• AI prompts can boost writers’ creativity but result in similar stories, study finds

    AI prompts can boost writers’ creativity but result in similar stories, study finds
    Ideas generated by ChatGPT can help writers who lack inherent flair but may mean there are fewer unique ideasOnce upon a time, all stories were written solely by humans. Now, researchers have found AI might help authors tell a tale.A study suggests that ideas generated by the AI system ChatGPT can help boost the creativity of writers who lack inherent flair – albeit at the expense of variety. Continue reading...
  • UK risks tech ‘talent drain’ to US if pension funds fail to back sector

    UK risks tech ‘talent drain’ to US if pension funds fail to back sector
    Co-founder of British chipmaker Graphcore, which has been bought by Japan’s SoftBank, issues warningBusiness live – latest updatesBritain risks a tech “talent drain” to the US if British pension funds fail to back the sector, according to the co-founder of a UK chipmaker that has announced its sale to Japan’s SoftBank.Nigel Toon, the co-founder and chief executive of Graphcore, said domestic pension funds were giving inadequate support to private businesses in the U
  • ‘I am happy to see how my baby is bouncing’: the AI transforming pregnancy scans in Africa

    While ultrasound services are normal practice in many countries, software being tested in Uganda will allow a scan without the need for specialists, providing an incentive for pregnant women to visit health services early onMothers-to-be have become used to the first glimpse of their baby via the fuzzy black and white ultrasound scan, an image that can be shown to friends and family. But it remains a luxury in many parts of the world. Now AI is being used to develop technology to bring the much-
  • Channel Seven panned for including astrology on nightly news | Weekly Beast

    Channel Seven panned for including astrology on nightly news | Weekly Beast
    Morning Show astrologer AstroTash lined up for a regular horoscope segment, drawing ridicule online. Plus: headlines behind barsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThere’s been a burbling backlash to Channel Seven’s plan to include a short horoscope segment in the nightly news.Presumably AstroTash – the celebrity astrologer otherwise known as Natasha Weber – saw it coming.Sign up fo
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