Monday, January 6

AI

Freak Events Like 2023’s Summer Of Wildfire Smoke Require More Than AI To Help Forecast Air Quality More Traditional Methods Are Needed
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Freak Events Like 2023’s Summer Of Wildfire Smoke Require More Than AI To Help Forecast Air Quality More Traditional Methods Are Needed

AI can help forecast air quality, but freak events like 2023’s summer of wildfire smoke require traditional methods too. Wildfire smoke from Canada’s extreme fire season has left a lot of people thinking about air quality and wondering what to expect in the days ahead. All air contains gaseous compounds and small particles. But as air quality gets worse, these gases and particles can trigger asthma and exacerbate heart and respiratory problems as they enter the nose, throat and lungs and even circulate in the bloodstream. When wildfire smoke turned New York City’s skies orange in early June 2023, emergency room visits for asthma doubled. In most cities, it’s easy to find a daily air quality index score that tells you when the air is considered unhealthy or even hazardous. However, predic...
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How Countless Hidden People Make The Magic — ChatGPT And Other Language AIs Are Nothing Without Humans
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How Countless Hidden People Make The Magic — ChatGPT And Other Language AIs Are Nothing Without Humans

ChatGPT and other language AIs are nothing without humans – a sociologist explains how countless hidden people make the magic. The media frenzy surrounding ChatGPT and other large language model artificial intelligence systems spans a range of themes, from the prosaic – large language models could replace conventional web search – to the concerning – AI will eliminate many jobs – and the overwrought – AI poses an extinction-level threat to humanity. All of these themes have a common denominator: large language models herald artificial intelligence that will supersede humanity. Do you know who helped ChatGPT give you that clever answer? Eric Smalley, The Conversation US (composite derived from Library of Congress image), CC BY-ND But large language models, for all their complexity, are actu...
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AI Helping Tackle The Threat To The Growing Wave Of Fraud
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AI Helping Tackle The Threat To The Growing Wave Of Fraud

AI threatens to add to the growing wave of fraud but is also helping tackle it. There were 4.5 million reported incidents of fraud in the UK in 2021/22, up 25% on the year before. It is a growing problem which costs billions of pounds every year. The COVID pandemic and the cost of living crisis have created ideal conditions for fraudsters to exploit the vulnerability and desperation of many households and businesses. And with the use of AI increasing in general, we will likely see a further increase in new types of fraud and is probably contributing to the increased frequency of fraud we are seeing today. Already, the ability of AI to absorb personal data, such as emails, photographs, videos and voice recordings to imitate people is proving to be a new and unprecedented challenge. But...
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Saving Time And Stress In Your Small Businesses In 3 ways Using AI

3 ways AI can save small businesses time and stress. Generative AI is creating an extraordinary amount of buzz, and it's catching the interest of people wondering how to take advantage of what it has to offer. If you’re a small-business owner, you’re likely curious about how it can help you grow and succeed, especially as your business becomes more complex. Beyond the initial start-up phase, there are some clear indicators that your business is beginning to scale. For example, you may be expanding your online sales channels or in-person locations, hiring more employees, and increasing your inventory — all of which demand more of your time. It’s critical to prepare yourself with the best tools and technology for continued success. Turning to AI tools that are in products like Intuit Quic...
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In The Era Of AI — How Can You Future-Proof Your Career?
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In The Era Of AI — How Can You Future-Proof Your Career?

