Ars Technica: “When ChatGPT was introduced last fall, it sent shockwaves through the technology industry and the larger world. Machine learning researchers had been experimenting with large language models (LLMs) for a few years by that point, but the general public had not been paying close attention and didn’t realize how powerful they had become.… Continue Reading
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Death of the physical library
Death of the physical library by Scott Locklin, July 28, 2023: “One of the unsung disasters of contemporary academic life is the death of the physical library. There are so many disasters in current year academia, I doubt as anyone else grouses much about this, but as a great enthusiast for the KNN algorithm, I will… Continue Reading
New Attack Impacts Major AI Chatbots
Wired: “ChatGPT and its artificially intelligent siblings have been tweaked over and over to prevent troublemakers from getting them to spit out undesirable messages such as hate speech, personal information, or step-by-step instructions for building an improvised bomb. But researchers at Carnegie Mellon University last week showed that adding a simple incantation to a prompt—a… Continue Reading
Global Climate Shift Index
“The Global Climate Shift Index™ is a tool that quantifies the local influence of climate change on daily temperatures around the world. Climate Central is an independent group of scientists and communicators who research and report the facts about our changing climate and how it affects people’s lives. We are a policy-neutral 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Climate… Continue Reading
Andi Search launches new semantic content engine
“AI. Chat. Search. Search for the next generation with an AI chat assistant. Andi is an AI search chatbot that’s accurate, ad-free and privacy-focused. It uses a new type of search engine powered by generative AI combined with live data and semantic search technology. Instead of just links, Andi gives you answers – like chatting… Continue Reading
How to Trace and Find Your Phone’s Location
Make Use Of: “There are many ways to trace a smartphone’s location. Both Android and iPhone devices come with built-in location tracking utilities. These services are active as long as the GPS location services on the phone are enabled and the owner has granted an app permission to access this information. The following are a… Continue Reading
Justice in a Generative AI World
Grossman, Maura and Grimm, Paul and Brown, Dan and Xu, Molly, The GPTJudge: Justice in a Generative AI World (May 23, 2023). Duke Law & Technology Review, Vol. 23, No. 1, 2023, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2023-30, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4460184 “Generative AI (“GenAI”) systems such as ChatGPT recently… Continue Reading
ChatGPT vs Google for Queries Related to Dementia and Other Cognitive Decline Comparison of Results
Journal of Internet Medical Research [full text free] Published on 25.7.2023 in Vol 25 (2023) Background: People living with dementia or other cognitive decline and their caregivers (PLWD) increasingly rely on the web to find information about their condition and available resources and services. The recent advancements in large language models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT,… Continue Reading
YouTube now dubs videos with AI-generated voices
rest of world: YouTube’s automatic dubbing system is competing with human firms to help creators scale the language barrier.In an open letter earlier this year, Neal Mohan, the recently appointed head of YouTube, made a pledge to creators that better translation tools were coming. Now, YouTube is delivering on that promise with Aloud — a… Continue Reading
The Complete Guide to Editing Images in PowerPoint
Make Use Of: “Want to make your PowerPoint presentations more visually appealing? Learn how to edit images in PowerPoint with this complete guide. Images, graphs, or charts can make your PowerPoint presentations more engaging. However, if you want to add plenty of images that require minor edits, using third-party tools can be time-consuming. Fortunately, PowerPoint… Continue Reading
How to Reverse Image Search With Google Images
How To Geek: “Google Image Search is a great way to find images that are similar to one you already have or to help you track down the original source of a photo. We’ll show you how to do a reverse image search.” Continue Reading
62% of Legal Professionals Are Not Using AI — And Feel The Industry Is Not Ready For The Technology
BusinessWire: ” Litify, the legal industry’s end-to-end operating solution for law firms and in-house legal departments, today released the results from a 2023 State of AI Report, which identifies the use and impact of artificial intelligence across the legal sector. The report is a result of a survey commissioned by an independent market research firm. The… Continue Reading
