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Conversational AI as a Catalyst for Informal Learning: An Empirical Large-Scale Study on LLM Use in Everyday Learning
Na{\dj}a Terzimehi\'c, Babette B\"uhler, Enkelejda Kasneci
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.11789

Conversational AI as a Catalyst for Informal Learning: An Empirical Large-Scale Study on LLM Use in Everyday Learning
Large language models have not only captivated the public imagination but have also sparked a profound rethinking of how we learn. In the third year following the breakthrough launch of ChatGPT, everyday informal learning has been transformed as diverse user groups explore these novel tools. Who is embracing LLMs for self-directed learning, and who remains hesitant? What are their reasons for adoption or avoidance? What learning patterns emerge with this novel technological landscape? We presen…

Superstudent intelligence in thermodynamics
Rebecca Loubet, Pascal Zittlau, Marco Hoffmann, Luisa Vollmer, Sophie Fellenz, Heike Leitte, Fabian Jirasek, Johannes Lenhard, Hans Hasse
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.09822

Superstudent intelligence in thermodynamics
In this short note, we report and analyze a striking event: OpenAI's large language model o3 has outwitted all students in a university exam on thermodynamics. The thermodynamics exam is a difficult hurdle for most students, where they must show that they have mastered the fundamentals of this important topic. Consequently, the failure rates are very high, A-grades are rare - and they are considered proof of the students' exceptional intellectual abilities. This is because pattern learning does…

Spin-lattice entanglement in $\mathbf{CoPS}_3$
Thuc T. Mai, Amber McCreary, K. F. Garrity, Rebecca L. Dally, Sambridhi Shah, Bryan C. Chakoumakos, Md Nasim Afroj Taj, Jeffrey W. Lynn, Michael A. McGuire, Benjamin S. Conner, Mona Zebarjadi, Janice L. Musfeldt, Angela R. Hight Walker, Rahul Rao, Michael A. Susner
https://arxiv.org…

Spin-lattice entanglement in $\mathbf{CoPS}_3$
Complex chalcogenides in the $M$PS$_3$ family of materials ($M$ = Mn, Fe, Co, and Ni) display remarkably different phase progressions depending upon the metal center orbital filling, character of the P-P linkage, and size of the van der Waals gap. There is also a stacking pattern and spin state difference between the lighter and heavier transition metal-containing systems that places CoPS$_3$ at the nexus of these activities. Despite these unique properties, this compound is under-explored. Her…