(25 Jan 2023) Over the past two weeks, CNET has become the poster child of artificial intelligence (AI) gone wrong. First, the website was caught publishing articles produced by an AI under the byline “CNET Money Staff” in an article written by Frank Landymore at Futurism. There was no clear disclosure that it was…
(30 Jan 2023) The IFLA Information Technology Section and IFLA Artificial Intelligence Special Interest Group are pleased to invite you to their mid-term conference hosted by the National Library Board, Singapore. The hybrid event, entitled AI in Focus: Artificial Intelligence and Libraries, will take place on 2 and 3 March 2023 via Zoom and…
(3 Jan 2023) The artificial-intelligence chatbot has surprised users with its ability to write colloquial responses. In this article, The Wall Street Journal opens the ground for college students to share their opinions about this phenomenon. “…These new tools might become the new Google. If the databases are constantly being updated with current news…
(6 Dec 2022) In this article, Dr. Max Roser, the founder and director of Our World in Data, reviews the history of computers and artificial intelligence to see what we can expect for the future. “When you book a flight, it is often an artificial intelligence, and no longer a human, that decides what…
(8 Jan 2023) Apple is taking the next step in audiobook technology this week by launching what it calls “digital narration technology” in Apple Books. The new feature combines the power of AI, human linguists, and speech synthesis to provide audio narration of select eBooks in its library. AI narration is now available to authors…
(17 Jan 2023) IEEE and the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE SA) announce the availability of a program that provides free access to global socio-technical standards in AI Ethics and Governance that provide guidance and considerations towards trustworthy AI. Under the IEEE GET Program, selected standards are made available, free of charge, to encourage adoption…
(11 Jan 2023) Microsoft is looking to incorporate ChatGPT, the viral chatbot from OpenAI, in its Bing search engine in a bid to beat Google Search. According to The Information, which cites unnamed sources familiar with the plans, ChatGPT would be used to answer search queries in Bing instead of merely showing links. This new version…
(19 Dec 2022) The release of ChatGPT has raised many questions including “Will AI be the end of take-home school essays?” or “Will AI replace human creativity?” “…While I agree that academia has some challenges ahead of it, I don’t think the essay is dead nor do I believe bots will replace human creativity……
(23 Dec 2022) In this article, Aster Zhao from HKUST Library shares her experiments with ChatGPT, the recently released AI chatbot which attracted over a million users in less than a month. She asked 4 questions: Can AI write scholarly articles Writing literature review Paraphrasing Grammar and typo checking See how ChatGPT responded and…
The Stanford Center for Research on Foundation Models (CRFM) and MosaicML announce the release of PubMed GPT, a purpose-built AI model trained to interpret biomedical language. (15 Dec 2022) Large language models (LLMs) offer amazing capabilities for general-purpose natural language generation, image generation, speech synthesis, and multi-modal combinations of these applications. But is there more…