Do you find ChatGPT intimidating? Or maybe you are unfamiliar with its functionalities? Whether you are a beginner seeking to dip your toes into the world of ChatGPT or a more experienced user looking to enhance your skills, this ChatGPT …
8 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2024
When it comes to using AI, it’s important to remember that these tools can only help. They do not completely do the work for you. Think of AI products as good rough drafts — to reach the level of quality …
My McLuhan lecture on enshittification
This is Cory Doctorow at his absolute best, a definitive statement describing enshittification and suggestions on how to counter it. Enshittification, writes Doctorow, is “a three stage process: First, platforms are good to their users; then they abuse their users …
Apple Vision Pro review: A revolution in progress
The Apple Vision Pro is pricey and far from perfect but it’s amazingly immersive and revolutionizes both mobile computing and entertainment.
https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/smart-glasses/apple-vision-pro-review…
Microsoft’s Copilot AI app is now available on iOS for free — here’s what it can do
Microsoft’s latest AI chatbot, Microsoft Copilot, has just been made available to download for iOS and iPadOS. If you feel the need for another AI tool to tinker with, both can be downloaded from the App Store for free right …
A smartphone without apps? This AI assistant aims to replace them all
Applications make our everyday lives easier, enabling us to perform all sorts of tasks, from ordering food to booking a trip right from our phones. But what if all those apps could be replaced by one seamless AI assistant that …
How to turn your voice memos into text
Voice notes can be a handy way of recording ideas and reminders while on the go. But in audio form, they have limitations: You can’t easily search through them, and you can’t quickly check them when you need to be …
Exploring New Horizons: Teacher Professional Development in the Age of AI – Insights from Thematic Seminar and Report
In an age marked by rapid technological advancements, teachers stand at the forefront of a revolution that necessitates not just a reconsideration of teaching methods but also an ongoing dedication to professional growth. As artificial intelligence (AI) tools, such as …
One month with Microsoft’s AI vision of the future: Copilot Pro
Copilot Pro is a $20 per month subscription that includes AI features in Office apps and better image generation tools.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/21/24078972/microsoft-copilot-pro-ai-hands-on-features…
5 Ways Google’s Gemini AI Can Be Useful Everyday
Formerly known as Bard, Gemini is a general use generative AI chatbot like ChatGPT that integrates with Google’s other products and can work with both text and photos to generate its responses.
https://www.slashgear.com/1516136/ways-ggemini-ai-can-be-useful…
OpenAI Launches AI Text-to-Video Generator Sora
Sora is OpenAI’s new generative AI model to create videos from textual prompts. Currently in preview, the new model is able to create photorealistic videos up to 60 seconds long leveraging its ability to understand how things exist in the …
College Students Basically Don’t Know How to Read Anymore
“For most of my career, I assigned around 30 pages of reading per class meeting as a baseline expectation,” Kotsko, whose classes largely include humanities and philosophy instruction, writes. “Now students are intimidated by anything over 10 pages and seem …
AI Learns Language Through a Baby’s Eyes
Researchers analyzed a child’s learning process captured on first-person video—via a light, head-mounted camera (shown here)—and trained a multimodal AI system through the eyes and ears of a single child.
How to Master Any Topic in Minutes with Google Bard
This guide is designed to show you how to master any topic with the help of Google Bard. We live in an era where we are inundated with an overwhelming amount of information. In such a world, managing our time …
Passkeys might really kill passwords
It’s clear that the industry is increasingly betting on passkeys as a replacement for passwords, a way to use the internet that is both more secure and more user-friendly. But for all that upside, it’s not always clear how we, …