A Misstep in monitorship: The AFT-GPTZero pact is terrible.

The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) partnering with GPTZero, an AI identification platform that does not work, uncovers a broader schism between educational praxis and technological reality. Unfortunately, AI detection systems don't work, even OpenAI stated that. Instead...

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The Rise of Fluid Content

Disney, NFL, and ESPN have taken the playbook to 'Infinity and Beyond' with "Toy Story Funday Football," a real-time, fully-animated alternative game presentation of the Atlanta Falcons vs. Jacksonville Jaguars. Using the NFL's Next Gen Stats player tracking data, every play i...

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Flood of falsehoods: when disinformation drowns the truth.

On platform X (formerly Twitter), amidst the Israel-Hamas conflict, a surge of disinformation has overwhelmed users with fake photos, outdated videos, and video game footage misrepresented as actual events. Changes implemented by Elon Musk have exacerbated the issue, making it...

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AGI: the silent arrival of the jack of all trades.

Current advanced AI models like ChatGPT and Bard seem to showcase a nascent form of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) by exhibiting general-purpose capabilities across diverse tasks despite certain flaws. The reluctance to recognise this transition often arises from ideolo...

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Glasses half full: a peek into the post-screen era 🕶️

As Big Tech heralds the era of smart glasses and voice-driven interaction, the allure of a screen-less reality unfolds. Yet, in a barely private world, the thought of vocalising every digital whim in public, with gadgets like Rewind AI eavesdropping, might just be the dissonan...

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