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More and more students and pupils around the world are using artificial intelligence to cheat or write their papers.
Recently, one Uppsala University student received a written warning from the Disciplinary Board after admitting to cheating with ChatGPT.
Continue reading “This is the first known case of a student being convicted for using ChatGPT”
This cartoon Tom Gauld created for New Scientist inspired me to turn to AI for answers.
Continue reading “What is the age of artificial intelligence in human years?”
Would you buy a Kindle mainly because of its color?
Kindle Paperwhite is now available in two new colors, and that fact made me think about the importance of the device color.
Continue reading “Does the color of the Kindle matter at all?”
Curated by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, The Fantasy Steampunk Bundle will give you fantasy with an attitude and “weird mechanical somethings or other.”
The stories included in the bundle are either steampunk, fantasy with steampunk elements, or fantasy that feels like steampunk.
Continue reading “The Fantasy Steampunk Bundle is here! Get it for the price you set”
Almost a year ago, I created a visualization of the foldable Kindle (several images there).
At that time, I was highly skeptic about the idea. The biggest issue was the size.
Continue reading “A foldable Kindle makes a lot of sense – as long as it’s the Scribe”
Like no other Amazon e-reader, Kindle Scribe is a great writing companion. It is the first Kindle that supports handwriting.
You can use the pen that comes free with the Scribe to make handwritten notes, annotations, or write your own notebooks, journal entries, and lists.
Continue reading “A composition notebook case for Kindle Scribe!”
Do you remember the first word processor you ever used? Mine was a word processor that was a part of AppleWorks, and it was back in 1991.
From Custom Writing comes a new infographic that presents the history of word processors since the first typewriters.
Continue reading “The history of word processors before Google Docs (infographic)”
ChatGPT is an open-source natural language processing chatbot launched by OpenAI in November 2022.
The tool helps humans accomplish many tasks, from writing, to language translation, content creation, and text extracting.
Continue reading “A popular AI chatbot could pass an MBA test”
Katherine A. Powers reviews audiobooks every month for The Washington Post. She has written an interesting article discussing why some books are not suited to the audiobook format.
It’s easy to imagine, why books from some categories, naming only atlases and cookbooks, are hard to translate into audio format.
Continue reading “Why some books should not be made into audiobooks”Are you going to use artificial intelligence in your work, for instance to generate blog post ideas, rephrase sentences, or summarize long source articles?
This dead simple infographic I’ve found on Pikochart lists pros and cons of AI.
Continue reading “Artificial intelligence: pros and cons to know before you start using it (chart)”
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