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Iowa school district banned books based on ChatGPT’s advice

ChatGPT Iowa Margaret Atwood Toni Morrison The Gazette

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A school district in Iowa is utilising ChatGPT to advance a book ban.

Mason City Community School District has pulled 19 books from school libraries’ shelves, including “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood and “Beloved” by Toni Morrison, according to The Gazette.

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