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Category Archives: Knowledge Management
A.I. Is Becoming More Conversational. But Will It Get More Honest?
The New York Times: “In late November, OpenAI, a San Francisco artificial intelligence lab, unveiled a bot called ChatGPT that left more than a million people feeling as if they were chatting with another human being. Similar technologies are under development at Google, Meta and other tech giants. Some companies have been reluctant to share… Continue Reading
Microsoft’s new AI can simulate anyone’s voice with 3 seconds of audi
Ars Technica: “On Thursday, Microsoft researchers announced a new text-to-speech AI model called VALL-E that can closely simulate a person’s voice when given a three-second audio sample. Once it learns a specific voice, VALL-E can synthesize audio of that person saying anything—and do it in a way that attempts to preserve the speaker’s emotional tone.… Continue Reading
8 Ways to Discover the Most Popular Online Content
The return – again of RSS via Make Use Of: ” With the internet fill of content, it can be hard to know where to turn. Here are some ways to discover popular content online. These days, most people get their daily dose of news from Facebook posts, Twitter, Reddit threads, and more. However, if… Continue Reading
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, January 8, 2022
Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, January 8, 2022 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly… Continue Reading
ArchivedWeb
“ArchivedWeb was born our of the necessity of people to search the web’s cached pages. Google is full of awesome search functionality which is hidden inside their engine, cache search is one of these functions. Of course going through their documentation and knowing how to use the computer, everyone can find out how to search… Continue Reading
Was this written by a robot? These tools help detect AI-generated text
Fast Company: “It’s hard out there for a bot. Just when you thought we’d all be writing everything with AI from now until eternity, engineers have started to develop new ways to detect whether text has been written by ChatGPT or another AI text generator. Here are three detection tools you (or your college professor,… Continue Reading
The science of why you have great ideas in the shower
National Geographic – It has nothing to do with getting clean and everything to do with your state of mind: “If you’ve ever emerged from the shower or returned from walking your dog with a clever idea or a solution to a problem you’d been struggling with, it may not be a fluke. Rather than… Continue Reading
The Opt Out: When it comes to privacy, smart devices are not the smarter choice
Popular Science: “The technology in modern home appliances has breathed new life (and plausibility) into the old saying “If these walls could talk.” Your fridge and smart speaker may not have mouths, but they have an internet connection, and that can be more dangerous than the sharpest of tongues. …Tech companies and manufacturers have made… Continue Reading
Top AI conference bans use of ChatGPT and AI language tools to write academic papers
Follow up to previous post – NYC education department blocks ChatGPT on school devices, networks – via The Verge: “One of the world’s most prestigious machine learning conferences has banned authors from using AI tools like ChatGPT to write scientific papers, triggering a debate about the role of AI-generated text in academia. The International Conference… Continue Reading
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, in talks for tender offer
MarketWatch: “Artificial-intelligence research company OpenAI is in discussions over potentially selling at least $300 million in shares in a tender offer that would give it a roughly $29 billion valuation, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The offering of shares of OpenAI — known for AI programs like the chatbot ChatGPT and the image-generator Dall-E… Continue Reading
What causes your brain to procrastinate and how to face it
Washington Post: A study shows that there are two ways that may help in tackling procrastination — setting reminders and envisioning your future self. Why do people procrastinate? A 2022 study in the journal Nature Communications suggests that a root of procrastination may lie in a cognitive bias — we believe that doing tasks will… Continue Reading
