The Verge: “It’s been pretty slow in the audio world for the past few weeks — except when it comes to AI, which seems to be progressing at a clip. Today, ChatGPT comes to radio, NPR employees prepare for layoffs, and Spotify expands its audiobook business….RadioGPT makes it easy to replace human DJs with bots.… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: March 2023
The Book Cover Review
The Book Cover Review – @cover_review – 500-word reviews of beloved book covers – both new and old – from a range of voices around the world. bookcoverreview.co.uk Continue Reading
World Happiness Report 2023
“It has been over ten years since the first World Happiness Report was published. And it is exactly ten years since the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 66/281, proclaiming 20 March to be observed annually as International Day of Happiness. Since then, more and more people have come to believe that our success as… Continue Reading
Visualizing the Arrival of Spring
Washington Post: “When will spring come? Or has it already? Look up where you live. All across the east, naturalists are exasperated. As the rest of us luxuriated in this winter’s uncommon mildness, gardeners and wildlife biologists watched with rising pique as one of the earliest springs in recent memory threw nature’s rhythms out of… Continue Reading
LinkedIn Releases New AI Tool to Help Create Your Profile
Gizmodo: “LinkedIn is using generative AI to simplify the process of writing job listings, filling out resumes, and updating your profile, the company announced on Wednesday. The new feature will be similar to ChatGPT and the company said in a press release that it will “unlock opportunities” and “elevate your career.” The AI option will… Continue Reading
Understanding Antisemitism on Twitter After Musk
“New research from CASM Technology and ISD has found a major and sustained spike in antisemitic posts on Twitter since the company’s takeover by Elon Musk on October 27, 2022. Powered by the award-winning digital analysis technology Beam – and based on a powerful hate speech detection methodology combining over twenty leading machine-learning models –… Continue Reading
Why You Should Opt Out of Sharing Data With Your Mobile Provider
Krebs on Security: “A new breach involving data from nine million AT&T customers is a fresh reminder that your mobile provider likely collects and shares a great deal of information about where you go and what you do with your mobile device — unless and until you affirmatively opt out of this data collection. Here’s… Continue Reading
New Online Tool Helps Consumers Compare Homeowners Insurance
“After every major disaster, many homeowners are shocked to learn that their homeowners insurance fails to pay for their losses. The same is true in everyday events; a plumbing leak that causes thousands of dollars of damage may not be covered under homeowners insurance. The Rutgers Center for Risk and Responsibility at Rutgers Law aims… Continue Reading
How To Search Tweets By Location
advos: “Ever wonder who the people are that are near your location and tweeting with a certain topic or hashtag? Maybe not, unless you are a Twitter nerd like me. But it can be interesting and if done correctly, improve your social marketing. Here is how to do it:Ever wonder who the people are that… Continue Reading
AI isn’t yet going to take your job
Washington Post – “but you may have to work with it Artificial intelligence is increasingly making its way across industries, changing jobs from retail to medicine to marketing…Today, AI can power grocery store robots that change how stores get stocked, speed up vaccine production and generate creative ideas. But the latest advancements raise important questions… Continue Reading
Is ChatGPT Closer to a Human Librarian Than It Is to Google?
Gizmodo, Chirag Shah: “A search engine researcher explains the promise and peril of letting ChatGPT and its cousins search the web for you. The prominent model of information access and retrieval before search engines became the norm – librarians and subject or search experts providing relevant information – was interactive, personalized, transparent and authoritative. Search… Continue Reading
Live stream of IPCC press conference to launch the Synthesis Report of the Sixth Assessment Report
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will hold a hybrid press conference to present the Summary for Policymakers of Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report, subject to approval by the Panel. The press conference is scheduled to start at 14.00 CET (13.00 GMT) on Monday, 20 March 2023. It will follow the closure of the… Continue Reading
