01 2024 April
What’s Wrong with God Chatbots? Inside the AI Future of Religion
Nearly every faith now has several chatbots trained on religious texts and designed by technologists with the ambitious belief that these could make religion more...
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28 2024 March
The Good and Bad of Planning Your Next Trip Using AI Travel Tools
The promise is appealing. Just put your desired holiday destination into an AI travel planning tool and it can quickly generate a sample itinerary with...
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19 2024 March
This Bereavement Startup Shows the Hopeful Human Potential of AI
Dealing with the passing of a loved one is hard emotionally, but the paperwork and procedures involved can make it far worse. A startup called Empathy...
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27 2024 February
How AI Might Be Getting “Lazier” And What to Do About It
What if you had to “convince” ChatGPT to give you a better or more in-depth answer? Some users are suggesting a “winter break hypothesis” to explain...
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19 2024 February
The Future of Love in an Age of AI Dating and Chatbot Partners
This past Wednesday was Valentine’s Day, and there were dozens of stories about love in one form or another. Collectively, these stories illustrated how there...
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17 2024 February
Perplexity.ai and Testing the Future of AI Generated Search Results
Tech commentator Shelly Palmer offered a ringing endorsement of a new AI extension that can replace Google search called Perplexity.ai and so I decided to give it a try....
Read Now07 2024 February
New Program at Supermarkets Will Use Facial Scanning to Check Age
Welcome to a case study on why facial scanning is a bad idea. Supermarkets in the UK have been experimenting for the past year with...
Read Now06 2024 February
Is Poisoning AI The Best Way for Artists to Fight Back?
In less than a week since the AI poisoning tool known as Nightshade was made available online for free, more than 250,000 people have downloaded and...
Read Now03 2024 February
We Need Another Word for Different Types of Plagiarism
Given the recent increased usage of AI tools and the story of the ouster of Harvard President Claudine Gay for plagiarism, it seems we hear...
Read Now24 2024 January
AI Models Are Finally Getting Adopted in Fantasy Sports
The past few months have seen an explosion in people experimenting with Chat GPT to write everything from college essays to resignation letters. The tool...
Read Now19 2024 January
What Really Happens When ChatGPT Writes Your Sales Copy …
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Read Now09 2024 January
The World’s Biggest Tech Trade Show: CES 2024
Coming back to work last week, my inbox was filled with pitches about products, technologies, and innovations that are launching at CES this week. I...
Read Now07 2023 December
How Sports Journalism Is the New Battleground for AI
Drew Ortiz and Sora Tanaka have two things in common. The first is that they are prolific fun-loving sports writers for the online version of Sports...
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