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The return to the office could be the real reason for the slump in productivity
Fortune – Here’s the data to prove it: “The return to office looks like it’s going backward. After office occupancy rose to over 50.4% in late January, it dropped to 45.6% by early February before recovering slightly to 48.6%. That’s despite many business leaders trying to get their employees back to the office in an …
Libraries model sustainability
Connaway, L. S., Doyle, B., Cyr, C., Gallagher, P., & Cantrell, J. (2023). “Libraries model sustainability”: The results of an OCLC survey on library contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals. IFLA Journal, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/03400352221141467 “A survey of more than 1700 library staff worldwide identifies how libraries contribute to five of the United Nations Sustainable Development …
Top Risks in Cybersecurity 2023
Bipartisan Policy Institute – Top Risks in Cybersecurity 2023 – “The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) convened a working group of leaders to strengthen America’s cybersecurity. The group’s approach was to identify the nation’s top cybersecurity risks to raise awareness so policymakers and businesses can take pragmatic action and invest in countermeasures. In assembling the working …
6 things ChatGPT can’t do (and another 20 it refuses to do)
ZDNET: “Ever since ChatGPT and the other generative AI applications have exploded onto the scene, we’ve been exploring what we could do with them. I’ve even shown you how ChatGPT can write a fully functional WordPress plugin and help me find answers to tech support problems. Recently, I showed you how ChatGPT can convert writing …
Piano Music She Wrote
“Pianists Sandra Mogensen and Erica Sipes have known each other on Twitter for more than a decade. When they finally met in person in early 2020, they decided to pursue their shared interest in helping people explore the world of piano music composed by women. In order to make it easy to find this repertoire, …
perplexity.ai search engine
Perplexity Ai is “an answer engine that uses large language models to deliver accurate answers to complex questions. It is similar to the ChatGPT/Bing integration and provides answers through a chat-bot style interface. It has been designed to challenge existing search engines such as Google, and some users have suggested adding a “guard” layer between …
Unpriced climate risk and the potential consequences of overvaluation in US housing markets
Gourevitch, J.D., Kousky, C., Liao, Y.(. et al. Unpriced climate risk and the potential consequences of overvaluation in US housing markets. Nat. Clim. Chang. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01594-8 “Climate change impacts threaten the stability of the US housing market. In response to growing concerns that increasing costs of flooding are not fully captured in property values, we …
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, February 18, 2023
Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, February 18, 2023 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the …
How should AI systems behave, and who should decide?
Open AI : “We’re clarifying how ChatGPT’s behavior is shaped and our plans for improving that behavior, allowing more user customization, and getting more public input into our decision-making in these areas. OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI) By AGI, we mean highly autonomous systems that outperform humans at most economically …
Throughout the rich world, the young are falling out of love with cars
The Economist: “That could have big political ramifications. For Adah Crandall, a high-school student in Portland, Oregon, a daily annoyance is family members asking when she is going to learn to drive. Ms Crandall, who is 16, has spent a quarter of her life arguing against the car-centric planning of her city. At 12 she …
PFAS Central
PFAS Central: “It’s impossible to completely avoid PFAS, a class of human-made chemicals that has been linked to a growing list of serious medical concerns. There are thousands of types of PFAS, and many are not well studied. Yet they’re in everything from stain-resistant rugs to dental floss, outdoor gear, food packaging and soil. “These …
