(11 Jul 2023) Japan this month announced new guidelines on the use of Artificial Intelligence in schools and universities with a focus on helping teachers and students understand the characteristics of the technology, while imposing some limits due to fear of copyright infringement, personal information leaks and plagiarism. Students must comprehend the characteristics of AI…
By designing an autonomous system that fed prompts to the chatbot, researchers produced a paper that was fluent and insightful. Yet they still have concerns. (7 Jul 2023) A pair of scientists has produced a research paper in less than an hour with the help of ChatGPT — a tool driven by artificial intelligence (AI)…
(4 Jul 2023) Britain’s Russell Group of research universities has published a set of principles that promote artificial intelligence (AI) literacy and use by staff and students. Universities are urged to adapt teaching and assessment to support the equitable and ethical deployment of AI, to uphold academic rigour and integrity, and to collaborate around evolving…
(27 Jun 2023) The Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2023 report co-published by open access publisher Frontiers and the World Economic Forum has been presented today. The report identifies those technologies poised to have the biggest positive impact on society over the next three to five years. Curated by an international steering group of experts,…
(5 Jun 2023) More than 1 billion people around the world have some type of disability (including visual, hearing, cognitive, learning, mobility, and other disabilities) that affects how they access digital content. No wonder we spend so much time talking about accessibility tools! Digital transformation can revolutionize the world, turning it into an inclusive place…
(16 May 2023) Andreas Mace, Systems Librarian at the National Library of Sweden, shares views on the 2 posts regarding the limitations of the unified vision for library systems, and also some loosely coupled software and services, that together create a modular library systems landscape. Part 1 can be found here. Part 2 can…
(24 May 2023) How should academic libraries respond to the maturing of Artificial Intelligence? This the first in a series of posts about Collections as Data, AI, computational approaches to Arts and Humanities, signposting to resources, networks, reports and events. Read more here.
(18 May 2023) Legal and compliance leaders should address their organization’s exposure to six specific ChatGPT risks, and what guardrails to establish to ensure responsible enterprise use of generative AI tools, according to Gartner, Inc. “The output generated by ChatGPT and other large language model (LLM) tools are prone to several risks,” said Ron Friedmann,…
(29 May 2023) In response to the rapid emergence of new and powerful generative AI tools, on Thursday, UNESCO held the first global meeting of Ministers of Education to explore the immediate as well as far-reaching opportunities, challenges and risks that AI applications pose to education systems. Over 40 Ministers came together to share policy…
(9 May 2023) As generative AI technologies continue to evolve, their potential to impact library services, operations, and user experiences is becoming increasingly apparent. We conducted a quick poll of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member representatives in April 2023 to gather insights into their current perspectives on generative AI adoption, its potential implications, and…