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AI chatbots can write, but can't think

Chatbots like GPT-3 don’t actually know what words mean, despite creating a convenient illusion

Salon

Welcome to the age of ‘dark copers’ – where morbid curiosity is a means of survival

From haunted dolls to horror films, there is a big appetite right now for fear-as-fun. Are we all just practising for what 2023 throws at us?

The Guardian - UK

Queensland public schools to join NSW in banning students from ChatGPT

Exclusive: Artificial intelligence expert questions firewall strategy, as Victoria opts to wait and see

The Guardian - AU

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What we learned at Davos: signs of hope emerge from the pessimism

Prospects for artificial intelligence and green transition fuel sense that the only way is up for the global economy

The Guardian - UK

Prof Karen Levy: ‘Monitored workers are less likely to think outside the box’

The information science expert discusses the drawbacks of surveillance technology for long-distance lorry drivers – and everyone else

The Guardian - UK

Can robots really plug the workforce shortage left by Brexit?

One study shows that when workers are scarce automation can help, but that’s still impossible in many sectors

The Guardian - UK

We knew there would be tears – but they weren’t ours

We hover anxiously until the childminder politely tells us to go…

The Guardian - UK

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‘Go back to row 26 where you belong’: Woman applauded for defending passenger asked to swap seats on flight

‘If you wanted to sit next to your friend, then you should have booked a seat next to her,’ seethes traveller

The Independent UK

Time to dip a gardening toe into quirky hydroponics

Growing plants without soil is easier than you think – and means you can appreciate the architecture of the roots, says James Wong. Here’s how…

The Guardian - UK

Decoding Brain Waves Helps Identify Music, New Study Suggests

A new technique created by researchers at the University of Essex for monitoring brain waves can identify the music someone is hearing. The study was published on January 19, in the journal Scientific Reports. The researchers hope the project could lead to helping people with severe communication disabilities such as…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Rapid research projects awarded £800,000 'to tackle NHS winter crisis using AI'

Such projects aim to reduce ambulance waiting times and understand the effects of cold homes on health

Wales Online

£800,000 rapid research projects ‘to help tackle NHS winter crisis using AI’

These studies have been launched by Health Data Research UK.

The Independent UK

Rentokil pilots facial recognition system as way to exterminate rats

World’s largest pest control group has developed technology to track individual rodents and assess how best to deal with them

The Guardian - UK

HBO's 'Last of Us' gets one thing wrong about its zombie apocalypse

Can the cordyceps fungus really infect humans and cause a global pandemic? Experts weigh in on 'The Last of Us.'

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Chicago Sun-Times

ChatGPT robs students of motivation to think, write for themselves

I surveyed young adults in the U.S. and Europe about issues related to AI’s effects on writing. They reported a litany of concerns about how AI tools can undermine what they do as writers.

The Guardian - AU

South Australian universities to allow use of artificial intelligence in assignments, if disclosed

Flinders University, the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia adjust policies

Chronicle Live

Parenting expert on why you should never take a child's phone away as punishment

One child psychologist has shared her best advice on reducing the amount of time your youngster spends using technology - and why you should never take certain devices away as a form of punishment

Tribune News Service

Laid off tech workers are about to get help from Allstate

Allstate Corp. plans to tap the pool of recently fired tech workers to help the insurer overhaul its business.

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The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on AI in art: a challenge that must be met

Editorial: Despite Nick Cave’s broadside against computer-generated lyrics, they’re here to stay. Artists need to be educated and protected

Mic

Is Ashwagandha really the magic supplement TikTokers claim it to be?

Let's look at the science.

The Independent UK

Google announces ‘difficult news’ as it fires 12,000 staff

Staff cuts follow similarly vast reductions at Microsoft, Amazon and Meta

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Robot taxis? Hyperloops? A top technologist wages war on tech's hype machine

Rodney Brooks knows the difference between real technological progress and baseless hype.

Evening Standard

Tech & Science Daily podcast: Billions of objects revealed in Milky Way

Plus! Scientist explains ‘DNA damage’ linked to nail & beauty salon UV gel lamps

Asharq Al-Awsat

Google Parent to Lay Off 12,000 Workers

Alphabet Inc is eliminating 12,000 jobs, its chief executive said in a staff memo shared with Reuters. The cuts mark the latest to shake the technology sector and come days after rival Microsoft Corp said it would lay off 10,000 workers. The job losses affect teams across the company including…

The Independent UK

‘Go back to row 26 where you belong’: Woman applauded for defending passenger asked to swap seats on flight

‘If you wanted to sit next to your friend, then you should have booked a seat next to her,’ seethes traveller

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