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Feb 14, 2024

Video: How AI-generated misinformation threatens election integrity

PBS NewsHour

From robocalls to deep fakes, artificial intelligence is already playing a role in the 2024 election. Last week the Federal Communications Commission made AI-generated voice calls illegal.

Feb 6, 2024

Teaching Tip: Navigating AI in the Classroom

Inside Higher Education

Generative artificial intelligence tools continue to grow in popularity. Here are four ways faculty members in higher education are teaching about or with AI.

Feb 5, 2024

AI can help − and hurt − student creativity

University of South Carolina

Teachers across the country are grappling with whether to view AI tools like ChatGPT as friend or foe in the classroom. My research shows that the answer isn’t always simple. It can be both.

Jan 27, 2024

Video: Can you spot the deepfake? How AI is threatening elections

CBC New: The National

AI-generated fake videos are being used for scams and internet gags, but what happens when they’re created to interfere in elections? CBC’s Catharine Tunney breaks down how the technology can be weaponized and looks at whether Canada is ready for a deepfake election.

Jan 24, 2024

Can AI take away your job? MIT researchers say ‘AI job displacement will be substantial but…’

LiveMint

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) analysis shows that AI job displacement will be gradual, with only 1.6% of worker wages in the US economy capable of automation and 23% of those tasks feasible to automate.

Jan 23, 2024

How AI And Data Will Change Education In 2024

Forbes

2024 will mark four years since the start of the pandemic. Children who were in kindergarten in 2020 will be in the fourth grade, teachers who started during the pandemic never experienced “the before times,” and innovation and technology have accelerated at record speed.

Jan 16, 2024

Here’s How The FTC Might Lower The Boom On Those Emerging Generative AI Mental Health Therapy Chatbots That Are Promising Miracle Cures

Forbes

In today’s column, I will explore the increasing flare-up of generative AI mental health therapy chatbots and the at times outlandish and unfounded claims being made about their efficacy, along with doing a close-up examination of the regulatory and legal mechanisms fighting against this disconcerting rising tide.

Jan 16, 2024

3 Rules for Writing Prompts on ChatGPT

Business Insider

I'm an AI prompt engineer. Here are 3 rules to get the best results using ChatGPT – and what people get wrong.

Jan 16, 2024

AI can now copy your handwriting. We're concerned.

Mashable

Researchers at the Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence in Abu Dhabi say they developed an AI tool that can pretty closely copy a person's handwriting. The researchers said that the model needed just a few paragraphs of writing to be trained.

Jan 16, 2024

I just tried the new Assistive AI video tool — and its realism is incredible

Tom's Guide

Artificial intelligence startup Assistive has launched a new generative video platform called Assistive Video that can create four-second clips from text or images.

Jan 16, 2024

How doctors are using AI to diagnose a hidden heart condition in kids

Washington Post

Now, in an advance that shows the potential of artificial intelligence to aid medicine, researchers at Children’s National have developed a new AI-powered tool for diagnosing rheumatic heart disease long before a patient needs surgery.

Jan 16, 2024

Cellebrite is donating its AI investigative tools to nonprofits to help find missing children faster

Fast Company

John Walsh, advocate for missing children and longtime host of "America’s Most Wanted," said he feels outmanned by criminals all the time—especially in the courtroom.

Jan 15, 2024

OpenAI unveils plans for tackling abuse ahead of 2024 elections

Axios

ChatGPT maker OpenAI says it's rolling out new policies and tools meant to combat misinformation and abuse ahead of 2024 elections worldwide.

Jan 12, 2024

AI will have a big impact on jobs this year. Here's why that could be good news

ZDNet

There's understandable fear artificial intelligence will lead to job losses. But business leaders are hopeful automation will boost workplace opportunities, too.

Jan 11, 2024

The Many Sides of AI: With Guest Susan Gonzales

Facepalm America

Podcast to explain the different distinctions between types of AI, how the quick evolution of the technology can result in spreading misinformation or even deepfake videos, how marginalized communities can benefit from AI tools, and what regulations need to happen to ensure that AI can be used as a safe tool.

Jan 11, 2024

Will Chatbots Teach Your Children?

The New York Times

New A.I. tools could enable a Silicon Valley dream: bots that customize learning for pupils. Prior attempts have not lived up to

Jan 10, 2024

How Will Artificial Intelligence Affect Jobs 2024-2030

Nexford University

You would have been living under a rock if you did not know how artificial intelligence is set to affect jobs in 2024-2030. AI like ChatGPT seems to be stealing all of the headlines at the moment, Google unveiled new AI software to build presentations, analyze and enter data, and write content, and there are so many more AI tools like Gamma and Numerous AI.

Jan 4, 2024

What’s Next for Ed Tech in 2024

Inside Higher Education

Coming soon: advances in VR and high-tech classrooms, plus even more AI.

Nov 30, 2023

5 types of new jobs that AI could create

Business Insider

The widespread adoption of AI is expected to eliminate some jobs but create others. New AI jobs, which may not require a college degree, could offer high salaries for workers. The number of AI jobs is already on the rise.

Nov 30, 2023

How Small Businesses And Entrepreneurs Can Benefit From AI

Forbes

Small businesses face a significant challenge in today's digital landscape - competing against larger, well-resourced enterprises. However, the solution may lie in embracing Artificial Intelligence, a technology that can revolutionize how small businesses function and compete.