How you can future-proof your career in the era of AI. Ever since the industrial revolution, people have feared that technology would take away their jobs. While some jobs and tasks have indeed been replaced by machines, others have emerged. The success of ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence (AI) now has many people wondering about the future of work – and whether their jobs are safe. A recent poll found that more than half of people aged 18-24 are worried about AI and their careers. The fear that jobs might disappear or be replaced through automation is understandable. Recent research found that a quarter of tasks that humans currently do in the US and Europe could be automated in the coming years. The increased use of AI in white-collar workplaces means the changes wil...
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A Cinema Scholar Explains How AI Is Upending The Movie And TV Business What Hollywood Actors And Writers Afraid Of
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A Cinema Scholar Explains How AI Is Upending The Movie And TV Business What Hollywood Actors And Writers Afraid Of

What are Hollywood actors and writers afraid of? A cinema scholar explains how AI is upending the movie and TV business. The bitter conflict between actors, writers and other creative professionals and the major movie and TV studios represents a flashpoint in the radical transformation roiling the entertainment industry. The ongoing strikes by the Writers Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild were sparked in part by artificial intelligence and its use in the movie industry. Both actors and writers fear that the major studios, including Amazon/MGM, Apple, Disney/ABC/Fox, NBCUniversal, Netflix, Paramount/CBS, Sony, Warner Bros. and HBO, will use generative AI to exploit them. Generative AI is a form of artificial intelligence that learns from text and images to automatically produce ...
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Embrace Blockchain, AI, And Web3 With Certifications Offered By The Blockchain Council
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Embrace Blockchain, AI, And Web3 With Certifications Offered By The Blockchain Council

With a range of certifications offered by the Blockchain Council, designed to suit enthusiasts from all backgrounds. Join our elite community & enjoy networking opportunities to enhance your learning journey. What Can You Expect From Blockchain Council Certifications? Get hired easily In-depth understanding of Blockchain Implementing Blockchain on business applications Blockchain and its use cases Lifetime access to the training videos Certified individuals’ names will be published on the website Assistance will be provided throughout the training program Get Certified Now!
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AI Could Make Political Campaigns More Deceptive Than Ever
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AI Could Make Political Campaigns More Deceptive Than Ever

6 ways AI can make political campaigns more deceptive than ever. Political campaign ads and donor solicitations have long been deceptive. In 2004, for example, U.S. presidential candidate John Kerry, a Democrat, aired an ad stating that Republican opponent George W. Bush “says sending jobs overseas ‘makes sense’ for America.” Bush never said such a thing. The next day Bush responded by releasing an ad saying Kerry “supported higher taxes over 350 times.” This too was a false claim. These days, the internet has gone wild with deceptive political ads. Ads often pose as polls and have misleading clickbait headlines. Campaign fundraising solicitations are also rife with deception. An analysis of 317,366 political emails sent during the 2020 election in the U.S. found that deception was t...
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Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Trust AI
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Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Trust AI

Can you trust AI? Here’s why you shouldn’t. If you ask Alexa, Amazon’s voice assistant AI system, whether Amazon is a monopoly, it responds by saying it doesn’t know. It doesn’t take much to make it lambaste the other tech giants, but it’s silent about its own corporate parent’s misdeeds. When Alexa responds in this way, it’s obvious that it is putting its developer’s interests ahead of yours. Usually, though, it’s not so obvious whom an AI system is serving. To avoid being exploited by these systems, people will need to learn to approach AI skeptically. That means deliberately constructing the input you give it and thinking critically about its output. Newer generations of AI models, with their more sophisticated and less rote responses, are making it harder to tell who benefits when th...
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What It Means To Be Authentic — Generative AI Is Forcing People To Rethink The Question
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What It Means To Be Authentic — Generative AI Is Forcing People To Rethink The Question

Generative AI is forcing people to rethink what it means to be authentic. It turns out that pop stars Drake and The Weeknd didn’t suddenly drop a new track that went viral on TikTok and YouTube in April 2023. The photograph that won an international photography competition that same month wasn’t a real photograph. And the image of Pope Francis sporting a Balenciaga jacket that appeared in March 2023? That was also a fake. All were made with the help of generative AI, the new technology that can generate humanlike text, audio and images on demand through programs such as ChatGPT, Midjourney and Bard, among others. There’s certainly something unsettling about the ease with which people can be duped by these fakes, and I see it as a harbinger of an authenticity crisis that raises some diffi...
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