(1 July 2024) The National Library of Australia (NLA) is inadvertently archiving thousands of AI-generated web pages as part of its mission to document the Australian internet. This includes content from AI like ChatGPT, raising concerns about the impact on cultural understanding and the increasing storage needs due to the explosion of AI-produced material. Find…
(28 June 2024) OpenAI launched ChatGPT on November 30, 2022, popularizing generative AI writing and raising detection challenges. While AI writing existed before, its public accessibility was limited. Detecting AI writing involves automated, human, and hybrid approaches, each with varying effectiveness and resource requirements. Current detection methods are often unreliable, especially at scale. Find out…
Deal lets ChatGPT maker use all articles from Wall Street Journal, New York Post, Times and Sunday Times for AI model development (22 May 2024) ChatGPT developer OpenAI has signed a deal to bring news content from the Wall Street Journal, the New York Post, the Times and the Sunday Times to the artificial intelligence platform, the…
(26 Apr 2024) Sage and Technology from Sage, a provider of innovative library technology solutions, has launched a free online course to develop users’ proficiency in ChatGPT. The Art of ChatGPT Interactions is taught by Dr. Leo S. Lo, Dean of the College of University Libraries and Learning Sciences at the University of New Mexico.…
(27 Mar 2024) ChatGPT and many other LLMs suffer from a big limitation: though they spool out endless streams of information, they don’t give their citations. Given the possibility of hallucinations, i.e., information that LLMs “make up,” being able to check a LLM’s sources is not only useful—it’s vital. Doing so is also a good exercise…
(19 Feb 2024) Nick Pavlovski, academic librarian at Swinburne University of Technology shares his thoughts and experiences on the potential use of ChatGPT as a tool for library research and search construction. Using ChatGPT 3.5, he explains the limits and provides tips for using it effectively. Read more here.
(Sep 2023) Academic librarians serve their students and faculty to help them navigate the research process. Therefore, when a new technological tool blazes through higher education, as ChatGPT has over the last few months, it becomes increasingly important that librarians are aware of the tool and its uses so that they can serve their students and…
(27 Sep 2023) OpenAI’s ChatGPT has been an undoubtedly powerful and interesting tool since its release in November 2022, but it has been limited with the domain of its knowledge — which only included information up to September 2021. But that changes today. OpenAI just announced on X (formerly Twitter) that ChatGPT “can now browse…
(23 Aug 2023) In February, Hong Kong’s top university imposed the temporary ban on generative AI programmes for classroom work, coursework and assessment tasks. However, in a statement on 3 August, HKU said it would allow AI tools such as ChatGPT, capable of generating human-like text, and image generator Dall-E, to be incorporated into university…
Publishers of big journals ramp up efforts to ensure more transparency over what material has been fed into the likes of ChatGPT (3 Aug 2023) Academic publishers have called for more protections and greater transparency over the way artificial intelligence chatbots are trained, amid a string of lawsuits seeking to protect copyrighted material. …