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Peer Recognition Programs May Backfire on Employers
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Peer Recognition Programs May Backfire on Employers

Research from the University of Waterloo suggests that public peer recognition programs may backfire by enabling comparisons among employees. 

Google to Include Office Attendance in Performance Reviews
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Google to Include Office Attendance in Performance Reviews

Google will include office attendance in performance reviews and will crack down on employees who aren't adhering to the company's hybrid work schedule.

Hybrid Combines the Worst of Office and Remote Work
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Hybrid Combines the Worst of Office and Remote Work

Hybrid work kills many of the key benefits of remote work. Amazingly, it also kills several key benefits of in-office work.

AI Creates Algorithms That Sort Data Faster Than Those Built by People
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AI Creates Algorithms That Sort Data Faster Than Those Built by People

A system based on Google DeepMind's AlphaZero AI created algorithms that, when translated into the standard programming language C++, can sort data up to three...

AI Will Save the World, Not Destroy It, Venture Capitalist Says
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AI Will Save the World, Not Destroy It, Venture Capitalist Says

Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen has published a blog post that presents the rise of artificial intelligence in almost utopian terms and scathingly contradicts...

ChatGPT Took Their Jobs. Now They Walk Dogs and Fix Air Conditioners
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ChatGPT Took Their Jobs. Now They Walk Dogs and Fix Air Conditioners

Artificial intelligence chatbots are coming after high-paying jobs of writers of marketing and social media content.

Social Media Posts Can Reveal Your Socioeconomic Status
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Social Media Posts Can Reveal Your Socioeconomic Status

Researchers analyzed 2.6 million posts on the social media network Nextdoor and accurately predicted individuals' income by solely examining the posts they published...

Harvard's Popular Online Computer Class Will Rely on AI for Help
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Harvard's Popular Online Computer Class Will Rely on AI for Help

The world's most popular online learning course, Harvard's CS50, plans to use artificial intelligence to grade assignments, teach coding, and personalize learning...

The Impact of Generative AI on Software Team Productivity Is...Complicated
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The Impact of Generative AI on Software Team Productivity Is...Complicated

Generative AI means faster coding, but also more code to manage, security vulnerabilities, and higher business expectations.

Professors Use Oral Exams to Thwart AI-Enabled Cheating
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Professors Use Oral Exams to Thwart AI-Enabled Cheating

With students submitting papers genderted almost entirely by artificial intelligence, a wave of professors around the world are experimenting with oral exams to...

They Plugged GPT-4 Into Minecraft – and Unearthed New Potential for AI
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They Plugged GPT-4 Into Minecraft – and Unearthed New Potential for AI

AI researcher Linxi "Jim" Fan and colleagues at chipmaker Nvidia devised a way to set the powerful language model GPT-4 loose inside Minecraft, turning the video...

CS Program Can't Keep Up With Demand From Undergrads
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CS Program Can't Keep Up With Demand From Undergrads

Only 7% of direct admission students were offered a spot in the Allen School of Computer Science at the University of Washington for the fall. That "is not acceptable...

AI Helps Scientists Develop New Antibiotic To Kill Superbug
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AI Helps Scientists Develop New Antibiotic To Kill Superbug

Scientists from McMaster University and MIT used machine learning to find a new antibiotic to kill Acinetobacter baumannii, a drug-resistant superbug deemed a "critical"...

AI Means Everyone Can Now Be A Programmer, Nvidia Chief Says
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AI Means Everyone Can Now Be A Programmer, Nvidia Chief Says

Artificial intelligence means everyone can now be a computer programmer as all they need to do is speak to the computer, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on Monday...

Quantum Computers Are All 'Terrible' – Researchers Aren't Worried
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Quantum Computers Are All 'Terrible' – Researchers Aren't Worried

Even scientists who have made quantum computers their life's work say they can't do anything useful — yet. "They're all terrible," says University of Sussex physicist...

A Hiring Law Blazes a Path for AI Regulation
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A Hiring Law Blazes a Path for AI Regulation

New York City will become an early front in artificial intelligence regulation in July when it begins enforcing a law related to the application of AI technology...

Issa-kun, The AI Haiku Poet
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Issa-kun, The AI Haiku Poet

Researchers at Hokkaido University have created an AI that can compose haiku verses.

AI's Threat to Jobs Has Execs Looking to Government
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AI's Threat to Jobs Has Execs Looking to Government

Generative artificial intelligence could automate tens of millions of jobs. The makers of new technologies are looking to government to step in.

What Makes A Good Job?
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What Makes A Good Job?

Flexible work, better pay, and opportunities for mentorship and connection with co-workers are important to today's workers, but so are having a good boss and other...

Tech Job Cuts Push New Grads to Wall Street
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Tech Job Cuts Push New Grads to Wall Street

Prominent tech companies have cut tens of thousands of jobs and lowered compensation for new hires, which has more young people considering positions in finance...
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