 people and injured more than 80 on Saturday. That's according to Palestinian health officials. Both Israel and Hamas, meanwhile, are accusing each other of ceasefire violations, but the ceasefire is still holding, as NPR's Kat-Lonsdorf reports. In Israeli drone strike targeted a vehicle in Gaza City,

in the north while several air strikes hit central Gaza. Israeli forces also opened fire in Rafa in the south. Israel says Hamas militants crossed the yellow line into Israeli-controlled territory in Gaza and threatened Israeli troops and that the resulting strikes killed five senior Hamas officials. Hamas called the attacks a, quote, blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement and called on the mediators, including the U.S., to pressure Israel to stop. Israeli strikes have continued throughout the fragile ceasefire deal, which is in its second month, but has largely stalled in the first phase. Kat Lonsdorf, NPR News, Tel Aviv. A fire that broke out on a container ship docked at the port of Los Angeles is not almost entirely

contained. The blaze began Friday night and prompted shelter-in-place orders for nearby communities because of hazardous materials on board the ship. That order has now been lifted. There were no injuries because of the fire. Officials say an electrical problem may have sparked the blaze. You're listening to NPR News. have discovered a very, very old canoe. As Sarah Lear, Wisconsin Public Radio reports, it's estimated to be more than 5,000 years old. Over the last several years,

the Wisconsin Historical Society since it's found a total of 16 ancient canoes lurking at the bottom of Lake Mendota in south central Wisconsin. Tamara Thompson is a maritime archaeologist who helped lead those discoveries. She suspects that, for millennia, indigenous people returned to that section of the lake.

She says they may have been stashing their boats for later, by burying them under sediment near the shoreline. What we're seeing really is a parking lot. The cluster of canoes includes a red oak vessel discovered earlier this year. It's believed to be 5,200 years old. That makes it the oldest canoe ever found in the Great Lakes region, and one of the oldest found in North America. For NPR news, I'm Sarah Lear in Madison. In college football, Dante Moore threw for 257 yards and two touchdowns on Saturday is number seven Oregon beat number 15 USC 42 to 27 number eight Oklahoma meanwhile slip past number 22 Missouri 17 to 6 number four Georgia beat

Charlotte 35 to 3 number nine Notre Dame pounded unranked Syracuse 70 to 7 while number 10 Alabama blanked eastern Illinois by a score of 56 to zero number 12 Vanderbilt beat Kentucky 45 to 17 number one Ohio State needed a strong second half to beat Rutgers 42 to 9, and Prairie View beat Mississippi Valley State 59 to 6. I'm Dale Wilman, NPR News. This message comes from Wise, the app for using money around the globe. When you manage your money with Wise, you'll always get the mid-market exchange rate with no hidden fees. Join millions of customers and visit Wise.com.

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