Day: January 27, 2023

Three Arab countries ranked in the top 10 countries in the World to search for the latest artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT, according to Google analytics. Launched by OpenAI at the end of November last year, ChatGPT – Conversational Generative Pre-training Transformer – is a programme that generates text which mimics human speech, answers questions, and performs other language-based tasks. Data on Google shows Lebanon in fourth place globally for searching the term “ChatGPT”. Despite its small size and current economic depression, Lebanon has long been an attractive place for innovatio… Read More “Three Arab countries rank in top 10 for ChatGPT searches”

PARIS (Reuters) – Sciences Po, one of France’s top universities, has banned the use of ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence-based chatbot that can generate coherent prose, to prevent fraud and plagiarism. ChatGPT is a free programme that generates original text about virtually any subject in response to a prompt, including articles, essays, jokes and even poetry, raising concerns across industries about plagiarism. The university said on Friday the school had emailed all students and faculty announcing a ban on ChatGPT and all other AI-based tools at Sciences Po. “Without transparent referencin… Read More “Top French university bans use of ChatGPT to prevent plagiarism”

PARIS (Reuters) – Sciences Po, one of France’s top universities, has banned the use of ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence-based chatbot that can generate coherent prose, to prevent fraud and plagiarism. ChatGPT is a free programme that generates original text about virtually any subject in response to a prompt, including articles, essays, jokes and even poetry, raising concerns across industries about plagiarism. The university said on Friday the school had emailed all students and faculty announcing a ban on ChatGPT and all other AI-based tools at Sciences Po. “Without transparent referencin… Read More “Top French university bans use of ChatGPT to prevent plagiarism”

Technology is increasingly important in Holocaust education – seen here in ‘The Journey Back’ within The Richard and Jill Chaifetz Family Virtual Reality Gallery at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center.Courtesy of the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, CC BY-NC-ND Alan Marcus, University of Connecticut In the era of social media, antisemitism and Holocaust denial are no longer hidden in the margins, spewed by fringe hate groups. From Ye – formerly known as Kanye West – and NBA player Kyrie Irving to members of Congress on both sides of the aisle, well-recognized person… Read More “Combating antisemitism today: Holocaust education in the era of Twitter and TikTok”

By Danni Button Breakthrough new technology could spell trouble for major companies ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence chatbot service that has been making waves through the tech industry since its premiere last November. The service, run by a non-profit research organization called OpenAI, was created as a democratized artificial intelligence service and has virtually limitless possibilities for productivity–and for error. OpenAI has grown its technology thanks, in part, to some very high-profile investors, including Fidelity Investments, Andreessen Horowitz, and Microsoft (MSFT) – Get Fr… Read More “ChatGPT Has Amazon, Alphabet and Others Worried”

By Lumin / Unsplash The trend for personalization in the beauty industry isn’t just about women. Aware of the market potential men represent, as they seek increasingly well-groomed looks, brands are innovating with customized services. These include online skin diagnosis, designed to determine the needs of each individual thanks to artificial intelligence, all while bringing the age of smart beauty one step closer. The trend for personalization in the beauty industry isn’t just about women. Aware of the market potential men represent, as they seek increasingly well-groomed looks, brands are in… Read More “Putting artificial intelligence at the service of male grooming”

Boeing’s trajectory as it strives to dig out of a deep hole is strangely the inverse of the giant tech companies. Google, Microsoft, and Meta all made billions every quarter last year and are now busily laying off tens of thousands of employees. Boeing lost $5.1 billion in 2022, while it hired 23,000 new people, according to employment figures released Friday. With attrition and retirements, Boeing’s worldwide workforce grew last year by nearly 14,800 net, bringing the total to 156,354. And this year, Boeing says it plans to hire 10,000 more, mostly in manufacturing and engineering jobs. A sta… Read More “Boeing added 15,000 jobs in 2022, with more hiring ahead”

Wharton professor Christian Terwiesch was sitting with his grown children around the dinner table when the subject of artificial intelligence came up. Both of his kids had been experimenting with the nascent technology in their respective fields: “one of them is interested in design…and the other one is interested in computer science.” Eventually his son prompted ChatGPT to explain a sorting algorithm “using terms from Homer Simpson.” “It was funny,” Terwiesch said, adding, “it was, from a computer science perspective, correct, and it was so easy as a user interface.” ChatGPT users can input… Read More “An AI bot passed this Wharton professor’s exam. Here’s why he’s not concerned”