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• New GPT-4 app can be ‘life-changing’ for visually-impaired people, say users

  17-03-2023 22:30 via thenextweb.com
  
  The first app to harness GPT-4’s image-recognition capacity has been described as ‘life-changing’ by visually-impaired users. Be My Eyes, a Danish startup, integrated the AI model in a new feature for blind or partially sighted people. Named “Virtual Volunteer,” the object-recognition tool can answer questions about any image that it’s sent. Imagine, for instance, that a user is hungry. They can simply photograph an ingredient and request related recipes. If
  
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• AI and context: which jobs will it replace?

  17-03-2023 21:03 via webdesignernews.com
  It seems there is an exodus on the product market: product managers, product designers, data scientists, user researchers were let go en masse. As of this writing, there are more than 250.000 people let go from these roles, including Head Of User Research and similar positions of the biggest players.
  
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• The UX Design Case Study That Got Me Hired

  17-03-2023 18:58 via webdesignernews.com
  Getting a job in UX design is tough, but one particular case study helped me stand out from the crowd. I designed a non-traditional learning app that teaches the Korean language using Korean media such as K-pop, K-drama, and K-webtoon with an emphasis on building a habit.
  
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• EU’s new green tech strategy aims to keep production in the bloc

  17-03-2023 16:13 via thenextweb.com
  
  On Thursday, the European Commission unveiled the Net-Zero Industry Act, a much-anticipated proposal aiming at boosting the EU’s green tech production amidst an increasingly intense global race. The new regulation is a key part of the European Green Industrial Plan — the bloc’s response to the US’ $369 billion package of green subsidies — seeking to ensure that at least 40% of the union’s net-zero technology demand is produced domestically by 2030. “We
  
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