If I reduced my existence to a series of ChatGPT prompts, the act of my living is only shorter – not better And I certainly do not want AI to write my ...

But in the longer run, the damage is being done to students. By making effort an optional factor in higher education rather than the whole point of it, LLMs risk producing a generation of students who ...

As part of their large Consumer Health Information site, the University of Michigan has a very clear, clean page answering most common questions about cholesterol and health.

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he 132-year-old University of Chicago houses more than 800,000 volumes related to South Asia, making it one of the world's premier collections for studies on the region. But how did such a treasure ...

The encyclopedia maker could have become a casualty of the Wikipedia era. But it has remade itself into a digital learning giant that is weighing going public. By the time the last Encyclopaedia ...

According to ChatGTP, below are the main themes of this year’s library headlines (using Library Link of the Day as the source): Highlighting state legislation targeting librarians, legal battles in ...

The 23,600 volumes he accumulated between the 1970s and his arrest in March of 1990 were all stashed in his 17-room home — wall to wall, floor to ceiling, in hallways, closets and bathrooms. But the ...

Here is another technology story on RFID from stuff. This one out of New Zealand. “Manukau Libraries owns one million books, videos and CDs in total and makes about 3.5 million loans each year. If ...

“It’s not just about taking a book off a shelf,” said Tasslyn Magnusson, an author and teacher from Wisconsin who tracks book censorship across the U.S. “It’s about power and who controls public ...

Libraries had changed since I was a kid. They were now more like a community service center than just a home for books. Older people signed up to learn basic computer skills or how to set up an ...

The Big Five publisher made a deal with an unnamed “artificial intelligence technology company” and is allowing authors to opt-in if they want to join the agreement. Authors Guild CEO Mary Rasenberger ...