Is the Tech Industry Already on the Cusp of an A.I. Slowdown?
Companies like OpenAI and Google are running out of the data used to train artificial intelligence systems. Can new methods continue years of rapid progress?
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OpenAI rolls out enhanced memory for ChatGPT, allowing it to reference previous chats
OpenAI has begun rolling out a beta version of enhanced memory features that allow ChatGPT to reference past conversations.
he AI assistant can now access information from past chats even when you start a new conversation, combining this history with its existing "Memory" database to provide more personalized and relevant responses.
K-12 Dive Trendline on AI in Education
Inside the rapidly changing world of AI in Education. Access the K-12 Dive Trendline
The Year in Education: Our Top 24 Stories About Schools, Students and Learning
Learning recovery. Christianity in public schools. The impact of AI. The 74 takes a look back at some of our biggest education stories of the year.
GitHub launches a free version of its Copilot | TechCrunch
Microsoft-owned GitHub announced on Wednesday a free version of its popular Copilot code completion/AI pair programming tool, which will also now ship by
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YouTube says that soon, its tech will be able to find AI copies of celebs and creators
YouTube is giving celebrities more control over their likenesses.
Now, the company says it can give celebrities (and soon, creators) the ability to manage AI copies of their likeness, such as their face, “at scale.”
The slow, steady, frustrating, relentless, remarkable rise of Reddit
After nearly two decades, Reddit is breaking out into the mainstream....
Meet SwagBot, the AI-powered robot cattle herder preventing soil degradation
With four wheels and a bright red paint job, SwagBot is not your average cow.
The battery-powered SwagBot can now determine the health, type and density of pasture and monitor the health of livestock.It then uses this information to autonomously herd cattle to the best pastures and move them before land is overgrazed and soil becomes degraded. It can also feed data back to farmers."Once the cattle are used to the robot, they will follow the robot around," said University of Sydney professor of robotics and intelligent systems, Salah Sukkarieh, whose team made SwagBot.
Survey: Growing number of U.S. adults lack literacy skills
The gap between the top-skilled and the lowest-skilled is growing, according to a survey of adult skills.
Video-making AI tools are headed into general use
As AI-made video goes mainstream, expect both wows and woes.
2 juveniles face hundreds of charges after creating, sharing AI nude photos of students
Two juveniles are facing nearly 500 charges combined in connection to AI-generated nude images of Lancaster Country Day school students.
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Microsoft’s Copilot can browse the web with you using AI “Vision”
Copilot Vision could be both cool and creepy.
Teacher support is the key to unlocking AI's classroom potential
Federal and state investments in AI literacy and teacher support will increase teachers’ classroom AI knowledge, skills, and confidence.
Sara Schapiro, Alliance for Learning Innovation
'PDF to Brainrot' study tools are a strange iteration on a TikTok trend | TechCrunch
Several AI-based study tools are capitalizing on a "PDF to Brainrot" trend, which will read the text of a document you upload over "oddly satisfying"
hat’s why companies and web tools like Coconote, Study Fetch, StudyRot, Memenome, Shortspilot, Grademaxx, and more are spinning up “PDF to Brainrot” generators — if these videos are so popular on TikTok, maybe students will pay to make them as study tools.
Australia Bans Social Media for Everyone Under 16
The law sets a minimum age for users of platforms like TikTok, Instagram and X. How the restriction will be enforced online remains an open question.
An A.I. Granny Is Phone Scammers’ Worst Nightmare
Daisy Harris, an A.I.-generated English granny, has been stymying scammers with meandering, time-wasting conversations. But can she actually make a dent in the flood of fraud?
Anthropic proposes a new way to connect data to AI chatbots | TechCrunch
Anthropic is proposing a new standard for connecting AI assistants to the systems where data lives, called Model Context Protocol (MCP).
Model Context Protocol
Fighting deepfakes with more transparency about AI
Microsoft is fighting harmful deepfakes with responsible AI tools and practices designed to bring more transparency to online content.
Meta details 'adult classifier' tool for catching teens who lie about their age on Instagram
Meta has shared more information about how it plans to use AI to catch teens who lie about their age on Instagram.
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YouTube is testing music remixes made by AI
30 seconds at a time.
SUNO V4 BETA: FIRST IMPRESSIONS — I'm Oliver
SUNO’s V4 AI is about to make human music feel outdated—are we ready for a flawless future, or does perfect come with a price?
The Beatles' AI-assisted track 'Now and Then' is nominated for two Grammy awards | TechCrunch
The Beatles have been nominated for two Grammy awards this year, and no, we did not accidentally fall into a time warp back to the 1960s. The Beatles'
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I invited a live HeyGen AI avatar to a Zoom meeting with the instructions that it run the most stereotypical corporate Zoom meeting ever. What have I done. | 111 comments on LinkedIn
Expanding access to the Gemini app for teen students in education
What’s changing Google Workspace for Education admins can now turn on the Gemini app with added data protection as an additional service fo...
180 Degree Turn: NYC District Goes From Banning ChatGPT to Exploring AI's Potential
A new lab created by the school system aims to help districts around the country find a smart approach to a rapidly evolving technology.
What is generative AI?
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) describes algorithms (such as ChatGPT) that can be used to create new content, including audio, code, images, text, simulations, and videos. Recent breakthroughs in the field have the potential to drastically change the way we approach content creation.
Why the Rush toward Generative AI Literacy in K-12 Schools May Be Premature
Buher: The technology changes too fast, and hurried teaching materials may be of poor quality. Here are 5 steps toward a better approach.
What is Multimodal Generative Artificial Intelligence?
The term multimodal generative intelligence is getting thrown around a lot recently – even more so now that the most popular models like GPT have added features like image recognition and gen…
Transduction, on the other hand, is changing meaning across modes, such as from text to image. So in image generation, or audio, or video, we are changing the meaning from one mode to another – or, rather, the algorithm is changing the meaning in response to our prompt.
The Problem of Misinformation in an Era Without Trust
Elon Musk thinks a free market of ideas will self-correct. Liberals want to regulate it. Both are missing a deeper predicament.
“On Disinformation: How to Fight for Truth and Protect Democracy,”
Cheating Fears Over Chatbots Were Overblown, New Research Suggests
A.I. tools like ChatGPT did not boost the frequency of cheating in high schools, Stanford researchers say.
Among the high school students who said they had used an A.I. chatbot, about 55 to 77 percent said they had used it to generate an idea for a paper, project or assignment; about 19 to 49 percent said they had used it to edit or complete a portion of a paper; and about 9 to 16 percent said they had used it to write all of a paper or other assignment, the Stanford researchers found.