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Serena Ramirez Serena Ramirez

Elon Musk's Grok 3 Is Here—Because of Course It Is

Grok 3, Elon Musk’s latest AI venture, arrives with grand claims of superiority, but its proprietary nature, security concerns, and political entanglements raise questions about whether it’s a true breakthrough or just another chapter in the ongoing AI arms race.

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Serena Ramirez Serena Ramirez

AI Agents: The Cost of Convenience

While AI agents like OpenAI’s Operator promise unparalleled convenience, their rapid rise raises pressing questions about job displacement, human agency, and whether we’re outsourcing more than just our to-do lists.

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Serena Ramirez Serena Ramirez

AI’s Vision for 2025

AI predicts transformative advancements in technology, sustainability, and equitable access for 2025—no time machine required.

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

What Does ChatGPT Mean for Your Business

In a recent Forbes blog post, Bernard Marr explains why ChatGPT is a transformative tool due to its versatility in applications ranging from content creation to customer service, making it a cost-effective solution for many businesses.

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

NextTalks Are Back! GenAI Impact

NextTalks is making a grand re-entry! The launch event is nothing short of spectacular, featuring the monumental technological leap that's currently knocking on humanity's door: Generative Artificial Intelligence aka GenAI, or as yester-week tech enthusiasts call it: ChatGPT.

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

AI News: Who will you be after ChatGPT takes your job

AI-generated art is being auctioned off for millions of dollars, and its creators are being celebrated as pioneers of a new art form. But the authors argue that the success of AI-generated art is largely due to the "status work" being done by galleries, collectors, and curators.

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

AI News: The Future of Work

In an opinion piece in The New York Times, the author discusses the potential for AI to create new jobs and transform the nature of work. The article argues that while it is true that AI will automate many jobs, it will also create new ones

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

AI News: ChatGPT Gets Superpowers

ChatGPT can generate human-like text while Wolfram Alpha can use its knowledge to provide precise, symbolic computational language. This allows the user to ask questions in natural language and get accurate answers based on real data.

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

Steve Blank: AI Opens Pandora’s Box

Steve Blank weighs in on the dangers of opening Pandora’s AI box. Humans have mastered lots of things that have transformed our lives, created our civilizations, and might ultimately kill us all. This year we’ve invented one more.

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

AI News: Generative vs Applied AI

AI is a hot topic of discussion these days, with the potential to inspire some and frighten others. To begin, it's important to understand the distinction between Generative AI and Applied AI, as they represent two distinct categories of artificial intelligence.

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

Nyckel Has A Better AI Model for Developers

Build AI into your product without hiring a Machine Learning team, and without costly infrastructure. Train your model in five minutes, integrate it in ten, and let Nyckel’s intuitive UI and API do all the heavy lifting.

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

UCSC Introduces SpikeGPT

To address the high cost and energy dependency of language generators like ChatGPT, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Jason Eshraghian is using spiking neural networks (SNNs) to power language models.

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

UCSC Leans In on AI

In his recent post, Alexander L. Wolf / Dean of UCSC Baskin School of Engineering establishes a new directive at UCSC.

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

CruzHacks 2023 a HUGE Success!

An in-person event for the first time in two years, CruzHacks 2023 was a rousing success with 86 teams pitching their projects at the Stevenson Event Center

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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

Google Unveils Its ChatGPT Rival

Google on Monday unveiled a new chatbot tool dubbed “Bard” in an apparent bid to compete with the viral success of ChatGPT.

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